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'
… this year in recognition of his fight to protect the Gabonese communities and habitats … those communities are informed, they will protect their own interests,’ Marc says. As if …
Pollyanna Pickering on being one of the few westerners to see a giant panda in the wild, saving the Abyssinian Wolf and how art has led her to a greater appreciation of the natural world...
… working closely with the local population to protect these beautiful animals and conserve … animal welfare laws for the purpose of protecting domestic, farmed and captive …
Molly gets her knuckles rapped for not including standard economic models in her university teaching, and wonders if the profession is disappearing up its own regression formula...
… who keeps the academics on their toes and protects the standard for students. Quite …
On the one side stand half a million poor farmers, desperate to find land for more crops. On the other, a patch of once-extensive forest that is the area's ecological lynchpin. In between, one woman
… Park, which would reunite the chimps with a protected population there. It's safe to say …
A handful of brave, convinced mothers fought their local council to make it pay for polluting their environment and causing their children birth defects. But has anyone learned anything from this landmark ruling?
… little or no detailed chemical testing or protection of the public from the dust and …
In 1962, Rachel Carson's famous exposé of the environmental impacts of the pesticide DDT rocked the chemical industry. Today, Carson's European legacy - the REACH legislation - ought to safeguard public health. But will it?
… for the NGOs is of course above all about protection of human health and the … of legislation which was required to better protect human health and the environment …
Biogas - a methane-rich fuel made from rotting food waste or sewage - has huge potential as a clean, green fuel for the UK. But a perverse web of subsidies, rules and contracts could mean UK councils are about to kiss goodbye to the real power of waste...
… of total UK gas demand, while Environmental Protection (formerly the National Society for …
Growing your own food can go beyond fruit and veg if you have space and the right soil. Read on for Clarissa Dickson Wright and Johnny Scott's guide to grain crops
… very heartening and warming on a cold night. Protect your apples with wheat You might …
It's too late to create an entirely new global climate framework, argues Felicia Jackson. We need to put a price on carbon to reflect its true cost, and Copenhagen, while flawed, is our best hope
… on intangibles like ecosystem or species protection, we devalue them overall. It's …
Laundry giant Unilever's new plan for creating a 'Cleaner Planet' seems to tick all the right boxes. Until, that is, you look at what gets washed down the drained after your undies are rinsed through...
… use levels for materials so that we protect the environment. Typically, materials …