Just in case you needed any more encouragement to buy rainforest in order to protect it: Buy Rainfore...

Some time ago I posted a list of organisations that assist in buying rainforest for those conservation-minded people who want to save the rainforest. Yesterday I updated the list and added many elements to the rainforest page.Buy rainforest to protect it; this is by far the most effective way of preventing rainforest destruction and instigating reforestation...

The United Kingdom's Channel 4 has today published some facts on the BP oil spill that may stop the panic amongst wildlife lovers. Whilst this oil spill is obviously a terrible thing, it is worth considering that the impact could have been much worse."The Deepwater Horizon spill is 40 miles offshore in a depth of 1 mile and is a steady stream rather...

A Chinese ship that was ailing in a no-go zone has run into the Great barrier Reef, Australia, damaging over 1km of sensitive coral.Another example of the Chinese' contempt for the environment.Read more here: China ship 'seriously damaged' Great Barrier Reef...

The European Comission has today confirmed that it will back the proposal to list Atlantic and Mediterranean Bluefin Tuna on Appendix 1 of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species.This is the latest support that the EU has given to measures for protecting fast collapsing fish stocks in many seas. These measures are unfortunately...

I am all for scientific progress, particularly when it can be used to further the aims of conservation but a recent article on the discovery of a new species of bulbul in Laos made me wonder if scientists don't need to take a leap into the modern world.A number of "specimens" were taken from the wild in Laos. Specimens means that birds were captured...

Few people can have failed to hear of climate change and the effect it will have on sea levels, climate patterns and agriculture, but spare a thought for those poor old penguins who are being cheated out of their icy home.In actuality not all penguins live in icy habitats, although they do all occur in the southern ocean, but nevertheless they all...

I have been saying for a long time that one of the best ways to save rainforests is sinply to buy it where possible. The RSPB in conjunction with Birdlife International and Burung Indonesia has a project in operation which protects and restores rainforest in Sumatra. This is a project well worth supporting.Why protect Rainforest?Apart from protecting...