It was bred to aid the rural poor, but one bird is also helping break industrialised farming’s stranglehold on India. Andrew Wasley meets the remarkable Giriraja
The Forest King Andrew Wasley | 7th August 2008 News Giriraja Chicken India Sustainable Development Industrialised Farming Food Factory Farming Farming Food Security Natural World Food And Farming …
It was bred to aid the rural poor, but one bird is also helping break industrialised farming’s stranglehold on India. Andrew Wasley meets the remarkable Giriraja
Giri Raja: the Forest King – reporting on the “wonder-chicken” hailed as a solution to feeding India’s poor Andrew Wasley | 7th August 2008 Other Video Ecologist Film Unit Giriraja Chicken India …
Reporting from the front-line of environmental activism, Andrew Wasley takes a closer look at those combating illegal logging
… Activism Wildlife Environmentalism Forest Forests Activists Civil_disobedience_MAIN.jpg … of our most biologically important rainforests. Those squaring up to these timber … no to cheap blood timber. For the remaining forests and those battling to expose their …
Cheap meat has become a way of life in much of Europe, but the full price is being paid across Latin America as vast soya plantations and their attendant chemicals lead to poisonings and violence
… 'We indigenous people used to live from the forests, [from] animals, fruits... now we … come to deplete natural resources and these forests.' Although new laws have been … region, campaigners say the rate at which forests elsewhere in Paraguay are being …
Cheap meat has become a way of life in much of Europe, but the full price is being paid across Latin America as vast soya plantations and their attendant chemicals lead to poisonings and violence. Andrew Wasley reports
… 'We indigenous people used to live from the forests, [from] animals, fruits... now we … come to deplete natural resources and these forests.' Although new laws have been … region, campaigners say the rate at which forests elsewhere in Paraguay are being …
Plans to bulldoze an Indian mountain sacred to local people were controversial enough... before shareholder data revealed that a raft of UK household names, ranging from Jaguar cars to the Church of England, own shares in the company behind the mine, Vedanta Resources plc
… ignoring the interest of the conservation of forests… the team saw stumps of freshly cut sal trees in the Niyamgiri forests." Relocated families say they feel …
Plans to bulldoze an Indian mountain sacred to local people were controversial enough... before shareholder data revealed that a raft of UK household names, ranging from Jaguar cars to the Church of England, own shares in the company behind the mine, Vedanta Resources plc. Andrew Wasley reports
… ignoring the interest of the conservation of forests… the team saw stumps of freshly cut sal trees in the Niyamgiri forests." Relocated families say they feel …
A special investigation from Andrew Wasley, Alexandra Heal and Lucy Michaels in London, Dominic Phillips, André Campos and Diego Junqueira in Sao Paulo and Claire Smyth in Belfast.
… farms involved in deforestation of native forests … or that are embargoed” by Ibama. But …
UK purchased £1bn of beef from firms tied to Amazon deforestation.
UK beef imports tied to deforestation André Campos Andrew Wasley Alexandra Heal | 18th September 2019 News Editor’s Picks Beef Imports Food And Farming Amazon Deforestation Thought Leaders …
Natural resources,are increasingly responsible for fuelling violence across the world. Now some environmentalists want to fight back – using force if necessary.
… the country’s natural resources, particularly forests, bankrolled the now-deposed regime of … very much equipped as a last stand to protect forests and species.’ Others believe the … to pro-actively combat poaching and to defend forests and other ecologically valuable areas. …
Poland is about to open its doors to an unprecedented dash for gas. But with multinational energy companies circling and widespread fracking about to begin, people and the environment are in the firing line. Andrew Wasley reports from Gdansk
… and winding country lanes. The fields and forests give way occasionally to tiny … [lose their] content deliberately in our forests or in our watercourses here, and the … fitting into the patchwork of fields and forests – just a small feature in a big …
A new investigation has revealed appalling labour conditions for Burmese migrants working onboard boats supplying 'trash fish' for use in feed given to farmed prawns. But this is just the latest scandal to engulf the global shrimp industry, says Andrew Wasley
… of ecologically important mangrove forests, chopped down to make way for prawn … to see evidence of mangrove and carnauba forests being cut down to make way for shrimp … of the farm's boundaries into nearby mangrove forests used by the community for fishing and …
UK fund managers are selling investments in jatropha plantations as a wallet-swelling, planet-saving financial bonanza. But the reality for poor farmers is very different
… Palm oil plantations could be classified as forests European Commission guidance would … to be labelled as sustainable even if forests have been destroyed to make way for …
UK fund managers are selling investments in jatropha plantations as a wallet-swelling, planet-saving financial bonanza. But the reality for poor farmers is very different. Andrew Wasley reports
… Palm oil plantations could be classified as forests European Commission guidance would … to be labelled as sustainable even if forests have been destroyed to make way for …
A radical experiment in community supported agriculture is attempting to break farming's reliance on fossil fuels and unsustainable practices. Andrew Wasley met green farmer Ed Hamer for this exclusive extract from The Ecologist Guide To Food.
… of picture postcards. Rolling hills, thick forests, deep valleys, gushing streams, lots …
US researchers behind a study that showed links between gas drilling and sickness in livestock say a moratorium should be imposed on fracking in the UK until its impact on food safety can be assessed. Andrew Wasley reports
Fracking poses risk to UK farm animals and food safety, experts warn Andrew Wasley | 17th September 2013 News Fracking Energy Food And Farming News Investigations Gas Dairy Farming Food Safety hunger …
A growing number of farmers are now questioning the nature of the cull and its effectiveness. And some are blaming poor biosecurity and intensive farming for the spread of TB in the UK cattle herd. Andrew Wasley and Sarah Stirk report
Badger cull a PR disaster for UK countryside, warn 'dissident' farmers Andrew Wasley Sarah Stirk | 18th June 2013 News News Food And Farming Badgers Milk Dairy Animal Health Investigation dave gill …
Documents reveal Celtique Energie has been privately touting 'dedicated fracking' to investors for Sussex oil and gas drilling - while publicly describing fracking plans as 'hypothetical'. Andrew Wasley reports.
UK fracking industry's PR offensive 'becoming more canny' Andrew Wasley | 9th December 2013 News Fracking Hydraulic Fracturing Oil And Gas Politics And Econimics News Energy Ecologist …
The coast of Peru is being blighted by a fishmeal industry that's sprung up to satisfy the West’s voracious appetite for salmon – now marine life, human health and whole ecosystems are paying the price. Andrew Wasley and Jim Wickens report
How our growing appetite for salmon is devastating coastal communities in Peru Andrew Wasley Jim Wickens | 1st December 2008 News Fish Food And Farming Salmon Peru fishybusiness.jpg The coast of Peru …