Peter Bunyard on the battle against malaria, a fallen hero of the Colombian medical establishment and the mysterious fate of thousands of unique primates.
… Monkey business - a brutal Amazonian trade in Owl … begun to look more closely at the ‘monkey business’ of using wild animals – indeed, any … the critics who believed he was in the business of creating a vaccine for his own …
Australia's Labor scored a big win in Victoria's election this weekend - and with the party's 'green' policies that's potentially good news for the state's exploited forests. Now's the time to keep campaigning for the early creation of a Great Forest National Park.
… bushfires. Our research suggests that under business-as-usual management, there is a 97% … by the federal government as endangered. What business-as-usual would deliver The forest … them. If we choose instead to carry on with business-as-usual, some of the ecosystem …
Sarawak's lucrative logging industry has given rise to dynasties of enormous wealth and political power, writes Chris Lang, as revealed in this courageous investigation by Lukas Straumann. And the kingpin is multi-billionaire Abdul Taib Mahmud, Chief Minister of Sarawak for 33 years, whose whose property empire spans the globe.
… of other retailers selling the book." Bad for business The website Sarawak Report notes that … that the book could have an impact on Taib's business: "Given the wealth of our client and … to imagine a worse attack to an individual's business and personal reputation as stating as …
What can western countries learn from their less industrialised counterparts about returning woodlands and forests to productive, profitable, local control?
… of promoting and supporting social enterprise businesses. Anna Craigen is Community Liaison … to benefit from forest products and other businesses like tourism and trekking. 'Income … must be trained in forest management and business. Some projects also support lobbying …
The carbon market has certainly seen its fair share of skullduggery, writes Chris Lang, with massive frauds perpetrated on an unsuspecting public. This new thriller captures the essence of the wheeler-dealer carbon business to produce a compulsive work of fiction that is, sadly, all too believable.
… the essence of the wheeler-dealer carbon business to produce a compulsive work of … protecting their economic interests in both business as usual and the carbon markets. … book Pfeffer is dealing with unfinished business and the third book will be "the …
Governments and corporations are driving a global wave of ecologically disastrous airport-centered mega-projects each destroying as much of 100 sq.km of farmland and forests - sucking water, resources and economic activity from surrounding areas, excluding host communities and locking in high-carbon infrastructure for decades to come.
… Group, declined to elaborate on consortium's business partners. The regional government is … and entertainment activities and conduct business meetings. Freight related … giving tenants an unfair advantage over other businesses and eroding the tax base - other …
Britain's favourite tipple faces big challenges over coming decades, writes Ann-Marie Brouder. A new report sets out the challenges and proposes sustainable solutions to keep the 'cup that cheers' on the nation's tables.
… cheers' on the nation's tables. Tea is big business: three billion cups of it are … it daily. And tea is much more than just a business - many people and cultures have a …
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development has warned APRIL, Indonesia's second largest pulp and paper company: end your massive deforestation or you will be expelled.
… Indonesia indonesia-clearance.png The World Business Council for Sustainable Development … conglomerate. RGE is controlled by Indonesian business tycoon, Mr Sukanto Tanoto, whose …
The burning forests and peatlands of Indonesia are once again casting a pall of choking smoke across the region, in the process releasing billions of tonnes of carbon. Promises to solve the problems stand betrayed - and COP21 commitments to tackle the problem are being weakened.
… local governments, law enforcement officials, businesses, and communities, should prioritize … in Riau Province-involving government, business, and NGOs-can help ensure that … of 26% emissions reductions compared to business as usual by 2020 would genuinely …
Russia’s zapovedniks are some of the world’s most pristine wildernesses. For 70 years they were protected ruthlessly by the Soviet system, but recently they have fallen prey to Putin, the World Bank and ecotourists. Paul Webster reports on their plight
… whether the zapovedniks are now open for business, Pischelev gives an important … read ‘How much do you want for the trees?’ Business of biodiversity So it goes on. ‘We looked at how the business of biodiversity can be made more …
A succession of mega-corporations that have been driving rainforest destruction in Indonesia have recently announced 'no deforestation' policies. Bill Lawrance asks: is it too good to be true?
… companies ultimately owned by the same family business. For these reasons, APRIL's new … the other three big corporations. The World Business Council for Sustainable Development, … natural resource-exploiting companies and business sectors internationally. Beyond this, …
A film investigating the 2012 murder of a forest defender has been banned by the Cambodian Government, writes Rod Harbinson. Chut Wutty's campaign to protect the forest on which his community depends clashed with powerful business and military interests. A first attack by soldiers was held off by campaigners, but...
… his community depends clashed with powerful business and military interests. A first … Officer who says he would like to expand his business in the area. He says of the local …
At the New York Climate Summit, an international agreement has been struck to halve, then end deforestation around the world. It has the support of major forest countries, multinational corporations, forest campaign groups and indigenous peoples.
… indigenous peoples. Dozens of Governments, businesses, civil society and indigenous … together to implement and join the Indonesian Business Council in asking incoming Indonesian …
In a radical departure from it's 'pro free speech' rhetoric, Australia's 'Liberal' government wants to ban environmental boycotts. But as Bill Laurance writes, eco-boycotts are not only an effective tool for reining in corporate excesses - they are also a key democratic right.
… but they should not be able to run a specific business-focused or market-focused campaign, … focused on greater transparency of business practices. "These campaigns are … but they should not be able to run a specific business-focused or market-focused campaign ... …
Multinational paper and palm oil companies are rushing to declare 'zero deforestation' policies. It looks like a huge victory for the rainforests and forest peoples, but Peter Gerhardt asks - what is a no-deforestation promise really worth?"
… giant Staples has announced to recommence business with this Indonesian company. Staples … victims who can now see the same company's business flourish, applauded by environmental … See also: ' A Tangle of Conflicts: The Dirty Business of Palm Oil ' By Nils Klawitter, a …
Peru's government is actively undermining indigenous peoples' efforts to protect their forests - by refusing to title 20 million hectares of their lands and turning a blind eye to illegal logging. At the same time it's handing out vast concessions for oil, gas, mining and timber exploitation, expanding palm oil production and planning 50 major forest-flooding dams.
… the murders. "Selling off the jungle is a business for the state, but the price is the … Our territory and its resources have become a business to hand over to investors and … Our territory and its resources have become a business to hand over to investors and …
Slavery is a terrible thing for the world's estimated 36 million slaves, writes Kevin Bales. But it's also an environmental disaster. Many slaves are forced to work in destructive activities like clearing forests for mines, farms and plantations - making slave labour the world's third biggest 'country' in terms of CO2 emissions. It really is time to end slavery!
… country, it is condemned by every faith, and business and government leaders are unanimous … making, timbering, charcoal making, and other businesses spread around the world's …
Fancy some forest carbon, guv'nor? Only one careful owner... Dan Box explains why a cautious approach to deforestation schemes would be wise
… Kirk William Roberts. Robert’s previous business experience included running a … caused by jealous cock fighting rivals and business competitors running a smear campaign …
Contrary to arguments advanced in a recent Ecologist article, the biomass industry supplying the Drax power station in North Yorkshire is a model of sustainability, writes Nina Skorupska, and delivers genuine, substantial emissions reductions compared to coal.
… measure which will give many communities, businesses, and, importantly, the UK's … all on top of providing consumers and businesses with low-carbon electricity and …
Banks preparing to launch a $400m bond issue for a global palm oil giant with a history of legal violations and broken standards have been warned of their 'high risk client' and the 'extreme and outstanding' social and environmental conflicts in the palm oil agribusiness sector.
… environmental conflicts in the palm oil agribusiness sector. "Banks and investors must … social conflicts in the palm oil agribusiness sector." Great promises, atrocious … commitment to become a more responsible business. However, detailed field studies of …
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.
… is anything but, with most of it sold off to business. Farmers and fisherfolk have had … in the hands of private developers for agribusiness (such as palm oil and rubber … Group, the company of government Senator and business tycoon Ly Yong Phat, mile after mile …
Alana Husby has sawdust in her blood. A fifth generation log and lumber person from Canada, she was ‘flipping wood' as a teenager, and now she's in Panama running the region's biggest underwater logging company, employing local Kuna Indians to fish tree trunks out of flooded forests. Kate Monson met Alana in Oxford while negotiating a 'green' timber deal ...
… all gone ... and then what? It wan't just her business at stake, but the livelihoods of an …
Based on current performance tropical forests, the world's most biodiverse ecosystems, are set to be reduced to species-impoverished fragments by the end of the century, writes Simon Lewis. But it's not inevitable. Decisive action by the world's governments in Paris in December could secure desperately needed change.
… for a quick profit and then move on, as big businesses often do. And they represent a … than 100 signatories, including governments, businesses and indigenous peoples groups have … for a quick profit and then move on, as big businesses often do. And they represent a …