Environment

The jaguar, Panthera onca, has become an animal in danger of extinction over recent decades, due to the fragmentation and deterioration of its habitat, as well as hunting and illegal animal smuggling…

22 January 2009 marks a new day on the EPA watch according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO): EPA’S PROCESSES FOR ASSESSING AND CONTROLLING TOXIC CHEMICALS EPA’s…

If you care about the environment, you probably have become familiar with the phrase 'food miles' - along with production methods, it has become a key factor in what environmentally conscious people…

The idea of ecosystem services is a promising conservation concept but has been rarely put into practice. In  Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, researchers have created a tool they say…

I read this in today's Daily Telegraph: Campaigns to protect native species 'are racist' Have a read(LINK), and don't you think he is carrying things too far?  Although I have heard groundsmen…

New research by an Arabian prince could see the millions of date stones disposed of in Saudi Arabia each year instead used to decrease air and water pollution.  Abdulrahman Bandar Al-Saud, 34,…

Every six months or so, I come home to find a stack of new phone books waiting for me by my front door.  My shoulders slump as soon as I catch sight of them - because honestly, I practically…

The Conservancy of Southwest Florida has filed a petition with Secretary Salazar of the United States Department of the Interior to provide additional legal protection for the endangered Florida…

2009 will be an eventful year for Earth observation at the European Space Agency. I watched the ESA press conference in December 2008 immediately after the Ministerial where ESA's Director General…

2009 will be an eventful year for Earthobservation at the European Space Agency. I watched the ESA pressconference in December 2008 immediately after the Ministerial whereESA's Director General…