Campaigners in India are facing charges including trespassing and criminal intimidation following a protest last month against genetically modified rice being trialled by Bayer BioScience
… Bayer clamps down on GM rice protest in India The Ecologist | 13th … Food And Farming Bayer Gm India Rice Greenpeace Genetic Engineering Biotech Brinjal Sheep rice.jpg Campaigners in India are facing …
Supporters of a controversial dam in one of Asia's poorest countries say it will bring huge economic benefits. Critics say it could threaten fisheries and rice cultivation, threatening the livelihoods of millions. Brendan Brady reports from Laos
… Critics say it could threaten fisheries and rice cultivation, threatening the livelihoods … fisheries in the world, and the copious rice harvest of Vietnam’s fertile delta, where … makes that country the world’s second-largest rice exporter. Studies warn that this cascade …
Tourists eager to try exotic meat and buy wildlife souvenirs in Laos are helping destroy the country's natural heritage. The consequences for both people and environment are worrying, reports Dawn Starin
… and not-so-young foreign tourists at prices totally incomprehensible to many of the … a group of local men drinking homemade rice whisky from a communal pot through long … Dutch travellers sat down to a meal of local rice whisky, sticky rice, fried morning glory …
The economic and climate-related impacts of forest destruction are well known, but continued logging could unleash devastating new pandemics and spread fatal diseases into the human population, scientists tell the Ecologist
… reservoir from wild animals to domestic dogs. Rice paddies in the Amazon have led to an …
With rich, resource-poor nations increasingly outsourcing their food production to less developed nations, a new website aims to expose the extent of the agricultural land-grab epidemic
… lease of half a million hectares to grow rice for consumption in India. Concerned at …
Palm oil is a key ingredient in everything from cereal, biscuits and margarine to shampoo, lipstick and toothpaste. Unless we curb our desire for it critical forests and wildlife habitat will be gone forever, says Dan Bucknell
… that can – and do – wash away whole schools, rice fields and villages. We are urging …
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'
… shrimp farms. Ponds crowd the landscape like rice paddies. Paddle-wheel aerators froth the … health and whole ecosystems are paying the price. The Ecologist Film Unit investigates …
Madeleine Cuff challenged herself to spend a week reducing her food and packaging waste. Did it work, and will other consumers and supermarkets take note?
… to waste less Exercise portion control: For rice, use ¼ of a mug per person, for pasta …
Conservation is a huge industry in Africa but wildlife populations across the continent are declining. So why isn't it working?
… local communities have paid a high price for conservation and many continue to … just those we know about. In Kenya, Mary Rice from the Environmental Investigation …
Western consumers are inadvertently driving the Sumatran elephant to extinction by eating, washing and wearing - in cosmetics - the derivatives of a fruit that is destroying the animal's last remaining forest habitat. Jim Wickens reports
… just those we know about. In Kenya, Mary Rice from the Environmental Investigation …