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 …
Over 18 million people live off the natural bounty of the The Mekong Delta, writes Tom Fawthrop - the source of huge annual harvests of fish, rice, fruit, and one of the world's most productive ecosystems. But now huge dams threaten to strangle the Mekong river and the abundant life it supports, while the world sits idly by.
… - the source of huge annual harvests of fish, rice, fruit, and one of the world's most … that has long made the Vietnamese delta a rice bowl of the region will be blocked. The … a year in export revenues alone, mostly from rice, fruit, and fish. Yet the Delta is 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 …
Bhaskar Save, the 'Gandhi of natural farming', died last year after a lifetime of organic growing and determined campaigning against the destruction of India's traditional, sustainable agriculture, writes Colin Todhunter. His 2006 open letter, published here, sets out a devastating critique of industrial agriculture and its impacts, and an eloquent and timely agroecological manifesto.
… scientists' like you. When a grain of rice can reproduce a thousand-fold within … erosion under heavy monsoon rains. How dwarf rice triggered a cycle of ruin and destruction … jowar or bajra (native millets). While rice is suitable for rain-fed farming, its …
California's worst drought on record is far from over, writes Kieran Cooke. But while residents are getting used to dusty cars and parched lawns, the state's massive agricultural sector is still growing water-intensive crops like rice. How crazy is that?
… is still growing water-intensive crops like rice. How crazy is that? Doing the right thing … California is still growing - and exporting - rice, which is a real water drinker. How crazy … California is still growing - and exporting - rice, which is a real water drinker. How crazy …
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 Gaza blockade - a state of chronic shortage of the necessaries of life jointly imposed by Israel and Egypt - is creating floods of sewage and a growing shortage of fresh water. Charlie Andreasson's blog reflects the increasing difficulty of daily life ...
… dishes in it, but do not use it to cook my rice. It's salt. Saltwater penetrates the …
The US's 'dash to frack' for oil or gas, which has transformed the country's energy market, is seriously depleting and contaminating aquifers and surface water supplies, writes Valerie Brown. The choice facing America is plain - energy, or water?
… problem" , explains Julie Weatherington-Rice, senior scientist at Bennett & Williams … herds need to survive", says Weatherington-Rice. "When this happens, you've lost that …
Sub-Saharan African countries top list of those with most vulnerable water supplies as report warns of 'looming crisis' in both Asia and Africa from pollution and depletion of natural water resources
… of water) will lead to a drop in wheat and rice yields of between 30-50 per cent by 2050, …
Sue Lloyd Roberts, the brilliant investigative journalist who died yesterday, was a unique phenomenon in the BBC, writes Oliver Tickell - fearless, rooting out the dirtiest of secrets, fighting the cause of the oppressed, abused, exploited and downtrodden. Now the BBC must keep her mission alive with a new, independent unit dedicated to human rights worldwide.
… wild boar, forest vegetables and home grown rice, the people of the region can survive and … forest, fish from the river, and crops of dry rice, the staple food, are raised on a six …
Building resilience to flood and drought is all about working with farmers, writes Colin Tudge. Simple things like ploughing across slopes, not up and down them, planting trees, and caring for soils, can make a huge difference in helping rainwater to sink into the ground, not run off. And to make it happen, the government must take a lead.
… - paddy fields in the sky. We don't grow rice in Britain but the principle can still be …
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 …
For over two years the small community of San José del Golfo has maintained a 24-hour barricade against the US-owned mine El Tambor that threatens to destroy their land and water. The non-violent resistance, led by women, is transforming the traditional 'macho' culture, and attracting support across Guatemala, and beyond.
… every visitor a hearty plate of beans and rice, or a bowl of chicken soup, with …
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 …
A land grab twice the size of France is under way in Ethiopia, as the government pursues the wholesale seizure if indigenous lands to turn them over to dams and plantations for sugar, palm oil, cotton and biofuels run by foreign corporations, destroying ancient cultures and turning Lake Turkana, the world's largest desert lake, into a new Aral Sea.
… has 10,000 acres in this region to grow rice, which is exported to the Middle East. A …
California has responded to the drought by rationing water, with $500 fines for domestic 'water wasters', writes Evan Blake. But agribusiness and water-intensive industries like fracking remain untouched by the restrictions, even though they consume over 90% of the state's water.
… of all almonds, pistachios, olives, walnuts, rice, plums, dates, figs, raisins, artichokes, …
A pilot study of American mothers' milk has found levels of the herbicide glyphosate around 1,000 times higher than allowed in European drinking water. Campaigners are demanding a ban on the use of glyphosate on food crops.
… but not limited to, wheat, corn, soy, sugar, rice, dry peas and beans and tea. The EPA …
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 …
Since colonising Tibet in 1959, China has ripped out virgin forests, dug up minerals and metals, and dumped nuclear waste with little regard for the fragile ecology of the Tibetan plateau.
… the dams have a profound impact on the rice growers and fishermen of downstream …
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 …