After years of failing to make its modified products do its bidding, the biotech industry is changing tack – now its modifying the protestors. Jonathan Matthews reports from South Africa
… development. Nothing surprising there. But a second glance revealed the demostraters were opposing the eco-agenda of the Green Left in support of the … programme director for the Institute of Economic Affairs which has advocated that …
Many people dismiss environmentalism as a middle-class luxury that few can afford. But in Mexico City a group of impoverished street punks are pioneering radical social alternatives because their survival depends on it. Holly Wren reports.
… ‘resistence exists’. During visits to Huehuecoyotal eco-village south of Mexico City, Chiwy and … have a roof garden, that vacant lots will become community spaces and rivers will be …
It swam the oceans when dinosaurs walked the earth. Now our hunger for tuna means the Pacific leatherback turtle could be extinct within 10 years.
… the Pacific leatherback sea turtle will become extinct in five to 30 years’ time. The … is also using its political clout to subvert eco-labelling and sustainable fishing reforms … Pregnant and nursing women, women who might become pregnant and young children should not …
Myth number 7: Industrial agriculture benefits the environment and wildlife
… Natural World Food And Farming Politics And Economics Science And Technology … with misleading reports of the purported ecological risks of organic and other … impacts of farming – often without added economic costs. The simple use of composted …
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
… 2003 News Russia Wilderness World Bank Ecotourism International Development … have fallen prey to Putin, the World Bank and ecotourists. Paul Webster reports on their … of reserves and national parks to allow economic exploitation like logging and oil …