The latest country to be hooked under 'free trade' agreements is Colombia, writes Pete Dolack, sued for tens of billions of dollars by US and Canadian gold mining companies for valuing its national parks and the high-altitude Andean wetlands that provide 70% of the nation's water above the profits of foreign corporations. Free trade or clean water? You can't have both.
Colombia: there's no place for clean water under 'free trade' Pete Dolack | 14th April 2016 News Colombia Mining Trade US Canada Water Conservation Corporations …
President Donald Trump has worked relentlessly to undo environmental and conservation policies from the Obama Administration. Trump will travel to the UK next month, with a mass demonstration planned to meet him. Environmentalists have plenty of reasons to attend. EMILY FOLK provides a run down
Trump's attempt to repeal Obama-era conservation efforts Emily Folk | 29th June 2018 Comment Donald Trump Conservation Barak Obama 29381357345_27b53e0902_b.jpg President Donald Trump has worked …
Remember when the UK was the 'dirty man of Europe'? What has changed since then, writes Caroline Lucas, is our membership of the EU - which has made us raise our environmental performance on everything from fisheries to air pollution, nature conservation, clean bathing waters and renewable energy. Leave, and it could all go into reverse.
… very clearly the effect of European rules in cleaning up our shoreline. In the 1970s, …
When the UK joined the EU in 1973, it was dubbed the 'dirty man of Europe' thanks to its out of control pollution, writes Craig Bennett. Since then EU laws have forced us to clean up our act. But if we leave, all that may go into the reverse, with terrible impacts on our air, water, health, and wildlife.
Outside the EU, the UK could again be the ‘dirty man of Europe' Craig Bennett Friends of the Earth | 25th January 2016 Comment EU UK Law Politics Pollution Conservation london-pollution-cut.jpg When …
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.
Conservatives' hard right Brexit plans: UK's great leap backwards to 'dirty man of Europe' Brendan Montague | 27th April 2017 News Politics UK EU Brexit Pollution Pesticides Wildlife Law Conservation …
Mountain gorillas in the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest are at risk from tea plantations that would obliterate the adjacent Kafuga Forest, a vital buffer zone for local people, writes Richard Sadler. Deprived of foods, herbs, medicines and clean water from the forest, human pressure on the gorillas would inevitably increase, and expose them to potentially lethal diseases.
Uganda: Save Kafuga Forest and gorillas from tea plantations Richard Sadler | 27th January 2016 News Forests Primates Farming Conservation Uganda Drink gorilla-cut.jpg Mountain gorillas in the Bwindi …
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.
Corbyn's green vision wins: leaked manifesto promises huge environmental gains Oliver Tickell | 11th May 2017 News Politics Transport Energy Climate Change Brexit Conservation Farming Efficiency …
Ecologist reporter MAXINE NEWLANDS sat down with the world's leading coral reef expert, distinguished Professor Terry Hughes FAA, Director of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Integrated Coral Reef Studies, (ARCCOE) at James Cook University and asked him directly what are the chances for the Reefs' survival?
Ecologist Special Report: The world's leading Coral Reef scientist says only a global effort will save the Great Barrier Reef Maxine Newlands | 17th March 2017 News Great Barrier Reef Coral Bleaching …
There are now some 50 Marine Conservation Zones (MCZ) in England and Wales. Amy Hall reports on how campaigners fighting the re-opening of a Cornish quarry in one of the zones are effectively testing what the designation really means and how much protection it guarantees.
Cornish community carries on fighting a 'Super Quarry' development in Marine Conservation Zone Amy Hall | 20th June 2016 News Conservation Renewable Energy Marine Conservation Zone Quarry Community …
The the creation of almost a million sq.km of the South Pacific as a fully protected marine area builds on a long Conservative tradition of protecting the natural environment, write Nick Hurd & Zac Goldsmith - and as factory trawlers close in on Pitcairn's pristine waters, the initiative could not have been more timely.
Clear blue water! Pitcairn Islands reserve is Britain's biggest conservation initiative ever Nick Hurd Zac Goldsmith | 20th March 2015 Comment Oceans Conservation Politics UK Fishing …
Already hit by rows over radioactive waste and airport expansion, the London 2012 Olympic Games are accused of degrading green land vital to local communities and wildlife. Tom Antebi reports
London 2012 Olympics: what's the hidden cost to green spaces and wildlife habitats? Tom Antebi | 16th March 2011 News Society Conservation Development Olympics London 2012 Investigations Sport …
Farmers in the İşkencedere Valley, a region drowning in tragedy, are fighting against government-backed ecocide.
Fight to safeguard nature in rural Turkey Derya Özdemir | 16th March 2022 | News Conservation Turkey Ecologist Writers' Fund Editor’s Picks Photo by Eren Dagistanli Farmers in the İşkencedere Valley, …
Just as Sir Nicholas Stern’s report in October 2006 put a price on the effects of climate change, a new report by the UN has begun to cost out the threat of failing to conserve the world’s biodiversity – a cool £40 billion annually, and rising.
UN report assesses the worth of the natural world 1st July 2008 News Natural World Un Audit Economics Economics Species Extinction Conservation Natural World Society News web pic 2_260.jpg Just as …
A written charter for land use must be adopted to best manage England’s land resources as part of the 'Big Society', according to academics from the Rural Economy and Land Use Programme
Written charter for land use vital for 'Big Society' management of natural resources Kara Moses | 23rd November 2010 News Land News Conservation Politics And Economics DEFRA Natural Resources …
Will the temptation of vast amounts of clean, tidal energy lead us to ignore the chance of serious environmental damage? Mark Anslow and Peter Clark report
Severn barrage - is there an alternative? Mark Anslow Peter Clark | 27th January 2009 News Severn Barrage Tidal Power Renewable Energy Natural World Conservation Tidal Diversity Conservation Energy …
New Zealand's "Clean and Green" image has been tarnished by revelations that senior officials covered up massive waste and fraud in its fisheries even as they claimed that the country neo-liberal management scheme was a world leader. Amazingly, some still do.
CHRISTOPHER PALA reports
Ecologist Special Report: New Zealand's Fisheries' Fraud Christopher Pala | 15th March 2017 News Fishing Quotas Conservation Fraud fishing fleet new zealand.jpg New Zealand's "Clean and Green" image …
Delaying or diluting payments for farmers to help nature recover would be a significant missed economic opportunity, the government has been warned.
Government urged to deliver nature recovery plans Emily Beament | 4th October 2022 | News Rewilding Britain Conservation 2050931_7b7f80a2.jpg Delaying or diluting payments for farmers to help nature …
The management of driven grouse moors is killing Scotland’s wildlife and, in some cases, illegally persecuting our protected species.
Wildlife killings on Scotland’s grouse moors Eve Massie | 13th November 2019 News Science & Systems Scotland Grouse Moors Hunting Nature Killings Conservation grouse-cut.jpg The management of driven …
Over 90% of major armed conflicts between 1950-2000 occurred in countries containing biodiversity hotspots,writes Alex Reid, and more than 80% of these took place in the hotspot areas themselves. This poses a major challenge to the conservation community: to work in combat zones to strengthen environmental protection before, during and after conflicts. Or better still, to defuse incipient conflicts and resolve those under way, to reduce their toll on people, and nature.
War, human rights and biodiversity: turning conflict into conservation Alex Reid | 23rd March 2017 News Conservation Biodiversity Human Rights UK War eric-dooh-cut.jpg Over 90% of major armed …
Thanks to the efforts of local residents, Ennerdale has been restored to its natural glory. Matilda Lee takes up the villagers' inspiring tale
… on April 4th 2011, but not before a massive cleaning and redecorating spree – which … 80 volunteers take turns serving at the bar, cleaning and preparing the three bedrooms, …
The coronavirus pandemic has caused a conservation crisis. Without funding, we are sleepwalking into catastrophe.
The covid conservation crisis Robert Aruho | 17th August 2021 | Comment Conservation Coronavirus big-mount-kenya-white-zebra-7.jpg The coronavirus pandemic has caused a conservation crisis. Without …
Volunteering holidays aren't just for bored teenagers. As Christine Ottery found out, there are plenty of ways to see the UK and do your bit at the same time
… Against Sewage , who hold regular beach cleaning days across the country. Need to …
From joining campaigns groups to making your garden more wildlife friendly, there are many ways to get involved with saving the natural world. Read on for inspiration...
How to get involved in wildlife conservation Laura Sevier | 27th May 2010 Activism Natural World Conservation Wildlife Campaign Green Living WWF Endangered Species Protect Species Membership …