4 days ago5 minEvidence that fish flourish in a community-managed marine area offers hopeby Malavika Vyawahare on 21 May 2020 New research from Madagascar offers a glimmer of hope that locally managed marine areas (LMMAs), an alternative to conve...
6 days ago1 minHistoric US agreement gives monarch butterflies the ‘right-of-way’ in protection dealPhoto by Kyle Glennon Unsplash More than 45 transportation and energy companies, as well as dozens of private landowners, have agreed to create or maintain m...
May 221 minOceanSaver launches Ecodrops, developed to fight the use of single-use plastic + preserve ocean lifeRecently awarded the Good Housekeeping award for Eco Innovation 2020, GHI expert said of the Ocean Mist Anti Bac Drops ‘A brilliant surface cleaner which off...
May 221 minThe "ultra-rare" Blue Calamintha bee feared extinct is spotted by scientists in FloridaUntil this spring, the "ultra-rare" blue calamintha bee (Osmia calaminthae) had only been observed in four locations in central Florida, and it hadn't been s...
May 192 minWild white storks hatch in UK for first time in 600 hundred yearsThe first wild storks to hatch in the UK since the Middle Ages have emerged. Rangers at Knepp Estate near Horsham waited with baited breath after nine eggs w...
May 181 minIn bid to protect bees, EU aims for 50% reduction in the use of chemical pesticides by 2030The European Commission is seeking to halve the use of chemical pesticides by 2030 to halt the decline of pollinators, in a plan likely to draw criticism bot...
May 121 minBrazil deploy military to protect Amazon rainforestThe armed forces, alongside environmental officials, police and other government agencies, began with an operation in a national forest in Rondonia state, ne...
May 111 minFirst brown bear in 150 years spotted by film crew in Galicia, northern Spain A film crew from Zeitun Films discovered the presence of this 3-5 year old brown bear, the first to be sen in Galicia northern Spain for 150 years
May 101 minWhaling in Iceland is shut down for second consecutive yearIceland's two whaling companies will skip the whale hunt this summer for the second straight year, with one telling AFP Friday that they were hanging up thei...
May 41 minPakistan pays lockdown unemployed to plant saplings in country's 10 Billion Tree Tsunami programmeSince Pakistan locked down starting March 23 to try to stem the spread of COVID-19, unemployed day labourers have been given new jobs as "jungle workers", pl...
Feb 133 minUS republicans set a goal to plant a trillion trees by 2050 to fight global warmingRepublican lawmakers on Wednesday proposed legislation setting a goal for the United States to plant a trillion trees by 2050 to fight global warming, a plan...
Feb 105 minIn 'Honeyland', One of Europe’s Last Wild Beekeepers Fights Environmental and Economic Hardships...The documentary Honeyland premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, where it was the most awarded film, winning the Grand Jury Prize, Special Jury Award ...
Feb 61 minUK's Sussex council bans coastal trawler fishing to cut greenhouse emissions + revive kelp forests A campaign to restore a large underwater kelp forest has been helped by an agreement to ban trawler fishing off the West Sussex coast. A new bylaw will exclu...
Jan 312 minOne million native trees are to be planted in the Cairngorms in a bid to restore ancient forests A million native trees are to be planted in the Cairngorms in a bid to restore ancient forests and protect fragile stocks of wild salmon. The £5.5 million pr...
Jan 104 minNational Trust to plant 20 million new trees to step up the battle against climate changeThe National Trust has unveiled one of the UK's biggest woodland expansion and tree planting projects in an ambitious plan to become carbon net zero by 2030...
Sep 25, 20191 minThe 2019 Champion of the Earth for Policy and Leadership goes to Costa RicaThe 2019 Champion of the Earth for Policy and Leadership goes to Costa Rica. As it battles to preserve its biodiversity, Costa Rica has emerged as a global l...
Aug 15, 20192 minYeoncheon Imjin River Biosphere Reserve, (Republic of Korea), New Entrant to Unesco Biospheres 2019.Located in the Chugaryeong Tectonic Valley, the Yeoncheon Imjin River Biosphere Reserve encompasses the entire county of Yeoncheon and the Imjin River basin....
Aug 5, 20191 minMigratory Bird Sanctuaries on Coast of Yellow Sea-Bohai Gulf of China, Unesco World Heritage SiteMigratory Bird Sanctuaries along the Coast of Yellow Sea-Bohai Gulf of China (Phase I) The property features an intertidal mudflat system considered to be th...
Aug 1, 20192 minJulian Alps Bisosphere Reserve (Italy) - New Entrant to Unesco 2109 Bisosphere ReservesThe Julian Alps is a region from the Southern Limestone Alps where northeastern Italy joins Slovenia. The Slovenian Julian Alps biosphere reserve, which incl...