There is a excellent letter in The Times today (3rd Jan, 2023) written by Brian Aldred. He is not, as far as I know, anybody… Read More »Apocalypse now for the animals apocalypse deferred for humans
The good news for conservationists and people who don’t see economic growth as the only way to live, is that we have woken up to… Read More »World’s most dangerous climate denier, Bolsonaro, loses power
NEWS AND COMMENT: The World Wildlife Fund-UK’s Living Planet Report 2022 makes shocking reading. The headline is that humans have wiped out almost 70% of… Read More »Wildlife populations plummet by 69% in 50 years thanks to humans
The best way to motivate people to change their ways to protect wildlife and to reduce the suffering of livestock in factory farming is through… Read More »Capitalism, technology and the need to survive can save wildlife and reduce livestock suffering
It seems that if you want to carry out a successful conservation programme to protect elephants on the African continent you’ve got to commit to… Read More »Gabon: declaring war on elephant poachers has been highly successful
There appears to be a shocking failure in the conservation of the koala in Australia which has been highlighted by a catastrophe in Cape Bridgewater,… Read More »Monster mess of koala conservation in Australia
COMMENT AND NEWS: The desire by governments in any country to reforest their landscape because it has been deforested for commercial reasons is admirable as… Read More »Reforestation can go wrong: some golden rules for effective reforestation
NEWS AND COMMENT: This is a very disturbing story. It concerns the first EU renewable energy directive. It obliges member states to source 20% of… Read More »Flawed EU biomass legislation causing mass deforestation in Europe
NEWS AND COMMENT: This story from Australia highlights the battle between the conservation of native wild species on that continent and commerce which often wants… Read More »Classic story of wildlife conservation versus destruction of habitat for commercial reasons in Australia
In a move which only China could make, China’s administrators are introducing a law which states that diners who fail to finish their meal in… Read More »China is making it illegal to leave any food on your dinner plate!
The world’s human population relentlessly rises and there is real concern but thankfully at last people are talking about it. Some people think that the… Read More »Farming to feed rising human population will destroy wildlife
Allegedly, British supermarkets are complicit in the deforestation of Brazilian rainforest because some of their supply chain products are linked with Brazilian mega-farms which destroy… Read More »British supermarkets allegedly complicit in deforestation of Brazilian rainforest
NEWS AND VIEWS: Although the UK supermarket, Morrisons, have decided to stop sourcing its own brand of corned beef from a Brazilian meat company accused… Read More »Auditors, financiers and retailers are supporting deforestation
It’s all over the news and it’s going to have quite a big impact on the rapidly growing vegan movement. Food manufacturers have had to… Read More »Vegans 40% more likely to suffer a bone fracture
NEWS AND VIEWS: I’m going to be the only one who thinks like this. I don’t like to see a 30 year old, 43-foot tall… Read More »Cutting down a 43 foot spruce tree for Parliament Square at Christmas
PETA and the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services both say, as do many others, that meat should be taxed in the same… Read More »Tax meat to stop disease and to protect the animals and the environment
NEWS AND VIEWS (COMMENT): There is a war going on in the Amazon jungle between companies who have been issued with licences to log the… Read More »Customers don’t care if wood from the Amazon is illegal or legal
Chinese conservationists and researchers have built an arboreal highway by using a rope to span between two areas of a fragmented habitat lived in by… Read More »Artificial arboreal rope highway to join up fragmented gibbon habitat
Corporations in Europe are failing to do the right thing in respect of conservation and it is time for governments to force them to behave… Read More »BMW leather seats damage wildlife conservation
It pays to protect nature. It pays because the better you protect nature the less likelihood there is of people being infected by a zoonotic… Read More »Protecting nature protects people by minimising zoonotic disease carrying animals