With Australia's still trying to 'de-list' 74,000 hectares of forest from the Tasmania Wilderness World Heritage Area, Kevin Kierman reminds us that it's not just about the trees. No less important are the area's unique geology, and ancient Aboriginal cultural sites.
… Tasmania's World Heritage debate must look beyond the trees … of forest from the Tasmania Wilderness World Heritage Area, Kevin Kierman reminds us that … debate around Tasmania's controversial World Heritage extension, under review at …
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?
… Saving our heritage... from ourselves Eifion Rees | 25th … News Climate Change UNESCO Seville World Heritage Danger Abu Simbel Egypt High Aswan … may be added to the UNESCO List of World Heritage Sites in Danger this week, but how …
Global climate breakdown conference in Blackpool puts coastal heritage in the watery path of climate change.
… Coastal heritage and climate change John Darlington | 12th September 2019 News Coastal Heritage Blackpool Architecture Seasides … conference in Blackpool puts coastal heritage in the watery path of climate change. …
The UK has just opened a bidding round for fracking licences. But the rules contain only weak protections against fracking in National Parks and AONBs - and none at all for even the most important wildlife sites and drinking water aquifers.
… go-ahead on UK's National Parks, World Heritage Sites, nature reserves Oliver Tickell … and scenic beauty where the environmental and heritage qualities need to be carefully … Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty and World Heritage Sites. Proposals for such development …
What do the Australian Environment Foundation, the Renewable Energy Foundation and the Global Warming Policy Foundation have in common? They are all fiercely anti-environment, writes William Laurance - and we must beware their 'eco-doublespeak'.
… Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef. World Heritage Sites - who needs them? In Australia, … Abbott government's efforts to remove World Heritage listing for 74,000 hectares of native … forests inthe Tasmania Wilderness World Heritage Area , to promote industrial logging. …
The Thai government was right to evict an indigenous community from the Kaeng Krachan National Park at gunpoint and burn down homes, a Bangkok court has ruled - even though one resident had lived there for 100 years and the Park was only created in 1981.
… fear of legal action." Kaeng Krachan a World Heritage Site? In October 2016, UNESCO will … Krachan Forest Complex be nominated for World Heritage listing. In its 2015 meeting, the World Heritage Committee asked Thailand's military …
The rapid deterioration of the world's oceans and the life they contain calls for a breakthrough in their governance, writes Deborah Wright. The seas must be protected, respected and policed as the common heritage of all mankind, and of all generations present and future.
… respected and policed as the common heritage of all mankind, and of all … natural world. Also applicable is the Common Heritage of Mankind principle, which asserts … of national jurisdiction" to be the "Common Heritage of Mankind" . So what's the problem? …
As COP21 reaches its endgame, there are plans to build 2,440 coal-fired power plants around the world, write Mowdud Rahman & Greig Aitken. Their completion would send global temperatures, and sea levels, soaring. Yet Bangladesh, the world's most 'climate vulnerable' large country, has plans for a 1.3GW coal power plant on the fringes of its World Heritage coastal wetlands.
… coal power plant on the fringes of its World Heritage coastal wetlands. On the opening day … mangrove forest and is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site and biodiversity hotspot. Speak … biodiversity zone are why the UNESCO World Heritage Committee has expressed its concern …
Over the Great Barrier Reef's coral has already been lost, writes Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, and UNESCO is expected to add the site to its 'World Heritage in danger' list. The reef's survival will depend on the world's ability to control carbon emissions. So why is Australia planning to open vast new coal mines in the Galilee Basin?
… is expected to add the site to its 'World Heritage in danger' list. The reef's survival … growing international concern that the World Heritage-listed Great Barrier Reef is in … With 50% of the corals gone , UNESCO's World Heritage Committee has been pressuring the …
The European Union's top court ruled today that increased logging in Białowieża broke EU nature laws. The Polish government must now reverse decisions that allowed logging, or face fines of up to tens of millions of euros. CATHERINE EARLY reports
… forests, a Natura 2000 site, and a World Heritage Site. Located on the border between … of the forest. The UNESCO World Heritage Committee also urged Poland to stop … “The Białowieża Forest is our national heritage. All the activities have been …
The Rampal coal power plant in Bangladesh, near the world's greatest mangrove forest, is a deeply misconceived project that must be abandoned, writes Johan Frijns in this Open Letter to the Exim Bank of India - which is planning to finance its construction. It would severely damage the precious local environment and wildlife, while adding to global climate change and sea level rise.
… Sundarbans Reserve Forest. This UNESCO World Heritage Site, a crucial source of livelihood … Sundarbans forest, a recognised UNESCO World Heritage site Climate, topography, land use …
Dr Vandana Shiva argues that agroecology holds the key to solving the climate and ecological crisis in a just and equitable way.
… healthy, both inside and out. Cultural heritage Eating is an ecological act, not an … of farming, and threatens the cultural heritage of every country in the world. This …
The presence of the tigers is the world's greatest mangrove forest vital to its survival, writes Joydip Kundu. It's the fear of the tiger that deters people from entering the forest to cut its trees and hunt its wildlife - and so these majestic predators protect its fisheries, and guard millions of people in south Bengal from the rising seas.
… Sundarbans, recognised by UNESCO as a world heritage site, are inhabited. The other 48, … of Kolkata, would be at stake. At Society for Heritage and Ecological Researches ( SHER ) we … he is a member of Kolkata's Society for Heritage and Ecological Researches. Project: …
A powerful call has gone out the the US Export-Import Bank not to finance a massive coal mine, railway, port terminal and dredged 'canal' through Australia's Great Barrier Reef with $1 billion in loans and guarantees.
… to consider classifying the reef as a ' World Heritage in Danger '. "This includes two … dredge spoil from being dumped in the World Heritage Area or nearby wetlands and to … the project would jeopardize the Reef's World Heritage status. But even more serious for …
Breaking a clear pre-election promise, the government will allow fracking to take place in the UK's most precious wildlife sites and in vital groundwater source areas, writes Adam Vaughan.
… our wildlife, geological and physiographical heritage" . 'Ministers simply cannot be … natural beauty, the Broads and world heritage sites under the new plans, though …
How is Kew Gardens planting trees in order to protect British species in a changing climate?
… with our species selection to get it right. Heritage English oaks and ash are both in … these trees in order to protect the English heritage landscape. We are also looking at … interesting species, but we would lose the heritage landscape if that’s all we did. If …
For Indigenous peoples climate change is not a political slogan but an inescapable reality of their daily life. In a new series for the Ecologist, Gleb Raygorodetsky explores how different communities are responding to the challenges of climate change
… the UNESCO’s Golden Mountains of Altai World Heritage Site . The gravesite is deceptively … change is literally melting away the cultural heritage of Altai people, a rich and irreplaceable part of the global heritage. At least this is what worries …
While other countries apply themselves to environmental challenges from climate change to nature protection, Russia - with its massive wealth of nature and natural resources - is stubbornly refusing to take part, writes Lucy E J Woods. And as the economy declines, the pressure is on: to ignore environmental regulations, and clamp down on environmental defenders.
… in just one of its lakes: the UNESCO World Heritage Site, Lake Baikal . The Lake is so … spot. There are 26 similar UNESCO world heritage sites, 40 national parks and 100 … Mountains of Altai - another UNESCO world heritage site. Knizhnikov explains WWF have …
Industrial logging in the world's second largest rainforest is out of control, writes Raoul Monsembula, and spells disaster for both wildlife and forest people. There is an alternative: community forestry has just been enshrined in law. But resources must be committed to law enforcement in Congo and abroad, and to empowering forest communities.
… to account and protect the DRC's vast natural heritage and resources. But at the same time … the squandering of the country's vast natural heritage that form part of the world's second …
Poland's environment ministry has a plan for a huge increase in logging in Europe's last great primeval forest, writes Zachary Davies Boren. Officials claim it's to control bark beetles. But ecologists say the insects are regulated naturally within the forest ecosystem, while logging threatens huge damage to irreplaceable biodiversity.
… Ministry. Bialowieza Forest, a UNESCO World Heritage Site that spans 1,600 square … lowland natural forest and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Its unique ecosystem and …
'We all live in Khimki Forest' has become the rallying cry of a local forest defense campaign. Goldman Prize winner Evgenia Chirikova describes what it's like to be green in Russia the why a culture of impunity and corruption risks destroying the country's natural heritage
… risks destroying the country's natural heritage You've gone from being a working mum … Lake Baikal [on UNESCO's World Natural Heritage list] which accounts for 20 per cent …
An African movement for Earth-centred living and governance, founded in traditional cultures, is growing across the continent, writes HANNIBAL RHOADES. Meet the newly graduated Earth Jurisprudence practitioners helping a revival to flourish
… Africa that the continent has a rich cultural heritage of ecologically rooted traditions. We … are founded in Earth Jurisprudence. Africa’s heritage is her future ”, says Hosken. …
As part of a global week of action campaigners from Divest London have gathered to ‘Raise the Heat' on the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, writes Hal Rhoades - protesting its plan to invest in a ‘carbon bomb' coal project that endangers global climate and threatens to finish off the Great Barrier Reef.
… fuel projects in the Great Barrier Reef Heritage Area. So far the bank has refused to … banks from funding projects that damage world heritage sites. Speaking at the protest last …