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Last Wednesday, EU member states have finally agreed to support a trade ban in bluefin tuna from 2011, what is just in time for a meeting of the Convention on Trade in Endangered Species, where the question of a ban will be finally decided. They will be discussing new, 42 proposals to addressing a range of [...]

Not many people are aware of the ecological disaster, which has been happening for many years in Asia…. In the hot Karakum desert in Turkmenistan, near the 350 person village of Derweze, is a hole 328 feet wide that has been on fire, continuously, for 38 years. While drilling in 1971, Soviet geologists accidentally found [...]

Last Saturday, I watched The Cove, an astounding piece of investigative journalism with the heart of an action thriller. The Cove exposes the slaughter of more than 20,000 dolphins and porpoises in Taiji, Japan every year, and how their meat, containing toxic levels of mercury, is being sold as food in Japan and other parts [...]

Today a group of the world’s leading zoologists reveals the 25 most endangered members of the primates the biological order which contains monkeys, tarsiers, lemurs, gibbons and the great apes, including, of course, humans.  Destruction of tropical forests, the illegal wildlife trade and commercial bushmeat hunting are all threatening their existence, according to the report [...]

The End of the Line reveals the devastating effect that global over-fishing is having on fish stocks and the health of our oceans. It takes courage to present a film about the true state of the world. When there are so many interests invested in hiding the truth, this movie should be praised for shining [...]

Based on information found in Guardian,  the Chinese government revealed today in its first census on pollution, which has mapped nearly 6 million sources of industrial, residential and agricultural waste.  According to the study, agriculture is responsible for 43.7% of the nation’s chemical oxygen demand (the main measure of organic compounds in water), 67% of [...]

Photo from Toji and Chihiro on Flickr China’s attitude to animals is ambiguous to say the least. While there is a growing middle class that likes to own cats and dogs as pets, there are still tens of millions who regard them as only of value for food or fur. Dogs and cats are on [...]

I saw 3D Avatar yesterday and I was amazed how many similarities I found between sci-fi Avatar story and what happens in the real world now. In the movie an alien tribe on a distant planet fights to save their forest home from human invaders bent on mining the planet. The natives win because the [...]

Living Root Bridges in India | Mother Trip.

This is the most beautiful and touching movies about Antarctic, I have ever seen! The pictures, MUSIC,  people… AMAZING!

The larger the concentration of old trees in an area and the longer they have been present on site the richer the variety of species you will find among them. The older the tree the better the quality of wildlife associated with it over its lifespan but it is vital to have a good age [...]

It looks like people in India try to save our planet;) This means of transport would normally be replaced by two cars in Europe!

Air above China is the most polluted in Asia. A half-century policy of forest exploitation and monoculture in China has led to disastrous consequences, including degradation of forests and landscapes, loss of biodiversity, unacceptable levels of soil erosion, and catastrophic flooding. A new forest policy had been adopted in China called the Natural Forest conservation [...]

Going green is really not difficult. There are many little things you can do every day to help reduce greenhouse gases and make a less harmful impact on the environment. Pay attention to how you use water. Leave your car at home. Walk or ride your bike to work, school and anywhere you can. Recycle.You [...]

The government of Lijiang, an ancient city and World Cultural Heritage site in southwestern China’s Yunnan Province, has threatened to impose hefty fines on polluters in order to protect the local environment. Local companies will face a maximum fine of one million yuan (about US$146,000) if they fail to meet annual targets of energy consumption [...]

via Econbrowser: China’s air pollution. This is how Air above China looks like…  The photo has been taken by NASA satellite in 9 years ago! It shows a layer of polluted air covering a large portion of southeastern China. The increased use of fossil fuels is largely to blame for the opaque haze. Given that [...]