Environmental Protection
The ‘Ivory Queen’ gets jailed in Tanzania
Yang Fenglan, 69, stood accused of having smuggled almost 2 tons of ivory out of Africa between 2000 and 2014.
China and India boost a ‘green’ planet but not all green is equal
The two countries are leading the world in greening due to widespread crop farming, new research says.
By planting 1 billion trees we ‘could offset our CO2 emissions’
Trees improve air quality, water quality and food quality. They also play vital roles in ecosystems.
Climate change will turn the oceans bluer. And that’s bad
In the case of a warming of 3°C half of the global ocean surface is going to look quite different.
We are eating large wild animals into extinction
Of the 362 megafauna species surveyed, 70% are decreasing in number while 59% are directly threatened with extinction.
Africa’s pangolins may soon be no more
Even seasoned anti-wildlife trafficking experts were stunned by the enormous size of the stash.