“Imagine an electronic page for each species of organism on Earth, available everywhere by single access on command.” – Edward O. Wilson The Encyclopedia of Life is an online reference and database […]
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The Semporna Islands Project (SIP) began in 1998 and is a collaborative venture between the Marine Conservation Society (MCS), Sabah Parks, WWF Malaysia and Nature Link. The objective is to produce a plan […]
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Environment Agency News 4th March 2013 Britain must act now to deal with more extreme weather Britain should improve water supply for business and farming in the face of more frequent floods and […]
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The biggest problem facing wildlife around the world is a lack of space. We humans are taking up so much land for our own activities that it barely seems like anyone even thinks […]
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By 1995, nine of the world’s 17 major fishing grounds were in precipitous decline and four had been commercially ‘fished out’. The EU began to decommission 40% of its fishing fleet, the Malaysian […]
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As New York begins to clear up after the devastation of Superstorm Sandy, our friends at Carbon Visuals, by coincidence, have released a film depicting the yearly carbon emissions of NYC: Maybe it’s […]
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After hearing about the water crisis in parts of Africa, six year old Ryan Hreljac, from a small town near Ottawa, decided to try and help. His teacher told him that $70 would […]
Coral reef gardening, managed by the local community, has managed to reverse the effects of dynamite fishing in parts of the Solomon Islands. Langalanga lagoon, on the central coast of Malaita, is dotted […]
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Beekeeping was one of the many forms of husbandry used by monasteries in the medieval period. At Buckfast Abbey, a Benedictine Monastery in Devon, UK, this tradition is carried on under the stewardship of […]
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