Dr. Mike Norton-Griffiths asks whether the Ivory Wars can only end with species extinction, or whether a peace agreement could actually be reached........
… Ivory Wars or Ivory Peace? Is there a way forward? Dr Mike Norton-Griffiths | 24th May 2013 … Mike Norton-Griffiths asks whether the Ivory Wars can only end with species extinction, or …
With 300,000 hectares of forests, fields and steppes damaged by fire, the war in Ukraine has done huge damage to the country's environment, writes Dimiter Kenarov. But there has been an upside: a new green spirit is taking root, and young volunteers are stepping in to protect wild spaces.
… 2014 News Ukraine Natural World Society War mrlp.jpg With 300,000 hectares of forests, … fields and steppes damaged by fire, the war in Ukraine has done huge damage to the … The revolution in Kiev and the continuing war against pro-Russian separatists in the …
Ukraine's Priazovskii National Park epitomises the problems faced by the world's natural areas, writes Dimiter Kenarov, as it contends with inadequate funding, rising sea levels, dried-out rivers, industrial pollution and illegal hunting. And that's not to mention the war. But the staff battle on: 'If we don't do this, then who will?'
… Ukraine - now the war is to rescue threatened nature Dimiter … hunting. And that's not to mention the war. But the staff battle on: 'If we don't do … - right down the coast - and the ongoing war in the east of the country - a few hours …
Are human rights separable from the wider rights of other living beings, the environment and the Universe? Gabriel Moran finds that humans need to re-assert their central position in the world and build an encompassing moral responsibility.
… have been caused by past human actions. The war on nature Humans have the power to make … Silent Spring as "a book about man's war against nature." [Rachel Carson, Silent … with her editor entitling the book either The War against Nature or The War with Nature . …
Renewables good, fossil fuels bad... unless, of course, renewables begin to take up more and more land in order to meet our energy needs. Paul Kingsnorth adds fuel to a tricky debate.
… Problems with renewables - land wars Paul Kingsnorth | 1st April 2008 News … climate ‘tipping’ over into runaway global warming. Action is imperative. Renewable … first skirmish in what will become a global war. A war for space. A war for land. Energy …
Technology companies should be honest with customers about the origin of the metals in their products, says NGO Global Witness
… Mobile phone metals fuelling Congo war The Ecologist | 17th February 2010 News … Witness says mineral mining is fuelling war in eastern Congo Technology companies …
In the lead up to broadcast of the next Link TV/Ecologist film, Shades of Gray, Jim Wickens introduces the thorny issues surrounding wolf culling in the US
… shedding new light on the Rocky Mountain wolf wars Jim Wickens | 5th March 2013 Comment … battle looks set to ignite into an all out war. Or does it? Where do the truths really …
RENCTAS and its fearless leader Raulff Lima are taking on Brazil's lucrative - and dangerous - black market in wildlife, reports Giovana Zilli
… the Brazilian NGO on the frontline of the war on animal trafficking Giovana Zilli | 11th … the world's most prestigious environmental award.' In 2005, RENCTAS commissioned an … the concerns and level of environmental awareness among Brazilians. The poll involved …
Lawyer Polly Higgins is spearheading a campaign to have 'ecocide' recognised by the UN as an international crime against peace. But how will this work in practice?
… is increasingly likely to lead to resource wars. Hence, Higgins argues, it is a potential … people than all forms of violence including war'. Ecocide is now going on all over the … They are: Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity, War Crimes and Crimes of Aggression.' A case …
Dominic Dyer reports on a long overdue co-ordinated effort by the international community to take action against the global industry which is slaughtering Africa’s elephants......
… Sunday Times entitled “SAS veterans join new war on poachers” which sparked a global … READ MORE... COMMENT Ivory Wars or Ivory Peace? Is there a way forward? Dr. Mike Norton-Griffiths asks whether …
From carbon offsetting to ethical sourcing, Oxfordshire’s Hen and Hammock is proof that retail can be green
… became the first company in the world to be awarded the FSC Recycled label and the first in … is helping those caught up in the Balkan wars For over a decade, a pioneering project … Bosnia and Herzegovina has been transforming war torn lives through the power of plants. …
Western consumers are inadvertently driving the Sumatran elephant to extinction by eating, washing and wearing - in cosmetics - the derivatives of a fruit that is destroying the animal's last remaining forest habitat. Jim Wickens reports
… ivory in the Far East. The African 'elephant wars' make comfortable viewing for Western … road-building spurned amidst a bitter civil war that reaped a bloody toll until a … brought to their knees by decades of civil war. And the death toll on both sides of the …
We humans have much to learn from our kissing cousins, the peaceful, empathic, playful, sensual and highly sexual Bonobos, writes Susan Block. Rather than play out the myth of ancestral 'killer apes', better follow the 'Bonobo Way', and extend our love to all living beings and Earth herself.
… murder and even make a kind of primal 'war', but do they tell us the whole story? … like bonobos, not baboons. Make love, not war. This resolution is a personal evolution … community. Do daily 'bonobo yoga'. Work towards eradicating sexual shame. Resolve to …
The idea of a 'good, or even great, Anthropocene' as promised in the Ecomodernist Manifesto is purely delusional, writes Derrick Jensen. Worse, it underlies a narrative in which the wholesale destruction of nature and of sustainable indigenous societies is repackaged as a noble mission - one whose ultimate purpose is the complete alienation of humans from the planet that spawned us.
… Aryan Race'. They weren't waging aggressive war but gaining necessary Lebensraum . The … Destiny. It has never waged aggressive war, but rather has 'defended its national … a city and make a name for himself. Fast forward a few thousand years, and that's the same …
At dead of night, unseen, a slithering stowaway disembarks from a newly docked ship… down a rope, across the quay and into concealing undergrowth. Is that what happened? Or did the snake hitch a ride on a military aircraft from Indonesia, maybe, to take up residence here on the American island of Guam in the Pacific?
… All we know is that sometime after World War Two – in the late 1940s or early 1950s – … square mile. Guam, a key US base during the war, was utterly unprepared for such an … irregularis. But people have learnt to be wary, checking bathrooms, beds… The snake can …
In his final State of the Union address, George Bush announced his support for the adoption of biofuels on a massive scale. But is the plan such a good idea? By Pat Thomas
… Biofuel Agribusiness Carbon Dioxide Global Warming Climate Change Oil Gm Products UK US … as a way to avoid the kind of resource wars currently raging in the Middle East and … in the end provoke a wider series of resource wars – this time over food, water and …
Ebola and many other diseases have their origin in wild animals, writes Robert Young. The biggest opportunities for infection arises when people hunt and eat diseased animals, exposing themselves to their viruses and bacteria. To keep 'other ebolas' at bay, we must put an end to the bushmeat trade.
… bats have been battling out an evolutionary war for thousands of years and have more or … the lion will go to extinction. These wars between diseases and their hosts can be …
The native black poplar tree is now rarer than the giant panda with only 2,500 specimens remaining in Britain. The Crown Estate's conservation program aims to reinstate them
… arrows on the Mary Rose and in First World War rifle butts. The tree appears in John … for military reasons during the Second World War. Failing germination conditions are … put into action last year) is straightforward and simply involves taking cuttings from …
On the first-ever World Giraffe Day, the world's tallest land mammal is threatened by conflict with humans, habitat loss, war, and disease. One subspecies, the West African giraffe, is down to 400 individuals.
… by conflict with humans, habitat loss, war, and disease. One subspecies, the West … including poaching, disease, habitat loss, war, and conflict with humans over scarce …
Octavia Hill was a tireless advocate for saving land and green spaces in and around Victorian London. She was also a founder of the National Trust, which is launching an award to recognise modern day 'unsung environmental heroes'
… The National Trust awards recognising pioneering eco-campaigner … of the National Trust, which is launching an award to recognise modern day 'unsung … in the countryside. The post second world war settlement enshrined in law the importance …
Can the planet’s cultural and natural heritage be protected during a war? Ruth Styles talks Syria, conservation and natural wonders with Kishore Rao, head of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre
… and natural heritage be protected during a war? Ruth Styles talks Syria, conservation and … intervene when there is a natural disaster or war,’ says Rao. ‘We work with the country …
The multi-million dollar trade in bushmeat is one of the greatest threats to tropical wildlife. Chimpanzees are on the front line of this devastating trade with less than 300,000 in the wild. A new campaign aims to save these endangered creatures
… Conservation , to fund projects and raise awareness about the scourge of the bushmeat … the Brazilian NGO on the frontline of the war on animal trafficking RENCTAS and its …
The 1994 genocide in Rwanda could easily have finished off the mountain gorillas of the Virunga mountains. The fact that they survived is in large part thanks to Eugene Rutagarama. He spoke with Veronique Mistiaen about the primates' future prospects ...
… the victims of the genocide and subsequent wars didn't include the critically endangered … that gorillas are facing, there is a strong awareness in the region about them. From … current concern is to strengthen and move forward to maturity this transboundary …
In an exclusive extract from Wild Swimming, author Daniel Start looks back at his best-ever wild dips
… with servicemen from the airbases. During the war there were Land Army girls here too. Some … bathing was distracting the village from the war effort and the local policeman, who also … up her cygnets for the evening and the church warden was cycling by on her bike, making home …