Newswatch
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May 24th 2013
British wildlife in rapid decline
Almost two thirds of British species have declined in the past 50 years and one in 10 faces the risk of extinction from our shores, according to an extensive new... -
May 24th 2013
Feeding the world sustainably
Conventional methods of agriculture and cattle-breeding cannot feed the world population. They are not sustainable, pollute the environment, are responsible for reducing biodiversity and have a damaging effect on human... -
May 24th 2013
UK net migration down by 1/3
The number of people coming to the UK has fallen by over 80,000 in the last year, according to official figures showing net migration fell by a third. In the year... -
May 22nd 2013
China and India sign water pacts
As part of overall efforts to improve bilateral relations, India and China this week signed agreements on information-sharing on the trans-boundary Brahmaputra River, and on water-efficient irrigation and cooperation in... -
May 21st 2013
Extreme food shortages in North Mali
The World Food Programme WFP warned Friday that one household in 5 in the northern Malian regions of Timbuktu, Gao and Kidal faces extreme food shortages. "With the start of the... -
May 21st 2013
US honey bee population critically low
WASHINGTON, D.C. – After a winter of especially high numbers of honey bee deaths, there is a danger some crops may face a shortage of insect pollinators during this growing... -
May 21st 2013
Study: Clouds cool earth less than thought
Extra cloud cover caused by emissions of industrial pollutants is known to reduce the effects of global warming, but its impact in reducing temperatures has been over-estimated in the climate models,... -
May 20th 2013
Endangered Species Day 2013
With a third of the world’s amphibians, a quarter of all mammals and one in eight birds thought to be endangered, raising the public profile of these species and their... -
May 19th 2013
South Asia: In search of climate policy
With a combined population of over 1.7 billion, which includes some of the world’s poorest but also a sizeable middle class with a growing spending capacity, South Asia is a... -
May 19th 2013
What happened to environmentalism?
On September 20, 1969, Gaylord Nelson, a Democratic senator from Wisconsin, gave a lightly publicized speech in Seattle in which he remarked, “I am convinced that the same concern the...
