An underwater sculpture park in Indonesia helps redress coral reef decimation.
… use as a building material on the island. The fishing communities who once used explosives … to harvest fish from the sea (blast fishing) are moving away from their old ways …
Free-Range Dairy is a new initiative that could reverse the trend towards industrialised mega-farms.
Is There Grass In That Milk? Lorna Howarth | 24th May 2013 News Food And Farming Health shutterstock_76747288.jpg In a recent survey of 600 farmers, 95% were in favour of cows having at least …
As governments in economic difficulties increasingly turn to environmentally damaging extraction industries for quick cash, citizens of those countries are responding with increasingly louder cries of protest. Lorna Howarth reports...........
The Occupy movement is dead – long live participatory democracy! Lorna Howarth | 11th September 2013 News Protest Politics Economics Mining goldmine.jpg Entrance to a gold mine from the Roman period. …
A month-long blockade of the Rio Tigre deep in the Peruvian Amazon has secured promises of compensation and cleanup for Peru's Kichwa communities who have suffered 40 years of contaminated waters from oil drilling operations in their remote Amazon region. But until the funds materialize, they are holding firm in their resolve.
Victory in prospect for Peru's Kichwa People after 40 years of oil pollution David Hill | 10th February 2015 News Oil Pollution Peru South America Politics Indigenous Peoples kichwa-girl.jpg A young …
The Peruvian Government is updating the legal status of one of Peru's most important reserves, reportedly exposing 'isolated' indigenous groups to danger.
Isolated indigenous communities at risk David Hill | 17th May 2019 News Indigenous Peoples Peru 16_madre_con_hijos_copy.jpg The Peruvian Government is updating the legal status of one of Peru's most …
The CITES COP16 (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna) has just ended in Bangkok, to very mixed reviews. Lorna Howarth reports on the good news, and the bad.
Frontline Online: Conservation’s New Winners & Losers Lorna Howarth | 19th March 2013 News Conservation CITES Polar Bears Elephants Wildlife borneo_baby_mum.jpg In 2011, some 17,000 African elephants …
Peru - host of the COP20 UN climate conference now under way in Lima - is facing rebellion by a 3,500 strong indigenous people deep in the Amazon committed to fighting oil exploration in their forest territory, writes David Hill, following the government's failure to consult Matsés communities or respect their rights.
… drinking water, cooking, washing, bathing and fishing. Together the two concessions cover …
Peru is set to embark on a major expansion of gas operations in the Camisea region in the Amazon - a move which could decimate Indigenous peoples, both those in ‘voluntary isolation’ and others in the early stages of contact. David Hill reports
Peru's Mysterious ‘Lot Fitzcarrald’ Threatens Uncontacted Tribes David Hill | 11th December 2012 News david hill peru.jpg Will Peru enforce the law to protect its isolated Indigenous peoples? Image …
Lorna Howarth reports on how councils throughout Britain are accused of destroying vital wildlife habitat……
On The Verge Of Destruction: wildflowers threatened by poor roadside management Lorna Howarth | 3rd June 2013 News Natural World shutterstock_31924345.jpg Lorna Howarth reports on how councils …