Life World leaders restart vital environmental talks after Covid delay The One Planet Summit hopes to reignite discussions about protecting nature and people. 11/01/2021
Places Golf is a giant board game damaging the planet: Time for it to go "It’s time we, as a society, admit that golf was a bad idea and move on," argues Abbie Richards. 09/01/2021
Life How to tell the difference between tree-planting schemes and scams As more companies use trees to lure in customers, Ariel Maldonado explains how to spot a greenwashing scam. 06/01/2021
Places Europe’s largest land mammal brought back from the brink of extinction 25 other endangered species have also seen improvements from conservation efforts according to the IUCN. 14/12/2020
Life Human ‘stuff’ will soon weigh more than all living things on Earth The mass of human made objects has doubled every 20 years since the beginning of the 20th century. 10/12/2020
Places Four lions test positive for coronavirus in Barcelona Among them, three older females and a four-year-old male. 08/12/2020
Life What is Remembrance Day for Lost Species and why does it matter? Award-winning writers, actors and creatives are coming together to mourn animals already lost to extinction. 30/11/2020
United Kingdom Millennium Seed Bank celebrates 20 years of preserving plant heritage The Millennium Seed Bank, the world’s largest collector of wild plant seeds, has stored 2.4 billion seeds in the 20 years since it opened. 19/11/2020
Life Traffickers are smuggling reptiles into Europe ‘under their clothes’ Rare tortoise species can be worth up to €30,000 when sold on the black market. 13/11/2020
Climate Now Tackling the biodiversity crisis: climate change data highlight priorities About nine million species of animals and plants are exposed to changes in the global climate. Monitoring how climate change affects wildlife and ecosystems has become critical for directing conservation measures where life is most at risk. 02/11/2020
Places US imports are helping to drive the ‘silent extinction’ of giraffes Giraffes parts are used for items such as bible covers, shoes and jackets. 15/10/2020
World Global wildlife has declined by nearly two-thirds since 1970: report The "catastrophic" decline in wildlife has been caused by deforestation, unsustainable agriculture and illegal wildlife trading. 10/09/2020
Life Two-thirds of the world’s wildlife has been lost since 1970 WWF has proposed a plan to ‘fundamentally change the way that we deal with the loss of nature’ 10/09/2020
Wellness Plant-based diets could remove over a decade of global CO2 emissions Research shows how reducing our meat consumption could "drastically" reduce the effects of climate change. 08/09/2020
Places How has thirty years of logging saved the rainforest in Guatemala? A community-led programme in the Maya Biosphere Reserve is revolutionising how we think about conservation. 30/08/2020
Places Cameroon halts plans for logging in biodiversity hotspot Local communities are still concerned that the fate of the forest remains unclear. 14/08/2020
Places 6 million euros allocated to save animals impacted by coronavirus How have elephants, rhinos, giraffes, pangolins and marine species been affected by the pandemic? 04/08/2020
Life Europe falls behind Asia and Africa for UN climate action goals Major efforts are needed to “accelerate progress towards climate mitigation and biodiversity protections”. 23/07/2020
