Atlantic bluefin tuna could be the first widely eaten species to be banned from being traded internationally. Would it work, and would it set a useful precedent for other species?
Bluefin tuna: can trade bans protect our fisheries? Tom Levitt Andrew Hickman | 18th March 2010 News Fish Oceans Natural World Food And Farming Bluefin Tuna bluefintuna1.jpg A bluefin tuna trade ban, …
While logging and deforestation has gained global attention the growing sand mining sector is being largely ignored. Fuelled by Singapore’s land and construction demands it is wreaking environmental destruction across south-east Asia
… their stocks plummet from sand dredging boats coming through their catch area; and … and were ‘rarely intercepted by customs boats or the navy’. It said 300 million cubic …
Aid agencies are well resourced and quick to act, but not enough of them appear to be using their power to tackle the long term problems posed by climate change. Tom Levitt reports
… to climatic extremes. So when the aid agency boats, planes and trucks pull up at a disaster …
The recent death of Indian environmentalist Amit Jethva was the latest in a growing number of disturbing incidents of brutality and violence against activists, report Ambika Hiranandani and Tom Levitt
Indian activists risk death to expose illegal logging, pollution and mining Ambika Hiranandani Tom Levitt | 14th December 2010 News Environmentalists Activists India Deforestation Natural World …
Government orders to use dangerous organophosphate chemicals left hundreds of sheep farmers with debilitating ill health, Tom Levitt reports on the UK's forgotten pesticide tragedy
Ghosts of farming: Britain's forgotten sheep farmers poisoned by pesticides Tom Levitt | 28th March 2012 News Pesticide OP Chemical Farming Sheep Food And Farming Health Sheep Dip News Focus …