Gorillas, elephants, tigers - icons of philanthropy and generosity in the west, but also symbols of the damage that modern conservation can inflict on the less industrialised world
… Wildlife conservation repeatedly ignores the needs of … Roe | 19th May 2010 Comment Natural World Conservation Politics And Economics Poverty … but also symbols of the damage that modern conservation can inflict on the less …
… Robin Hammond | 1st June 2008 News Conservation Land Reform Mugabe Extinction … Violence Colonial Legacy Species Extinction Conservation Human Rights Violations … Johnny Rodrigues, chairman of the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force (ZCTF), which monitors …
Is he really green? This is the speech given by David Cameron to a packed audience of environmentalists at the Green Alliance Annual Debate...
David Cameron speaks at the Green Alliance Annual Debate, 5th December 2006 Mark Anslow | 5th December 2006 Comment David Cameron Politics Green Conservatives Green Alliance UK Climate Change …
Natural resources,are increasingly responsible for fuelling violence across the world. Now some environmentalists want to fight back – using force if necessary.
… News Poachers Wildlife Rangers Green Army Conservation Campaigns Species Extinction Conservation Natural World Politics And … network, set up Africa Rainforest and River Conservation (ARRC) to train and equip a …
Who said these words: ‘The environmental movement is a growing force in civil society, searching for a home in mainstream politics. The party that succeeds will be the natural party of government’? It wasn’t George Monbiot, Tony Juniper or Jonathon Porritt. It was David Miliband, in December 2006.
Post-partisan environmentalism Steven Hale | 1st January 2001 News David Miliband Conservatives Tories Lib Dems Labour Politics UK US Environment David Miliband Politics And Economics Archive_200.jpg …
The paper giant has been accused by Greenpeace of destructive logging and green-washing. But campaigners are mistaken, says APP boss Aida Greenbury - the company is supporting REDD projects and putting sustainability at the centre of operations
… to be converted must not contain High Value Conservation Forest (HVCF) or critical … the highly-respected Singapore-based Carbon Conservation, APP is planning to conserve more … communities surrounding the area. Carbon Conservation is in the process of data …
A Norwegian research scientist can trace PCB pollution on the seabed along the Norwegian coast directly back to the manufacturer. Norwegian authorities are considering suing chemical giants such as Monsanto and Bayer for millions of pounds. They may now pay for their misdemeanours, says Tom Erik Økland
… List Shipyards Norwegian Society For The Conservation Of Nature Industrial Environment … Schulze from the Norwegian Society for the Conservation of Nature has worked on the PCB … are disturbing. The Norwegian Society for the Conservation of Nature can document that PCB …
From Catalonia in the South, through the Ariège and Béarn, to the Basque country in the North, both locals and tourists are used to seeing Nationalist slogans daubed in white paint on Pyrenean mountain roads. But now a new clarion call is vying for their attention: Non Ours (no bears) and Mort aux Ours (death to the bears.)
… News Bears Godless Killing Machines France Conservationism Franska Campaigns Conservation Campaigns Animal Rights Species Extinction Conservation Natural World Politics And …
A decade and a half after conservationists wrung from the European Parliament a commitment to end the trade, the EU remains the largest importer of parrots in the world.
… Archive_176.jpg A decade and a half after conservationists wrung from the European … animal welfare scandal; it is a catastrophic conservation failure of which EU countries … impact of the wild bird trade on the conservation of species has been very well …
The zealous participation of European Greens in the campaign to thwart Rocco Buttiglione is indicative of the capture of green politics by an unreconstructed, unreformed and unelectable left
Time For a New Ecology Party Aidan Rankin | 1st February 2005 News Green Party Green Movement Politics UK Politics And Economics The zealous participation of European Greens in the campaign to thwart …
In the run up to the British general election, Pat Thomas says the various party manifestos are starved of sound policies on food security and sustainability
None of the main parties seem to have a clue about food Pat Thomas | 21st April 2010 Comment Food And Farming Election 2010 Politics And Economics plate.jpg In the run up to the British general …
Introduction of measures to protect rainforests and ecosystems in Costa Rica and Thailand over the past 40 years have improved the livelihoods of the local population
… conventional wisdom that says biodiversity conservation is not compatible with … conventional wisdom that says biodiversity conservation was not compatible with …
A Tory MP has been accused of drumming up support for the controversial Uzbekistan cotton trade campaigners claim is linked to child labour. Lucy Dunne reports
Conservative MP 'promoted cotton trade linked to child labour' Lucy Dunne | 2nd January 2013 News Cotton Human Rights Forced Labour News Politics And Economics sustainablefabricsdilemma.jpg A Tory MP …
Ahead of next week's budget, the RSPB is calling on you to remind the Chancellor not to forsake the environment on the road to economic recovery
… Politics And Economics RSPB Green Jobs Conservation Natural World Take Action rspb … for the economy and the environment. Conservation groups are worried, though, that …
The ICCAT summit on bluefin tuna was stained by a lack of transparency, allegations of illegality and disturbing examples of financial interests trampling over environmental concerns, says James Thornton
… Overfishing Comment Politics And Economics Conservation ClientEarth bluefintuna1.jpg The … weekend, the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) rounded … move to protect the species that NGOs and conservation-minded governments have been …
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
… Moses | 23rd November 2010 News Land News Conservation Politics And Economics DEFRA … how a Shropshire land manager rewrote the conservation rulebook With a new coalition …
The first blows may be struck on Canadian ice, but it's at the checkout that the coup de grace is delivered. Andrew Wasley explores the UK companies profiting from the trade in seal fur
… Trade Animal Rights Animal Rights Campaigns Conservation Animal Rights Conservation Campaigns Free Trade Politics And … Trade Association, which said: ‘There is no conservation reason to ban the trade in seals. …
Plans for a new international airport in the coastal city of Mumbai will destroy yet more of its mangrove ecosystems, and there are fears the deal has already been closed
… 'the only possible site' for the airport, but conservationists say there are alternatives … activist with the Mumbai-based NGO, Conservation Action Trust . 'Here the terrain … else,’ they said. Stalin Dayanand, from Conservation Action Trust, says conservation …
The recent U-turn by of some of the UK's leading environmentalists - and one-time nuclear energy opponents - on the issue of nuclear energy, has caused vigourous debate in the media. Their reasoning is that we simply don't have the capacity to produce enough renewable energy to meet our needs. But as this comprehensive Ecologist report from 2007 shows the UK is really a renewable energy powerhouse.
… posited in the paper. Renewables and energy conservation and efficiency are part of the … paper maintains that energy efficiency and conservation will be stimulated by the …
Aidan Rankin argues that modern liberal values can be more of a threat than a liberation.
Why greens should be politically incorrect Aidan Rankin | 12th June 2000 News Innu Innuit Hunting Trapping Nomadic People Sustainable Hunting Green Politics Ecologist Ecology Green Thought Green …
Dr Adrian Wrigley lays out his ideas for a radical Carbon Tax and explains how replacing the Council Tax with a Land Value Tax could solve the current housing crisis...
A radical carbon tax reform Dr Adrian Wrigley | 2nd August 2008 Comment Tax Housing LVT Green Party Conservatives UK Politics And Economics Dr Adrian Wrigley lays out his ideas for a radical Carbon …
Nuclear industry's need for subsidies rather than political opposition remains main obstacle to building of a new generation of power plants in the UK
Finance, not politics, the main obstacle to nuclear, say campaigners The Ecologist | 14th May 2010 News Nuclear Energy Politics And Economics nuclearpower.jpg No nuclear power stations will be built …