2+ hour, 20+ min ago   (1113+ words) Image from the front cover of the IFAW’s ‘Liked to death’ report. Social media has become a single global marketplace for the wild animal pet trade. The platforms are the marketplace, the algorithms are the marketing, and millions of everyday…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (941+ words) Natalie Bennett at the Place of Westminster, London. Image: Hollin Jones / Green Party. Historians of environmental law date its modern development back five decades. By 2019, the UN Environment Programme found a total of 150 countries with environmental protection or the right…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1604+ words) "Roads and cattle farming are two major drivers of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon." Image: Kate Evans / CIFOR / Creative Commons 2.0. A complex network of NGOs, corporations, development banks and philanthropic capital is reshaping the Amazon’s “bioeconomy”. But as money flows…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (967+ words) Penn Wood ancient woodland in summer. Image: The Woodland Trust / PA Wire England is “running out of time” to rescue nature-rich ancient woodlands buried under 20th century tree plantations, conservationists have warned. The Woodland Trust warns the British Government is falling…...

6+ mon, 2+ hour ago   (1241+ words) Global ecosystem degradation and collapse threaten British national security and prosperity. This is the conclusion of a UK Government assessment of the implications of biodiversity collapse on the country's national security. It notes that the world is already experiencing impacts…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (613+ words) Animal law must matter in action, not in words. Britain likes to see itself as a global leader in animal welfare. It does often lead the way - on paper. The Animal Welfare Act 2006, the Welfare of Farmed Animals Regulations, and…...

11+ mon, 1+ week ago   (769+ words) If land-based nature reserves were being bulldozed, there would be an outcry. And yet bottom trawling has been going on for many years. Bans on destructive fishing across marine protected areas would help restore healthy seas around England, conservationists have…...

11+ mon, 4+ week ago   (1316+ words) Image: John Englart – CC BY-SA 2.0. The word ecology is important. Maybe it is the most important concept at the present time, and I'm not just saying that to get in with the editor of The Ecologist online! After all, the…...