State of UK Birds

A coalition of UK conservation organizations has published a report on the successes and lack therein of the birds in the UK Biodiversity Action Plan. In 1994, the UK government identified 26 species of bird most in need of conservation, and started on a detailed plan of action, reports Surfbirds News. Called State of the UK’s Birds 2010, the report shows that by today, the populations of ov...

Costa Rican Conservation

Good news came recently from Costa Rica with the announcement that the nation is set to become the first of the developing countries to meet United Na...

Biodiversity 100

The Guardian has published Biodiversity 100, a list of places in our world that require immediate preservation. The list calls on G20 countries to preserve and protec...

Biodiversity 911

Biodiversity 911 is an online visit to a symbolic hospital emergency room where animated creatures are being treated for a variety of environmental ailmen...

UNEP Travel and Conservation

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) is linking travel with conservation in order to conserve the Arctic’s habitat. The UN News Centre reports that a joint campa...

Solutions for African Bushmeat Crisis

While African bushmeat was once considered a subsistence activity, logging and the expansion of cities and roads to previously impenetrable forests has made access to animals much easier, suggests Mark Jones of Care For the Wild International, in th...

Agriculture and Biodiversity

It’s hard to ignore over 1 billion people.  So although I like natural foods, I realize the importance of ethical agricultural research in helping to feed the over 1 billion people in our world who are hungry. International agricultural research is desi...

Women and Conservation

In nations such as India, women are known to be the main conservers of biodiversity, reports Sudesca.  Women’s traditional roles of obtaining water, food, and fuel for their communities place them close to the land. In a nutshell, men’s tendency to impro...