The Ukrainian environment minister told delegates at COP15 about the widespread damage to nature caused by Russia’s war.
… Ukraine war is killing wildlife Catherine Early | 12th … damage to nature caused by Russia’s war. The number of civilians killed has … and not only for humans,” he said. Awareness Ukraine is home to 74,000 species of …
Where there are cattle, there is the threat of bovine Tuberculosis (TB). The farming methods may differ greatly, but from the dairy farms of Ethiopia to the beef herds of Canada the race is on to find the best way to tackle the disease
… Wildlife in the firing line in global war against bovine TB Sarah Stirk | 18th June … Badger cull a PR disaster for UK countryside, warn 'dissident' farmers A growing number of … Wildlife in the firing line in global war against bovine TB Where there are cattle, …
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 …
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 …
Chris Packham called the People's Walk for Wildlife in Central London after growing frustrated with environmental charities and despairing at the loss of biodiversity. And he has only just begun. BRENDAN MONTAGUE reports
… 'I’ve never seen a hedgehog' warning after People's Walk for Wildlife … for 25 years. He said on the Stop the War on Wildlife march: “Yesterday will stay in … time. I think it is right to think of it as a war. Big business interests who do not give a …
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 …
It's barely mentioned in the election campaign or reported in the media. But a powerful faction of Tory ministers, ex-ministers and backbench MPs are bent on using Brexit to ignite a massive bonfire of 'spirit-crushing' laws on wildlife protection, air and water pollution, pesticides, renewable energy and public health, writes Brendan Montague. At risk are not just EU directives and regulations but even the UK's own Climate Change Act. May's Brexit may not just be hard, but very, very dirty.
… hard right Brexit plans: UK's great leap backwards to 'dirty man of Europe' Brendan … gaping chasm opening under her among her own warring tribe. May was after all the … Britain can and should go "a very long way" towards destroying current environmental …
From birds to dragonflies and butterflies to bees, Hazel Sillver explains how to turn your garden into a haven for wildlife
… the right plants, it will come fluttering towards you. It checks the nectar source using … grows to a huge size. Happily, there are now dwarf hybrids available. The ‘Blue Chip,’ for … is helping those caught up in the Balkan wars For over a decade, a pioneering project …
Part travelogue, part lament for a threatened way of life, Ruth Styles says that Bruce Parry’s latest book, Arctic, shows us exactly what we stand to lose if global warming isn’t stopped - today
… 2011 Reviews Arctic Bruce Parry Global Warming Wildlife Oil Sands Canada Siberia … us exactly what we stand to lose if global warming isn’t stopped - today That global warming is having a devastating effect on the …
The Javan rhino isn’t the only south east Asian mammal whose future looks bleak, says the WWF’s A. Christy Williams
… milestone on a potentially inexorable slide towards the extinction of several large mammals … 1990s, as the region opened up after years of war, there was a real feeling of joy and …
Rangers have detected gorilla families in Virunga National Park for the first time since fighting broke out between M23 rebels and government forces earlier this year
… August 2012 News Gorillas Congo Virunga Civil War Search Natural World Conservation Politics … next few weeks. Virunga National Park’s Chief Warden Emmanuel de Merode said: “While the … so much fighting,” said Innocent Mburanumwe, warden of the park’s Gorilla Sector. “The …
Can there be wildlife in our urban jungles? Matilda Lee meets a man campaigning to let nature live on city rooftops
… vegetation of London after the Second World War, as this resembled its natural habitat in … the black redstart. Holistic view Fast-forward 10 years and Dusty, from his own … ‘Green Day’ event at Canary Wharf, to raise awareness of the black redstart. ‘A guy came …
Just as the humanitarian crisis of the Second World War gave birth to the swift implementation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 60 years ago in 1948, we now have a planetary crisis that needs to be addressed with equal urgency. Now is the time to call for a Universal Declaration of Planetary Rights.
… the humanitarian crisis of the Second World War gave birth to the swift implementation of … manufacture oxygen: counterbalancing global warming. Even in death they enrich the soil. … the errant and selfish human behaviour towards the environment. We have to halt the …
A remarkable young environmentalist is standing in the way of a controversial Canadian oil pipeline which campaigners fear could become the next Exxon-Valdez or Deepwater Horizon disaster. Eric Keen reports
… fjords, one young naturalist is waging war against a consortium of the world's … through the coast’s winding channels and onwards to its chief clients: to the south, the … corners, Caamano Sound has enjoyed the stewardship of the Gitga’at First Nation, whose …
The Center for Biological Diversity has launched a new Wolf Defense Fun to help protect wolves in the wild
… Reward Offered to help catch and convict wolf … Biological Diversity is offering a $10,000 reward for any information leading to the arrest … pulled from their dens and wiped out. The war on wolves has gone too far this time and …
Campaigner Tony Juniper urges UK government to seize global opportunities for wildlife restoration.
… persisted until after the end of World War 2”. Then our agricultural system … infrastructure just weeks after the IPCC’s warning. “This is all an assault on the … a no-deal Brexit. It needs to be moved forward into law, and that’s what the push for an …
Forget bats in the belfry, there are peregrines on the Houses of Parliament - not to mention a growing number of other high-profile places around the capital
… in Britain. Killed during the Second World War to stop them preying on messenger pigeons, … sign in winter, no doubt because it's rather warm. At 7.30am I find myself on a sewage …
Illegally caught 'dirty' fish threatens local fishermen, consumer health and the future of the world's fisheries. The EJF's Pirate Fishing Campaign is tackling the problem head on
… to pirate fishing as a result of recent civil war which resulted in the deaths of 50,000 …
Millions have been raised to protect tigers but does this help or hinder the efforts to prevent wider biodiversity loss by tackling habitat loss, climate change and pollution?
… of problems: habitat loss, overpopulation, war, corruption, climate change, pollution and … our very survival.’ Conservationist Mark Carwardine, presenter of the Last Chance to See … we’ve left it until the eleventh hour,’ Carwardine says. ‘We’re doing fire brigade action …
Jagged peaks, cerulean lochs, plentiful wildlife and wonderful historical treasures have made Scotland a truly magical place to go, say Ruth Styles and Vanessa Jones
… authorities and businesses to try and raise awareness of global warming. Through campaigning, they hope to … steps to tackle the consequences of global warming. Scotland is also attacking climate …
The increase in population in Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Uganda from 380 to 480 is due to efforts to reduce poaching and disease, say scientists
… are getting more and more efficient at thwarting poachers, he said. 'In 2002, Rwanda's … in the 1980s. Political instability and war prevented a complete census until 1989, …
Conservation is a huge industry in Africa but wildlife populations across the continent are declining. So why isn't it working?
… more than 100 years of (admittedly sporadic) awareness of Africa's wilderness areas, habitat … independence struggles and protracted civil wars that have characterised much of the … It is no wonder that hostility and apathy towards present-day conservation goals remain. …