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Plastic pollution is seen as a growing threat to wildlife as birds, such as fulmars, can mistake it for food.

Far from 'hippies versus miners', this was a former mining community which took on a developer and won, again and again.

Golden Rice will only strengthen the grip of corporations over rice and agriculture, endangering agrobiodiversity and human health.

Global food insecurity is on the rise. Local food may provide an opportunity to create more resilience in a community.

Banks Mining's operations at its Bradley surface mine in County Durham have ceased.

We're heading for trouble but the coronavirus response proves we can solve climate crisis, says Mike Berners-Lee.

UK's Covid-19 vaccine deals with Novavax and Janssen threaten fair global distribution, campaigners warn.

Plantlife Scotland hope people's love of the Cairngorms can be harnessed to enlist volunteers. 

South Africa's Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing must take responsibility for ongoing ocean grabbing.

'Forests are resilient, adaptive, multifaceted, and have offered us real hope that we could find a way through the crisis.'

Colombia is the world’s most biodiverse country by area, but its rich forested ecosystems are facing existential threats.

Green revolution is locking African farmers into a system that is not designed for their benefit, but for Northern multinational corporations.

While the arrival of humans has been proposed as a potential cause of extinction, evidence on this is limited.

New documentary on indigenous rights and the future of the Amazon launches online.

Corporations in India can explore shale gas reserves without obtaining environmental clearances.