Habitat loss doesn’t just affect rainforest dwellers, says Paul Miles. New builds and carbon reducing measures have been tough on the species that share our homes. Here's how to bring them back
… How to…turn your home into a wildlife haven Paul Miles | 14th … 2011 Ethical Living Wildlife Conservation Homes Bats Swifts Housemartins Owls … have been tough on the species that share our homes. Here's how to bring them back Nothing …
The Thai government was right to evict an indigenous community from the Kaeng Krachan National Park at gunpoint and burn down homes, a Bangkok court has ruled - even though one resident had lived there for 100 years and the Park was only created in 1981.
… National Park officers 'can burn indigenous homes' Chris Lang Conservation Watch | 20th … National Park at gunpoint and burn down homes, a Bangkok court has ruled - even though … did not break the law when they burned the homes of Karen indigenous people in Kaeng …
Thousands take up challenge to go wild every day in June.
… families, schools, businesses and care homes throughout the UK have signed up to … for everyone, throughout the year.” Care homes This year 30 Days Wild is encouraging care homes to share the joy of nature with their …
The UK’s short sighted approach to energy is damaging people’s health and costing the NHS £3.7 billion a year.
… polluting vehicles and woefully inefficient homes through its narrow approach to energy … public health, in cleaner air and improved homes and public spaces. Active travel … to be caused by air pollution. Improving home energy efficiency could save the NHS …
The world has become intolerable for people everywhere, and for Earth herself, says Pope Francis. Profound, transformative change leading to social and economic justice is now an absolute necessity and something we must all fight for. We must also act to safeguard the Earth herself, our common home.
… to safeguard the Earth herself, our common home. Today God has granted that we meet … without land, so many families without a home, so many laborers without rights, so many … apart, but we are tearing apart our common home. Today, the scientific community realizes …
The Wildlife Trusts is urging developers to build homes that simultaneously give people an inspirational place to live and help reverse wildlife and habitat decline, reports CATHERINE EARLY
… Wildlife Trusts is urging developers to build homes that simultaneously give people an … a way that provides people with inspirational homes that are more environmentally-friendly … government has committed to building 300,000 homes a year until 2022, which is the …
Ten villages and surrounding farmland have already been wiped from the map for a 50 sq.km airport and surrounding 'aeropolis' or airport city in West Java, Indonesia, writes Rose Bridger. And while investors are offered an 'attractive incentives plan', villagers are subject to fierce state repression and brutality. Now only a single village remains standing, but residents continue to resist eviction and demand an end to the project.
… rice fields firing teargas. Crops and several homes were damaged and 12 residents were … were too frightened to return to their homes and took refuge in the village hall. A … had forced some residents to flee from their homes. A lengthy stand-off between officials …
Last November Tanzania's President Kikwete tweeted his promise that the evictions of indigenous Maasai people and their villages near Serengeti National Park would stop. But now another round of evictions is under way: thousands of Maasai have been evicted at gunpoint and their homes burnt to ashes. The Maasai say: 'We need your help!'
… have been evicted at gunpoint and their homes burnt to ashes. The Maasai say: 'We need … national parks, burning hundreds of homes. It's all part of a plan to make way for … 1,500 square kilometres took place. Over 200 homes were burned, leaving over 3,000 people …
'With little more than an overnight bag, our phones and laptops, Geoff and I found ourselves standing with ash on our faces, smoke in our hair, and in a new world shifted on its axis.'
… neighbouring farm, not more than 8km from our home. It spread quickly into the commercial … limits to meet the challenge threatening our homes, our farms, and the wildlife we share … and their wildlife. Our farm and our home were caught in this destruction. …
We need a renewable energy revolution, an end to fracking, no new nuclear power, efficient homes, and the break up of our energy cartels, writes Jeremy Corbyn, All that, and strong protection for wildlife and oceans, no TTIP trade deal with the US, clean air to breathe, and massive investment in public transport. Is there anything not to like?
… to fracking, no new nuclear power, efficient homes, and the break up of our energy cartels, … Already 5 million people are at risk of their homes being flooded. Children are growing up … jobs Ensuring everyone has access to a decent home that is low-carbon and affordable to keep …
Botum Sakor national park is one of Cambodia's biodiversity hotspots, where indigenous tribes have long lived in harmony with the forest and its wildlife, writes Rod Harbinson. But now they are being violently evicted as the park is being sold off piecemeal to developers for logging, plantations, casinos and hotels. Now local communities are defending themselves and their land.
… proportions. War widow Mrs Saen Saheng was at home with her grandchildren when 30 security … anything, they just came and broke down my home. They brought security guards and took it … previous when security guards torched their homes. When the villagers rallied the guards …
… was developing. Instead, he began working on Home Zones, a Dutch-inspired plan to tear up … building work. ‘I was worried that they [the Home Zones] weren’t going to be replicated,’ … a mother of two who lives in one of the 38 homes on Iden Road in Coventry says. ‘I have …
The Kenyan government has sent troops to the Embobut forest to forcefully - and illegally - evict thousands of its indigenous inhabitants, to make way for a World Bank-financed 'Natural Resource Management Project'.
… guards, families are running away from their homes. 11 guards all armed with AK47 rifles were getting into peoples' houses. Homes are deserted. The guards shot one bullet … forest in which many settlers have made their homes, leading to widespread deforestation and …
The Roundhouse, an eco-home in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, faces demolition after an ecological survey concluded that it threatened biodiversity.
… Eco-home ruled a danger to dormice 30th July 2007 … News web pic 2_88.jpg The Roundhouse, an eco-home in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, …
'Man of the hole’ protected the Amazon for 26 years: his legacy lives on in a court ruling to protect his ancestral territory.
… Peoples Conservation Editor’s Picks hole_home_.jpg 'Man of the hole’ protected the … witness to the fact his ancestral land is home to native peoples who choose not to have … time tending to his crops, building his own homes, and walking great distances over the …
The world we inhabit is a miracle of billions of years of evolution as life has unfolded in its full beauty and diversity, writes Grant A. Mincy. But human activities - deforestation, mining, urbanisation, pollution, climate change - are tearing away at the functioning fabric of the living biosphere. A mass extinction is under way, and it must be halted, and reversed. But how?
… hot spot. No other landscape on Earth is home to so much wildlife. Home to all the great kingdoms, the forest … the livelihood of folks who call the region home, is dependent upon the rich biodiversity …
Some of us are fortunate enough to have close relationships with the nature around us, writes John Aitchison. But what about everyone else? We must find ways to make people feel like old friends with wildife near and far, and feel that their wild homes and habitats are extensions of our own. And hence, that they are as deserving of our care as human neighbours - if not more so.
… near and far, and feel that their wild homes and habitats are extensions of our own. … ago. She was a solitary lady who loved her home and its wild animals. On the way to the … than we can possibly imagine. My community at home includes the curlews I can hear from my …
A direct action protest by Rising Up! today blocked access to three Heathrow terminals to press their demand for no third runway at the UK's biggest airport. The activists included both climate campaigners and local people fearful of increased pollution, loss of homes and green space and entire villages destroyed.
… fearful of increased pollution, loss of homes and green space and entire villages … of local residents are set to lose their homes and 300,000 people a year lose their … give up, we'll keep fighting to protect our homes. There will be no third runway." Our …
Bruce Parry on tree-bark trips, deforestation and lessons learnt from tribal living
… nonstop. Right now, all I want to do is be at home – I want to fall in love, to grow things, … I’ve built a house on high ground. Where is home? Ibiza. It’s my only home. It’s the best place I’ve ever been in my …
A huge raft of environmental reforms is promised in the Labour Party's draft manifesto, writes Oliver Tickell. Among the highlights: a ban on fracking; a clean energy policy based on renewables and efficiency; no commitment to new nuclear power; to meet our Paris Agreement obligations on climate; to give companies a legal obligation to protect the environment; to retain all EU environment laws post-Brexit; and multilateral nuclear disarmament.
… Cooperatives. Energy efficiency in 4 million homes Labour will insulate four million homes as an infrastructure priority to help those who suffer in cold homes each winter. This will cut emissions, …
The wildlife conservation charity World Land Trust (WLT) is urgently raising funds to protect tropical forest in the Amazonian Andes of Ecuador, where hundreds of species are threatened by plans to build a road that would lead to habitat destruction. BRENDAN MONTAGUE reports
… threatens Earth’s richest habitats - home to Harpy Eagle and Spectacled Bear …
Swedish artist duo Diagram escorts a glass of water back to its origin - from a convenience store in Stockholm back to a storm-drain in Evian les Bains, by Lake Geneva - and expose one of the many absurdities of modern life.
… Evian go home Anders Granberg | 22nd April 2014 Ethical …
With the 'Heathrow 13' protestors expecting custodial sentences today for their occupation of a Heathrow runway last July, Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell MP writes that their direct action followed years of official lies and broken promises, and forms part of a long tradition of direct action protests in defence of democracy.
… of noise and air pollution and the loss of homes and indeed whole communities was … villages are naturally distressed that their homes will be demolished or rendered … increased noise. This will impact upon 4,000 homes, accommodating approximately 10,000 …