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Animal Extinction Crisis Highlights Need for Biodiversity Action

A third of the world's amphibians, a fifth of all mammals and 70 per cent of all plants are under threat, according to the latest Red List published just two months before the world marks the International Year of Biodiversity 2010

5 Nov 2009

Great Soils are the Key to Great Wines

The world's greatest wines are the result of a threefold synergy among grape variety, human input, and something called the “terroir” -- a term often defined as the vineyard site, soil, and climate

5 Nov 2009

Palm Oil Programs Harming Asia's Poor and Not Helping Orangutans Says IPA

Misguided campaigns by the Melbourne and Auckland Zoos and activists lack understanding of why forest and orang-utans are being lost. It isn’t palm oil it’s poverty

2 Nov 2009

Toxic Waste From Shipwreck Threatens Marine Life in Madagascar

Toxic waste from a ship which went down off the coast in southern Madagascar in August has had severe impacts on the health of local people and on the rich coastal and marine environment

28 Oct 2009

Combining Farming and Science in Ecological Agriculture

Agriculture is going through a profound revolution -- one that rivals the industrial revolution of the 19th century and the green revolution of the 20th century, so says the authors of a new book, Organic Farming: The Ecological System, which combines farmer experience and wisdom with the best that science has to offer

27 Oct 2009

Levi's and Goodwill Team Up and Launch a "Care Tag for Our Planet"

Levi Strauss and Goodwill today announced A Care Tag for Our Planet, a new initiative that aims to put billions of pounds of unwanted clothing to good use instead of into landfill

27 Oct 2009

The UNESCO Chair of Sustainability at UPC Turning a Landfill Site into a Community Park

Researchers at the UNESCO Chair of Sustainability at UPC are working with sustainable technologies to convert a rubbish dump of the Colombian city of Medellin in a urban park for the citizens

27 Oct 2009

Changes Made to Wildlife Trade Rules

Proposals for tighter trade controls for species such as the Atlantic Blue Fin tuna, sharks and corals have been submitted for the next meeting of parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES)

26 Oct 2009

Sea Shepherd Renames Earthrace, the Ady Gil, as They Prepare to Shut Down Japanese Whaling in the Antarctic

At a fundraising event in Los Angeles on Saturday, October 17th, 2009, the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society unveiled their newest ocean defense vessel - the Ady Gil

20 Oct 2009

Enzyme Identified That Could Have Biofuel Crops Growing in Harsh Environments

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have identified a novel enzyme responsible for the formation of suberin — the woody, waxy, cell-wall substance found in cork. Adjusting the permeability of plant tissues by genetically manipulating the expression of this enzyme could lead to easier agricultural production of crops used for biofuels

19 Oct 2009