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. …
Championing conservation and shining a spotlight on some of the planet’s most iconic places, UNESCO's latest tome, The World’s Heritage, is an inspiring read, says Ruth Styles
… The World’s Heritage Ruth Styles | 15th March 2012 Reviews The World's Heritage Books Natural World Reviews UNESCO … places, UNESCO's latest tome, The World’s Heritage, is an inspiring read, says Ruth …
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. …
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 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 …
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 …
From slave labour to armed conflict, our thirst for natural resources has created serious problems for Africa. Pádraig Carmody’s latest book attempts to unravel the moral morass, says Mark Newton
… coltan mining operation occurs in two world heritage sites, threatening the local … in conservation REVIEW The World’s Heritage Championing conservation and shining … places, UNESCO's latest tome, The World’s Heritage, is an inspiring read, says Ruth …
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 …
Did you know that the humble octopus can teach us how to prevent security threats or deal with natural catastrophes? Nor did Rachael Stubbins until she read Rafe Sagarin’s new book
… in conservation REVIEW The World’s Heritage Championing conservation and shining … places, UNESCO's latest tome, The World’s Heritage, is an inspiring read, says Ruth …
Wonderful illustrations, an entertaining story and a free packet of rocket seeds make Rio Rocket’s adventures an enjoyable way to introduce kids to green issues
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'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 …
Bernie Krause has spent a lifetime recording the sonics of nature. But, as Laurie Tuffrey finds, his quest to record the elusive sound of the wild finds practical application in conservation
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Is population really the demographic time bomb it’s portrayed as? Author Vanessa Baird sifts through the evidence and comes up with some surprising answers, says Mark Newton
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A masterpiece of nature writing, J.A. Baker’s ‘The Peregrine’ is well worth revisiting, says Mark Newton, not just for the prose but also to help us re-engage with the natural world
… in conservation REVIEW The World’s Heritage Championing conservation and shining … places, UNESCO's latest tome, The World’s Heritage, is an inspiring read, says Ruth …
Mangroves are the unsung heroes of the biosphere, says Kennedy Warne in his comprehensive study. So why are we so ready to rip them up in pursuit of tropical golf courses and all-you-can-eat shrimp?
… deliver, says Mark Newton REVIEW The World’s Heritage Championing conservation and shining … places, UNESCO's latest tome, The World’s Heritage, is an inspiring read, says Ruth …
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 …
Campaigners say it is an opportunity to consign opencast coal extraction ‘to the history books’
… we are rightly proud of our past. Coal is our heritage, not our future." This Author Isobel … we are rightly proud of our past. Coal is our heritage, not our future. …