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The Independent (Freetown), 2012-02-06
Meat and cheese top the list of foodstuffs that have a negative impact on the environment, according to research
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ABC News (Australia), 2012-02-06
If history is anything to go by, periods of droughts and flooding rains could become more common in south-eastern Australia and New Zealand, according to a new study.
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BBC News, 2012-02-06
China has "banned" all airlines in the country from joining the European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) aimed at cutting carbon emissions.
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AlertNet (USA), 2012-02-06
MARSABIT, Kenya (AlertNet) – Nomadic communities living off the dry terrain of northern Kenya have relied for generations on the powers of village elders to predict the weather. But the divinations of traditional forecasters were confounded by an unexpectedly severe drought in 2011, threatening herders’ livelihoods.
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Environmental Expert, 2012-02-06
The Nagoya Protocol Implementation Fund (NPIF) — has announced its first beneficiary: a project exploring Panama's natural resources for use in the pharmaceutical and agrochemical industries.
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Science Daily, 2012-02-06
ScienceDaily (Feb. 2, 2012) — 'Yellow biotechnology' refers to biotechnology with insects -- analogous to the green (plants) and red (animals) biotechnology.
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Guardian (UK), 2012-02-06
Globalisation has strengthened the business case for sustainability and a wide range of tools are already in use to measure environmental, social and governance impacts
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Inter Press News Agency, 2012-02-06
CAIRO, Feb 4, 2012 (IPS) - The illegal trade in ivory continues in Egypt, with ivory products sold openly in local tourist markets by traders who operate with impunity, a new study by the conservation group Traffic has found.
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Sydney Morning Herald (Australia), 2012-02-06
We are sentimental but no Australian brand is going to survive simply because it is Australian.
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Times of India, 2012-02-06
BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh forest department has been conferred the international Green Globe Foundation Award for outstanding achievement in environment sector.
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Environmental News Network (ENN), 2012-02-06
In 2011, green sea turtles laid a staggering 1.44 million eggs on just one island in the Philippines thanks to conservation efforts, breaking all previous records.
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Science Daily, 2012-02-06
ScienceDaily (Feb. 3, 2012) — A painstakingly detailed investigation shows that mass extinctions need not be sudden events. The deadliest mass extinction of all took a long time to kill 90 percent of Earth's marine life, and it killed in stages, according to a newly published report.
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UN News Centre, 2012-02-06
ScienceDaily (Feb. 2, 2012) — The communities of marine microorganisms that make up half the biomass in the oceans and are responsible for half the photosynthesis the world over, mostly remain enigmatic. A few abundant groups have had their genomes described, but the natures and functions of the rest remain mysterious.
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Inter Press News Agency, 2012-02-06
BRUSSELS, Feb 6, 2012 (IPS) - Dozens of European Union-funded projects across several countries are ‘environmentally or socially unsound’, according to a map created by a joint effort between CEE Bankwatch Network and Friends of the Earth Europe.
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Inter Press News Agency, 2012-02-06
OUAGADOUGOU , Feb 2, 2012 (IPS) - The story of a pair of buffalo aggressively prowling the edges of a village in eastern Burkina Faso is a warning sign of severe water stress in the region which threatens humans and wild animals alike.
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Scientific American, 2012-02-03
With cold weather absent from much of the U.S. Northeast this year, what does a groundhog's shadow mean anymore?
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Scientific American, 2012-02-03
A warming ocean is encouraging the growth of coral in the far Southern Hemisphere, overriding any effects of "acidification"
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Scientific American, 2012-02-03
The death of an adult female kakapo (Strigops habroptila) on New Zealand’s Anchor Island this past weekend brings the population of these rare flightless parrots down to just 127 birds.
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United Press International (UPI), 2012-02-03
PUERTO MOLDONADO, Peru, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- A wealth of new, previously undocumented species have been discovered in a protected national park in southeastern Peru, wildlife conservationists say.
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New Scientist, 2012-02-03
Malaria kills almost twice as many people worldwide as the World Health Organization estimates, according to a major study that is causing a stir this week. It claims a staggering eight times as many adults die of the disease in Africa as the WHO says.
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Guardian (UK), 2012-02-03
Scientists in Cape Cod are trying to determine what is causing dolphins to swim dangerously close to shore, with more than 100 becoming stranded in the last three weeks.
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ABC News (Australia), 2012-02-03
Jellyfish might be able to shut down a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, but they are not taking over the world's oceans and turning them into slime, say scientists.
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Winnipeg Free Press, 2012-02-03
VANCOUVER - Fisheries management in Canada places too much discretion in the hands of the federal minister, conferring "czar-like" powers that have meant the country has lagged far behind others in protecting its oceans, says a study by an expert panel of some of Canada's most distinguished scientists.
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United Press International (UPI), 2012-02-03
NEW YORK, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- Humpback whales on both sides of the southern Indian Ocean are singing different tunes, a totally unexpected finding, U.S. researchers say.
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Inter Press Service News Agency, 2012-02-03
OUAGADOUGOU , Feb 2, 2012 (IPS) - The story of a pair of buffalo aggressively prowling the edges of a village in eastern Burkina Faso is a warning sign of severe water stress in the region which threatens humans and wild animals alike.
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Guardian (UK), 2012-02-03
Evidence gathered by one of prince's charities hailed as rare piece of good news for world's dwindling fish stocks
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Guardian (UK), 2012-02-02
Leading scientists, including climate change experts, complain about opinion piece akin to 'dentists practising cardiology'
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SciDev.net, 2012-02-02
The Nagoya Protocol Implementation Fund (NPIF) — has announced its first beneficiary: a project exploring Panama's natural resources for use in the pharmaceutical and agrochemical industries.
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Scientific American, 2012-02-02
ScienceDaily (Feb. 1, 2012) — Yellow-cedar, a culturally and economically valuable tree in southeastern Alaska and adjacent parts of British Columbia, has been dying off across large expanses of these areas for the past 100 years. But no one could say why -- until now.
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Science Daily, 2012-02-02
ScienceDaily (Feb. 1, 2012) — Blooms, or proliferation, of jellyfish have shown a substantial, visible impact on coastal populations -- clogged nets for fishermen, stinging waters for tourists, even choked intake lines for power plants -- and recent media reports have created a perception that the world's oceans are experiencing increases in jellyfish due to human activities such as global warming and overharvesting of fish.
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