Politics

Poachers steal one elephant too many!

A great elephant sighting in KNP, South Africa. You shoot this, baby, and we'll come after you! Elephant image; Credit: © Shutterstock The Kruger National Park has sadly announced a...

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Orangs threatened again in Sumatra

The Pongo abelii of Sumatra have 2 sanctuaries, visited by almost every eco-tourist to the island. The threat to these large animals and to all the other forest wildlife is...

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International Day of Forests and the Tree

In Haiti, students are celebrating their success in recovering old pine forests for nature. This lady obviously feels her tree will be cared for and thrive in a new Haiti...

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International Women's Day 2014

This is for the ladies, women and girls who can celebrate today with a get-together and for those who can't; IWD image; Credit: © Shutterstock The 1996 date of the...

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World Ocean Summit Report 2014

The top predators of our oceans are being exterminated as governments see fit to cull them and Chinese shark-fin soups find their simple fins just irresistible. Apart from such cruel...

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Dump fracking or integrate it?

The largest demonstration in US history took place in 2013 as the Keystone pipeline from Canada created angry reactions here in Washington; Climate protest image; Credit: © Shutterstock That the...

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EU moves on renewable energy

When the Netherlands (here in Haarlem) used their medieval water-pumping windmills to drain the marshes, they set a trend for Europe and the world that will be evident by 2030....

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Loggers and land-grabbers should leave SE Asia?

It isn't just the people who love these Asian papaya, mango, banana, fig, rambutang and hundreds of other fruits. But the ancient people of the forest have managed and cultivated...

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Cool the planet, or suffer!

Fossil fuel Carbon dioxide emissions in gigatonnes of carbon per year. (A) 2012 emissions by source region, and (B) cumulative; Fossil fuel emissions image; Credit: © plosone When they worked...

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