Large
Blue butterfly flutters back from extinction
One
of the most beautiful butterflies in the world has been successfully reintroduced
to Britain 30 years after it became extinct, thanks to a tiny red ant.
The IWDG cetacean sighting scheme has successfully tracked the
movement of a pod of bottlenose dolphins as they travelled southwards along the
Irish east coast.
Gamekeepers say they fear wild deer will be reduced to the status
of vermin if Scottish Government proposals to abolish the close season for stags
and allow them to be driven towards waiting guns by vehicles are approved.
The Erris Inshore Fishermen’s Association has said that the circumstances
of last week’s sinking of a shellfish vessel in Broadhaven Bay should be “vigorously
investigated” by the Garda.
The Government is considering
a system of "conservation credits" that would allow developers to "offset" damage
to wildlife by buying areas of the countryside elsewhere.
Colombia
taps biodiversity to export exotic creatures
Colombia, one of the world's most biologically diverse countries,
has begun to cash in on this natural resource by selling rare species of animals
to other countries, a "biocommerce" viewed with unease by environmentalists.
A bug-eyed salamander that looks
like ET and a see-through frog are among the weirder species that were discovered
by conservation biologists in a far-flung corner of Ecuador.
Hunting humpbacks: Plans attacked
by environmentalists
Plans to resume
the hunting of humpback whales, protected by a moratorium introduced more than
40 years ago, came under fire from environmentalists Tuesday, ahead of a key meeting.
A grant from the BirdLife International Community Conservation
Fund is helping establish a new population of Endangered Shore Plover Thinornis
novaeseelandiae on Mana Island, off the west coast of Wellington, New Zealand.
As early as 1995, Lester Brown, one of the world's leading environmentalists,
predicted that China's increasing demand for food and other commodities would
soon drive world prices to record highs.
Green industries employ more than polluters, says WWF
The green sector has overtaken polluting industries as a collective
employer, boasting over three million "green collar" jobs across Europe according
to a new study by WWF.
The dramatic effect of climate change on the Alps comes into
focus as never before this week with the publication of a major report which reveals
that the mountain range is rapidly dividing into two contrasting climatic zones,
each posing new problems.
Climate change is already having
an impact in the midwest and across the US
Extreme
weather, drought, heavy rainfall and increasing temperatures are a fact of life
in many parts of the U.S. as a result of human-induced climate change, researchers
report today in a new assessment.
Legislation to drastically reduce carbon dioxide pollution blamed
for global warming could be voted on by the U.S. House of Representatives as early
as next week, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said on Tuesday, as the Senate focused
on the plan's tax implications for companies.
Australia's forests key to fighting global warming
Ancient Australian forests are key to fighting climate change
and contain the world's most dense carbon store, eclipsing tropical rainforests
as efficient greenhouse gas absorbers, scientists said on Tuesday.
The Government needs to invest up to €700 million over the next
18 months to begin meeting its targets for renewable and secure energy, it was
conceded yesterday.
Thirty-one European
airports including Paris Charles de Gaulle launched a joint program on Tuesday
to cut their carbon dioxide emissions to zero, airports body ACI Europe said.
Ambitous global climate change agreement in sight says top UN
official
An ambitious and effective
global pact to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is in sight, the top United Nations
climate change official said today, as the latest round of negotiations wrapped
up in Bonn, Germany.
Pachauri: Stern stance on China climate
talks 'pragmatic'
The head of the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has rejected suggestions that the United
States has adopted too soft a stance on climate change negotiations with China.
