The Stories That Matter To The Environment
A conservation organisation, along with the assistance from a zoo in Ohio, is protecting over 1,000 African gray parrots after having these birds saved from smugglers who attempted to export them to the Middle East by stuffing them into cages.
Last Great Ape Organization’s Director Ofir Drori said that a minimum of 120 birds have been [...]
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Local estate workers and several environmentalists in the UK estimated that tonnes of white sand from Tiree, a Hebridean island paradise, have been stolen by construction companies to use in building trade.
According to reports, the contractors have been taking heavy vehicles down to the Isle of Tiree at night since Christmas to gather the fine [...]
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Purchasing activity in the business of voluntary carbon has recently dropped as more favour is given by buyers to certain forms of offset credits and it is not easy sourcing these clean energy undertakings.
Emissions broker Davit Pontis of Tullet Prebon said, “The market hasn’t changed much, it is quite quiet. Buyers prefer renewables but it [...]
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The leader of one of Australia’s Aboriginal communities has arrived at a solution to the country’s problem on feral camels: feed their meat to crocodiles.
Over a million of such camels are currently running wild in Australia’s Outback, and this population will likely be doubled in the next eight to 10 years.
In November 2009, at least [...]
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A recent analysis of century-and-a-half-old data states that invasive plants could become more destructive and prevalent as a result of the continuing climate change.
Published in PLoS ONE, the findings of the Harvard University scientists who made the study revealed that non-native plans, especially species that are considered invasive, seem to flourish amidst climate change since [...]
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