Kick off Sunshine Week with a Celebration of FOIA Professionals (US...
(Source: US Department of Justice) Wednesday, February 11, 2015 "Did you ever get to see an elephant in the wild before they became extinct?" By John Cruden, Catherine Novelli and Dan Ashe "Did you...
View ArticleEcological 'Pawprint' of Domestic Dogs Is Greater Than Previously Thought
This article originally appeared on The Conversation. Humans and their canine companions share many close bonds. Wolves (Canis lupus) were the first animal domesticated by people, some time between...
View ArticlePolitics for the planet: why nature and wildlife need their own UN seats...
(Source: UNSW - The University of New South Wales) The world has global authorities for trade and security, but not for threats to the environment. It's time the natural world got its own seat at the...
View ArticleBeyond Gang Green: The Changing Face of Environmentalism
David Brower & Martin Litton, Photo: John Loeffler On May 3, 1969, after hours of bitter debate, the Sierra Club fired David Brower. The organization’s first paid staffer, Brower had transformed...
View ArticleHUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE...
8 March 2017 The Human Rights Council in its midday meeting held a clustered interactive dialogue with John Knox, the Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment, and Hilal Elver, the...
View ArticleUnderstanding animal coexistence with a little dung and a lot of DNA...
(Source: Princeton University) Posted October 26, 2015; 12:00 p.m. by Morgan Kelly, Office of Communications Princeton University researchers deployed a new tool to help solve an old ecological puzzle:...
View ArticlePresident Trump: Irish writers have their say
While we were sleeping, first we voted into office the ones who watch you drown while very articulately expressing concern; then we tried voting for the ones who kind of like to see you drown. – from...
View ArticleNeglected and Unprotected
Summary On a Friday afternoon in October 2015, Luciana Caroline Albuquerque Bezerra, the executive secretary of health surveillance for the state of Pernambuco, Brazil, received a call from her boss,...
View ArticleAnnex: LIFE programme: 2015 projects (European Union)
(Source: European Union) The European Commission has approved an investment package of €222.7 million from the EU budget to support Europe's transition to a more sustainable and low-carbon future....
View ArticleAnnex: LIFE programme: 2015 projects (European Commission)
(Source: European Commission) The European Commission has approved an investment package of €222.7 million from the EU budget to support Europe's transition to a more sustainable and low-carbon future....
View ArticleAnnex: LIFE programme: 2015 projects (European Commission -...
(Source: European Commission - Directorate-General for Environment) The European Commission has approved an investment package of €222.7 million from the EU budget to support Europe's transition to a...
View ArticleThe Best Quotations (and Key Themes) From the Pope's Environmental Manifesto...
Yesterday I posted a piece about the pope's "encyclical" on the environment released last month. I summarized what I saw as the key themes and takeaways. I also provided the first half of my list of...
View ArticleThe Best Quotes (and Key Themes) from the Pope's Environmental Manifesto...
Yesterday, I posted a piece about the Pope's "encylclical" on the environment, released last month. I summarized what I saw as the key themes and takeaways. I also provided the first half of my list of...
View ArticleInternational Spacecraft Carrying NASA’s Aquarius Ends Operations (NASA - The...
(Source: NASA - The National Aeronautics and Space Administration) MORE STORIES This video provides a global tour of sea surface salinity using measurements taken by NASA's Aquarius instrument aboard...
View ArticleThe problem with NSW's new Biodiversity Act
NSW is about to get a new Biodiversity Act that, if enacted, will replace a number of hard-won pieces of environmental law. Triage and reductionist science may play a role in the new Act. Such has been...
View ArticlePotential careers for a sustainable life (Charles Sturt University)
(Source: Charles Sturt University) A project at Charles Sturt University's (CSU) Institute for Land, Water and Society (ILWS) has turned its attention to over 500 primary school students to show them...
View ArticleAward for water researchers (Charles Sturt University)
(Source: Charles Sturt University) From increasing our understanding of native fish through to informing policy on environmental water flows, the contributions of a group of Charles Sturt University...
View ArticleThe Mouse Lemur, a Genetic Model Organism for Primate Biology, Behavior, and...
Abstract Systematic genetic studies of a handful of diverse organisms over the past 50 years have transformed our understanding of biology. However, many aspects of primate biology, behavior, and...
View ArticleMEDIA ADVISORY: 2016 Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting to Recognize...
(Source: The Clinton Foundation) On September 19-21, President Bill Clinton and Chelsea Clinton will host the 12 and final Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Annual Meeting in New York City. This year's...
View ArticleSpeakers Underline Urgency of Expanding Protected Coastal Areas, Tackling Sea...
Speakers emphasized the urgency of expanding protected coastal and marine areas - one of the targets of Goal 14 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development - as well as tackling the problem of ocean...
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