Up to 2.5 billion people depend on indigenous and community lands, which make up over 50 percent of the land on the planet; they legally own just one-fifth. The remaining five billion hectares remain unprotected
Dinosaurs might have known a surprising amount about what we think of as a quintessentially modern problem: global warming.
Melting Himalayan glaciers are threatening to unleash a torrent of floods into mountain valleys, and ultimately dry up rivers across South Asia. A new study, due to be presented in July to the International Commission on Snow and Ice (ICSI), predicts that most of the glaciers in the region will vanish within 40 years as a result of global warming.
The main source of the illegal trade in ozone gobbling chemicals, the mafia in Russia is now in the line of fire
Animal rights is what this group set out to repair. Then all of Earth came under its care
IT is two years since western governments, in a fit of enthusiasm for green issues, proposed a US $1.5 billion "pilot project" to find ways to protect the world's rainforests. Meeting in
Away from human interference, the virgin Arctic islands are, ironically, more polluted than the distant industrialised settlements. And the reason is a filthy secret
Many cities of the world reel under severe lead pollution as they continue using heavily leaded petrol. The case for the phasing out of lead is stronger than ever before
Giant electricity plants in the Sahara desert could provide 15 per cent of Europe's power. But there may be better solar solutions closer to home.
For many southern groups, the greater cause at Rio was to align with their governments against the West's "green imperialism"
The drawbacks of modern, high yield crops are prompting farmers and researchers to go back to traditional, well adapted varieties.
