Forest communities are fighting increasing incursions onto their land by US oil companies. Now the Belizean government is seeking to reverse a court ruling preventing them allowing oil exploration, logging or mining. Robin Llewellyn reports from Belize
… land by US oil companies. Now the Belizean government is seeking to reverse a court … Commission found the Guatemalan Government guilty of violating the rights of the community, and the government started to respond and to address …
Campaign group South-West Against Nuclear want to stop the government's plans for a 'nuclear renaissance' beginning in Hinkley Point in Somerset. Nuclear, activists say, is plagued by problems from beginning to end
… South-West Against Nuclear want to stop the government's plans for a 'nuclear renaissance' … plagued by problems from beginning to end The Government's plan to pursue its nuclear agenda … two legal challenges brought against the UK government on both the justification decision …
The next world population milestone of 8 billion will come sooner than we think - perhaps as early as 2025 - yet we remain reluctant to debate the issue. A forthcoming Royal Society report may force us to
… Population is 'our biggest challenge' says government chief scientist Sir John Beddington … immediate statistic that 'frightens' the UK government's chief scientist: 1 billion extra … to those being made by many others outside government such as Sir David Attenborough, who …
The Dayak Benua community of Muara Tae, Indonesia, are fighting to protect their ancestral forests from a mining company. The London-based Environmental Investigation Agency has now launched a campaign to assist
… Forestry Ministry said, ‘If the provisional government has recognised this forest as an ancestral forest, it means the government can take ownership on behalf of the … is allowed to sell these trees anymore. The government can intervene and tell the …
Wealthy individuals, including Bill Gates, have funded a series of reports into the future use of technologies to geoengineer the climate
… including Bill Gates , are lobbying governments and international bodies to back … cuts in greenhouse gases, and say the US government and others should pay for a major … reduce emissions. In 2009-2010, the US government received requests for over …
A decision looms on whether - and where - to build the UK's first deep disposal for nuclear waste. Two borough councils in Cumbria have 'volunteered' - but can the communities be convinced? Matilda Lee reports
… issues surrounding deep repository - the government's preferred long-term solution to … Safely (MRWS) Partnership, which includes government, tourism, farming and other … up to manage the community consultation. The government, fearful of pushing a top-down …
The earthquake and nuclear meltdown in Japan last year compounded pre-existing issues like falling birth rates, fragmented families and shrinking communities. What does the future hold?
… disaster have spent on average five months in government-provided temporary shelters. … disaster have spent on average five months in government-provided temporary shelters. … communities, brought about by the failure of governmental officials to consider keeping …
There has been a significant reduction in the killing of seals in Scotland but the Seal Protection Action Group needs your help in ending the killings altogether
… seals breeding in Scotland. Ever since the government lifted a temporary ban on the … shooting by fishing interests'. The Scottish Government reported this week that the total … shot in 2011, a figure less than half of the government's limit and one that shows a 85 per …
What does it take to make it in the low-carbon economy? The Ecologist takes a look at the skills and courses that will set you up for success
… Green Investment Bank Green Deal Agriculture Government Energy Waste Manufacturing Economy … domestic policy. What’s more, despite the Government’s solar feed-in tariffs debacle, … good on their promise to be the ‘greenest government ever’. With phase one of the Green …
The UK government's scientific advisory group found no link between childhood leukaemia and proximity to nuclear power plants, but German and French research has found an alarming doubling of risk
… 5 living near nuclear power plants The UK government's scientific advisory group found … Protection. However, last year the UK government's scientific advisory Committee on … Dr Dorfman, the former Secretary to the government's Committee examining radiation …
Despite no scientific training Bjørn Lomborg has had a strong influence on the climate change debate, positioning himself against climate deniers and campaigners who say that climate change is a global emergency
… sit. In November, Denmark’s new centre-left government withdrew funding from the … by any reasonable standards failed.' He wants governments to instead agree to invest 0.2 per … Surrey has highlighted the challenges facing government, market and civil society-led …
The £700 million trade is 'one of the best kept secrets', say campaigners, with consumers largely unaware they are buying illegally felled timber
… local communities of their livelihood, government tax revenues and has been linked to … out of sight from inspectors. The Coalition government in the UK had promised to stop that … Similar legislation already exists in the US. Government officials now say they have no …
Our love affair with shrimp has fuelled the destruction of the 'rainforests of the sea' - mangroves - whose biodiversity and carbon-storing capacities are much undervalued. The author of 'Let Them Eat Shrimp', Kennedy Warne, talks through his alarming findings
… by a combination of commercial aggression and governmental compliance. Governments in developing countries became … that they should know about. How should local governments balance the importance of …
The wind farms debate rages on as the need for renewable energy grows. But is the UK in danger of putting aesthetics before the need to cut carbon emissions and adopt greener technologies?
… University and commissioned by the Scottish Government. According to Partnerships for … of the development process, he says, but the government needs to be cognisant of community … Surrey has highlighted the challenges facing government, market and civil society-led …
Biofuelwatch warn of an unfolding 'biomassacre' as the UK is set to rely on a growing amount of wood-based biomass, driving landgrabbing, replacing old growth forests with plantations, destroying biodiversity and causing air pollution
… energy of 15 per cent by 2020. The UK government has chosen to prioritise industrial … the biomass 'standards' planned by the UK Government are not worth the … air quality and estuary ecosystems. The UK Government has estimated the mortality health …
Moves by unknown shell companies to control lucrative natural resources may have cost Democratic Republic of Congo $1 billion in lost revenue, as UK-listed mining company Glencore under pressure to explain deals
… to bring the issue to the attention of the UK government. He presented documents suggesting … Joyce reckons that the losses to the DRC government from the Mutanda and Kansuki deals … create ‘new generation’ of victims Quebec government considering $58 million loan to …
In Zambia’s newest national park live more than 200 sable antelope. Coralled in conditions that are far from ideal, the animals have languished there for almost three years; the victims of bureaucracy, unscrupulous operators and a disregard for conservation. Ian Michler reports
… These accounts also covered disputes between government and private-sector agencies over … blocked. Opposition came from various government and private-sector quarters, …
A new Al Jazeera documentary follows reporter Juliana Ruhfud and producer Orlando von Einsiedel as they investigate Sierra Leone's multi-million dollar illegal fishing trade
… illegal acts have been sent to EU and local governments. In the last 2 years, 300 … he has also said that the Sierra Leone government is introducing new policies in …
The media frenzy that erupted as Tesco admitted having second-thoughts on carbon footprint labels may have inflicted lasting damage on a once promising sector
… changing consumer behaviour. An April 2011 government report found one-third of people …
Politicians deny the existence of isolated tribes like the Mashco-Piro as oil, gas and logging exploration increasingly encroaches on their forest territory
… about this. All it needs is Peru's government to demonstrate enough political … to protect the Mashco-Piro's land.' Peru's government took a major step last year by …
Seemingly ethical companies like The Co-operative, M&S and Waitrose have been accused of double-standards over their partnerships with oil giants like BP, Shell and Chevron
… up oil pollution in Amazon rainforest Ecuador government urged not to give in to pressure … right to oppose corporations and central government …
If you only pick up one green book this year, make it Jeremy Rifkin’s The Third Industrial Revolution. It will change the way you think, says Mark Newton
… argument these days concerns encouraging governments to embrace renewable energy to …
Despite being an economic success, prawn farms built in Brazil's mangroves have displaced natural ecosystems and the coastal communities which rely on them, says Kennedy Warne in an exclusive extract from 'Let Them Eat Shrimp'
… the common use of the people,' and that the government is required to 'defend and preserve … of land to call their own. She pressured the government to do its job in defending the …