Motorists have been slow to embrace electric vehicles, but gradually they are starting to find their way onto the roads. Gavin Haines asks whether battery powered cars have finally turned a corner or whether their unpopularity thus far is surpassed only by their disappointing eco credentials?
A new study suggests an alarming link between low-level exposure to organophosphate pesticides - the most widely used insecticides in the world - and long-term brain damage. Tom Levitt reports
Disregarding African people in favour of their wildlife will only defeat our conservation objectives because the future of the continent’s protected areas is entirely in their hands, warns gorilla conservationist, Greg Cummings
A film-maker, a writer, a peace walker, a primatologist - these are just a few of the 11 activists who have contributed to a new book that claims there is an activist in us all. Edgar Vaid reviews Small World, Big Ideas..
James Sainsbury celebrates the achievements of Resurgence and shares his vision and hopes for the future of The Resurgence Trust and the green movement
Peru is set to embark on a major expansion of gas operations in the Camisea region in the Amazon - a move which could decimate Indigenous peoples, both those in ‘voluntary isolation’ and others in the early stages of contact. David Hill reports
Environmentalist and Humanitarian, Satish Kumar introduces the new trinity that he believes captures the essence of his ecophilosophy - one that cares about and for all life
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The economic plan of President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela for 2013-2019 promotes the exploitation of mineral deposits in the Sierra de Perijá, an area that is extremely high in biodiversity, and home to the indigenous Yukpa people....
Like all great cities, Paris has the power to draw in food and resources from all corners of the Earth. And with every meal, this food-lovers’ paradise unwittingly sketches the fate of its countryside and seashores, near and far. Carolyn Lebel reports on the Foodprint of a city famed for its eateries
Over the course of a weekend ecologist and blogger Hugh Warwick had two amazing experiences: One was a gathering of naturalists and artists at the New Networks for Nature, the other a flashmob of protesters at the British Museum.
The controversial practice of hunting bears with dogs is about to be banned in the US state. Some veterans on one of their final expeditions share the thrill of the chase...
