And they are exacerbated by bad management, says Simon Long AS IT SCOURS the universe for signs of extraterrestrial life, NASA has a motto-cum-mission-statement: “Follow the water”. About 70% of the human
Ronald Mathias Lockley, a protector of nature, died on April 12th, aged 96. In 1933 Ronald Lockey founded Britain's first bird observatory in Skokholm, an island off Wales. He wrote about 40 books
Africa apart, nowhere in the world suffers more from AIDS than the countries of the Caribbean. Some 2% of their population, or half a million people, are infected with HIV. Though this is much lower
Not so long ago, BP Amoco was being feted by "ethical investment" funds and environmental groups. In spite of being one of the world's biggest purveyors of fossil fuels, the firm has made some
Trade in rare species should be permitted, but only if it can be monitored to ensure it does not endanger the species' survival. These passions are on view in Nairobi, at a meeting of the convention
Every two years, the delicate sensibilities of conservationists are roughed up by a bunch of hard-nosed diplomats at an international meeting on trade in endangered species and the same is happening
Yet another tropical cyclone threatened southern Africa this week as its people struggled to recover from last month's floods. In cruel contrast, it also became evident that much of east Africa,
Houston each year pumps 200,000 tons of nitrogen oxide (a component of smog) into the air and this has made America's smogiest city. But since there are federal guidelines on pollution that have to
High environmental standards are a luxury that poor countries cannot afford-or so the orthodoxy has it. But a forthcoming report on global public opinion by Environics International, a Canadian firm,
Public confidence in Canada's food regulation system has been sinking for several years and the government has decided to take some action. McCain Foods, a New Brunswick firm in Canada and one of
Although Beijing's long-suffering residents hardly need confirmation, surveys by the World Bank and other international agencies rooutinely rank Beijing's air quality among the world's poorest. The
