Armed with a spade, work gloves, wellies and waterproofs you can help the Trees for Life project to restore an old growth forest to its ancient glory
… Replanting the Caledonian Forest Eifion Rees | 10th November 2009 Ethical Living Natural World Deforestation Planting Trees Caledonian Forest Trees For Life trees-for-life3.jpg …
It could reduce the pressure on native forests but the rapid expansion in bamboo plantations is in danger of making it the latest in a long line of tarnished 'wonder crops'
… Eifion Rees | 30th August 2011 News Bamboo Deforestation Rainforest Energy Wood bamboo2.jpg It could reduce the pressure on native forests but the rapid expansion in bamboo …
Irshad Mobarak, a self-taught naturalist and environmentalist from the Malaysian island of Langkawi says that development need not mean destruction
… Langkawi Malaysia JungaWalla Irshad Mobarak Deforestation Species Extinction Malaysian … is campaigning to protect the wildlife and forests of Langkawi Irshad Mobarak, a … to tourism, but overdevelopment and rainforest clearances are threatening the natural …
Why this advert is dangerous to people and nature – and shows advertising needs new controls.
… But the Defender is pictured in a sun dappled forest, so do the makers mean something else? … UK Government. Picturing the car against a forest background is misleading too, as recent … registered to urban addresses. Furthermore, forests are sensitive ecosystems not suitable …
The Men’s FIFA World Cup in Qatar is promoted as the first 'fully carbon neutral FIFA World Cup tournament'. But this has been a PR own goal.
… have already been shown to burn down during forest fires, in heatwaves set to be more … by as early as 2024, with new monoculture forestries putting immense pressures on land, … offsets - a category that uses plants, trees, forests, soil, or the ocean to remove carbon …
Can national parks and marine protected areas safeguard endangered wildlife against the growing pressures of population growth and climate change?
… may lead to subsistence farmers clearing forest to plant crops, for example, or war … given the current rate of loss of global forests. ‘If we don’t get a handle on the root … causes of current, ongoing loss of global forests, and attempt to directly stem those …
A new report has revealed that a change in the way we manage agricultural land could help sequester a quarter of the world's carbon dioxide emissions every year
… Carbon Greenhouse Gas Biochar Livestock Cow Deforestation Water Organic Soil Association … natural habitats by minimising the effects of forest and grass fires, and limiting deforestation and land clearances; and restoring …
Fighting a mine funded by foreign investment in Gabon has seen Marc Ona Essangui spend time in prison, but his only response, he says, is 'serenity'
… clear: part of the world’s second largest rainforest, the Congo Basin, falls inside Gabon, … is home to a wealth of species, including forest elephants and buffalo, chimpanzees and … ten years, Marc is founder-president of Brainforest, closely associated with the Rainforest …
The findings of a strategic environmental assessment open the way for an increase in the number of offshore wind farms, which could produce enough energy to power every household in the UK
… per cent of rated capacity, confined to non-forested, ice-free regions would be more than …
The UK budget must be about pouring enough water on climate fires and irrigating resources to those in need - not about plucking geese and ‘maxed-out’ credit cards.
… to the ’real’: the real world of soil, air, forests, oceans and - simply - life . We also … to the ’real’: the real world of soil, air, forests, oceans and - simply - life . …
Controls on adverts for oil companies, SUV makers and airlines are already starting to happen - but what else should we stop advertising to raise our survival chances?
… - has shown that more than 90 percent of rainforest offsets are completely worthless and … droughts and wildfires that ravage forests and release ‘offset’ carbon back into …
Black Friday could easily refer to today’s carbon footprint driven by the spree of overconsumption, fuelled by advertising.
… of habitat-providing and carbon-capturing forests, and the emission of high levels of … with specific climate and ecological risks: deforestation, chemical pollution of water and …
Eifion Rees finds out that the golfing world’s eco credentials are simply full of holes.
… nations, its courses carved from tropical rainforests, and to some of the driest places on … the site of 35,000 acres of mahogany forest before building could begin. The …
More sites may be added to the UNESCO List of World Heritage Sites in Danger this week, but how effective is this register of global hot spots, and what are the areas that truly deserve international protection?
… indigenous people. Two key areas are the rainforests of the Peruvian Amazon, currently in … peoples’ ancestral homes have been cleared of forest and turned into oil palm plantations. … it is the closest thing we have to the rainforest in this country. Fred O’Regan, chief …
Want to mix a little conservation with your holiday? Volunteering on Skomer Island, a haven for seabirds and nature lovers, is a rewarding experience says Eifion Rees
… Trees for Life Help restore the Caledonian Forest with a week's tree-planting, deer …
Organic baby food company Ella's Kitchen is already big in the UK and Scandinavia, and now aiming to crack the US. Co-founder Alison Lindley discusses the difficulties of keeping it green during a period of meteoric growth
… of 2010 NEWS Boots, KFC, McDonalds ignore rainforest destruction survey Marks and Spencer … have been praised for disclosing their ‘forest footprint’ but experts say that …
Eifion Rees talks to the Compassion in World Farming veteran and co-editor of The Meat Crisis - a shocking new book that exposes the range of environmental and health threats facing us if we don't kick our addiction to meat
… are opening up the country's once intact forests to the ravages of the growing …
The mountaineers who come to conquer Everest mistake their achievement – in the quest to overcome nature’s ultimate natural obstacle, humans have already won
… parks ‘are suffering from pollution and deforestation… directly related to the impact of … created in 1976 as a direct response to the deforestation caused by tourism, and became a … porters,’ says KEEP director DB Gurung. ‘Deforestation in the area has slowed over the …