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19/8/2008
The habitats of wild bird species are shifting in response to global warming, but not fast enough to keep pace with rising temperatures, according to a study released Wednesday.
Researchers in France also found that the delicate balance ...
19/8/2008
The Australian government has announced $2.3 million to help deforestation programs in the Asia-Pacific region.
Federal Forestry Minister Tony Burke met with Papua New Guinea ministers in Port Moresby on Tuesday to discuss climate change ...
19/8/2008
Wildlife researchers received a huge moral boost this month when a new census found a massive number of endangered gorillas alive and well in the Republic of Congo. U.S. and Congolese scientists discovered these secretive great apes in a ...
18/8/2008
Markets may soon value rainforests as living entities rather than for just the commodities produced when they are cut down, said a tropical forest researcher speaking in June at a conservation biology conference in the South American country of ...
18/8/2008
Western countries' interest in preserving rainforests to cut carbon emissions could lead to a "land grab" that pushes indigenous people from their homes, campaigners warned yesterday.
The Rainforest Foundation UK is urging the ...
16/8/2008
Sebastián Piñera, one of the richest men in Chile, has a CV that includes introducing credit cards to his country and many large-scale property developments. Now he has added what every chic millionaire
Parque Tantauco, which Piñera ...
15/8/2008
Lots of amphibians (a third to a half of all species) are dying, and their deaths are the breaking-edge of what many scientists are calling the first mass extinction since the dinosaurs checked out 65 million years ago, researchers say in a new ...
15/8/2008
Major players in the food and cosmetics industries are coming under heavy pressure from environmental activists to stop manufacturing and selling products that contain palm oil.
'Warning: Product May Contain Rainforest Destruction' ...
15/8/2008
Ecuador is willing to mediate a settlement between Chevron Corp and 30,000 Amazon jungle dwellers suing the oil company for up to US$16 billion in environmental damages, the country's top attorney said Wednesday.
Peasants and Indians are ...
15/8/2008
A red-breasted bird discovered by accident in the forests of Gabon is a new species, U.S. scientists said on Friday.
They have named the little bird the olive-backed forest robin, or Stiphrornis pyrrholaemus, but say they know little ...
15/8/2008
Scientists at the Smithsonian Institution have discovered a new species of bird in Gabon, Africa, that was, until now, unknown to the scientific community.
The newly found olive-backed forest robin (Stiphrornis pyrrholaemus) was named by ...
14/8/2008
An international fund to protect the Amazon forest launched by Brazil this month marks an important step in harnessing the forest's wealth in less destructive ways, a leading Amazon expert said on Thursday.
The $100 million initially ...
14/8/2008
Devastating declines of amphibian species around the world are a sign of a biodiversity disaster larger than just frogs, salamanders and their ilk, according to researchers from the University of California, Berkeley.
In an article ...
14/8/2008
A race to grab land in developing countries and exploit food supply fears and
payments to conserve forests could spark conflicts in areas of land disputes,
development and civil rights groups say.
Investors say higher land ...
14/8/2008
New research led by two University of California at Berkeley biologists finds frogs and other amphibians worldwide need help, because they are dying at alarming rates.
The researchers find that some frog populations are at 2 to 5% of ...
14/8/2008
A scientific theory has linked the loss of snow on Mount Kilimanjaro to deforestation and dismissed suggestions that the dwindling of glaciers on Africa`s highest peak was due to global warming.
The theory is highlighted in a recent ...
14/8/2008
The world’s population is approaching 7 billion and apparently increasing at a rate of about 78 million per year. At the current annual growth rate of 1.16 percent, it is expected to double within 60 years. However, the projection of 9 billion by ...
14/8/2008
LOCAL writer Mandy Haggith of Achmelvich, near Lochinver, is celebrating the publication of her first non-fiction book, called Paper Trails: From Trees to Trash – The True Cost of Paper.
The book, published by Virgin Books, was launched ...
14/8/2008
If bees became extinct today, mankind would follow suit in 2012. Albert Einstein proclaimed this insect the most important factor in our food chain. As their numbers dwindle, BOB MADDOX believes we must refocus our attentions and save the humble ...
13/8/2008
Vast swathes of the western Amazon are to be opened up for oil and gas exploration, putting some of the planet's most pristine and biodiverse forests at risk, conservationists have warned.
A survey of land earmarked for exploration by ...
13/8/2008
Environmentalists were dismayed this week when Brazil approved construction of one of two dams planned in the Amazon, but possible legal challenges and a dispute between construction groups threaten to delay both projects.
The Brazilian ...
13/8/2008
Elton Leme's garden is to bromeliads what St. Andrews is to golf or what Cooperstown is to baseball: a living shrine.
There are plants in the soil, plants peeping from between rocks, plants hanging from the roof of Mr. Leme's home-built ...
13/8/2008
The world's forests play a vital role in regulating climate change. Covering almost 30 percent of the world's land surface area they store more than 283 metric gigatons of carbon in their biomass, i.e. about 50 percent more than the amount of ...
13/8/2008
Eleven people are being charged for destroying the Khe Dien forest in Que Son District in the central province of Quang Nam, after provincial police investigations.
These people stand accused of co-operating to exploit illegally 670cu.m ...
12/8/2008
Infected migratory birds from Europe or Central Asia were probably to blame for spreading a new strain of H5N1 bird flu to Africa, Nigeria's chief bird flu expert said on Tuesday.
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization ...