Green living takes root in Sweden

09 Oct 2006 13:17:50 +0100

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2006 shortlist Alcan Prize for Sustainability

27 Sep 2006 13:47:34 +0100

Montreal, Canada – September 27, 2006 – Alcan and The Prince of Wales International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF) announced today the 2006 shortlist of candidates for the US$1 million Alcan Prize for Sustainability. Ten organizations were selected from a field of almost 200 entries from 55 countries around the world, and now face a final consideration by an international Adjudication P ...

Golden lion tamarin monkey

18 Jan 2006 09:01:12 +0100

Golden lion tamarins are small and striking Brazilian monkeys (Leontopithecus rosalia). They were thought extinct until the 1970s, when 200 were discovered in the Atlantic coastal forest of Brazil. A concerted conservation effort and captiv ...

The American Bison

18 Jan 2006 08:59:49 +0100

From herds numbering tens of millions, Bison (Bison bison) were hunted down to as few as 750 animals in the 1890s. Between 1868 and 1881, 31 million were slaughtered by hunters and fur traders. However, like the North American gray wolf, the bison has made a remarkable comeback. Through conservation initiatives, re-introduction, population managem ...

Southern white rhino

18 Jan 2006 08:57:25 +0100

In stark contrast to its northern relative, the recovery of the southern white rhino sub-species (Ceratotherium simum simum) is one of the world's greatest conservation success stories, according to conservation group WWF. In the late 1800s it was considered extinct, but a small population of per ...

Wildlife reserves cover 10 percent of the Earth's land

18 Jan 2006 08:55:11 +0100

In 1872 Yellowstone National Park in the US became the world's first modern wildlife reserve – now there are 44,000. This growth is described as "one of the greatest conservation achievements of the twentieth century" by the IUCN. The areas cover almost 14 million km², an area equivalent in size to India and China combined. In

Reforestation of China

18 Jan 2006 08:36:00 +0100

In 2002 the Chinese government began an ambitious project to reforest 5% of the nation, an area the size of California. The 440,000 km² project is the largest ever undertaken in history. The aim is to prevent soil erosion, disastrous droughts and floods ...

Tsunami: Mangroves 'saved lives'

26 Dec 2005 08:47:28 +0100

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Battle to save Himalayan plants

10 Nov 2005 22:44:55 +0100

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Ecotourism on the rise in Bolivia

06 Sep 2005 09:23:42 +0100

By David Atkinson
Madidi, Bo ...

Brazil bishop protest wins delay

09 Oct 2005 11:44:00 +0100

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Norway fjords, Egypt desert head for shelter list

10 Jul 2005 23:23:47 +0100

GENEVA (Reuters) - Some of the world's deepest Norwegian fjords and a fossil-strewn Egyptian desert are set to join the U.N.'s heritage site protection list, a key conservation agency said on Friday.

The Swiss-based IUCN said the sites -- Norway's Gerangerfjord and Naeroyfjord plus Egypt's Wadi Al-Hitan, or Whale Valley -- are among eight it has recommended for approval at a meeting of ...

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