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Palm Oil Programs Harming Asia's Poor and Not Helping Orangutans Says IPA

Misguided campaigns by the Melbourne and Auckland Zoos and activists lack understanding of why forest and orang-utans are being lost. It isn’t palm oil it’s poverty

2 Nov 2009

Bacteria Makes Wise Investments to Survive Harsh Environmental Conditions

Like savvy Wall Street money managers, bacteria hedge their bets to increase their chances of survival in uncertain times, strategically investing their biological resources to weather unpredictable environments

1 Nov 2009

Synthetic Diamonds Are an Environmentally Friendly Girl's Best Friend

Lab-grown diamonds are identical to their mined counterparts, yet are made
in a high-tech environment by skilled labor and without massive mining operations.
Using a high-pressure, high-temperature process that mimics nature, beautiful
diamonds can be grown in fancy yellow, blue and traditional white colors

29 Oct 2009

Toxic Waste From Shipwreck Threatens Marine Life in Madagascar

Toxic waste from a ship which went down off the coast in southern Madagascar in August has had severe impacts on the health of local people and on the rich coastal and marine environment

28 Oct 2009

Combining Farming and Science in Ecological Agriculture

Agriculture is going through a profound revolution -- one that rivals the industrial revolution of the 19th century and the green revolution of the 20th century, so says the authors of a new book, Organic Farming: The Ecological System, which combines farmer experience and wisdom with the best that science has to offer

27 Oct 2009

Changes Made to Wildlife Trade Rules

Proposals for tighter trade controls for species such as the Atlantic Blue Fin tuna, sharks and corals have been submitted for the next meeting of parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES)

26 Oct 2009

Nedbank Green Mining Awards Won by Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto's QIT Madagascar Minerals (QMM) in Madagascar has won the 2009 Nedbank Environmental Award

26 Oct 2009

BASF Agrees to Ozone Protecting Clean Air Act Upgrades

BASF Corporation has agreed, under a Clean Air Act settlement filed today in federal court in Beaumont, Texas, to reduce the use of refrigerant chemicals that destroy the earth's stratospheric ozone layer

21 Oct 2009

Enzyme Identified That Could Have Biofuel Crops Growing in Harsh Environments

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have identified a novel enzyme responsible for the formation of suberin — the woody, waxy, cell-wall substance found in cork. Adjusting the permeability of plant tissues by genetically manipulating the expression of this enzyme could lead to easier agricultural production of crops used for biofuels

19 Oct 2009