Scotland should think hard before exploiting its
rare earths
If you drive west from Thurso along the north coast
of Scotland, by the time you get to Bettyhill you’re seeing
two hills in line ahead, Ben Loyal and Ben Hope.
Simple changes to hedgerow management could significantly
improve winter habitats and food supplies for wildlife, according
to new research by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology.
Climate change may have faded into the background
as a political talking point this year, but the policies being brought
in to try to tackle it continued to be controversial.
Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Jimmy
Deenihan has revealed that his family bog in Kerry, where generations
of his relatives have cut turf, is one of those where the traditional
practice must now end.
The Australian native forest logging industry is in
dire straits. The international crash in demand for native forest
woodchips has the industry desperately scrambling for replacement
markets.
What can the raptors of the coastal plain teach us
about the state of open spaces in Israel, the importance of responsible
management of these areas, and finding a balance between the need
for development and the need for environmental protection?
Mining activities have “crossed the social and
environmental carrying capacity of this small state,” the Western
Ghats Ecology Expert Panel observed (WGEEP) in its report.
Bio-diversity heritage status for Tirumala, Srisailam
soon
In what could cheer up heritage conservationists and
temple protection samithi activists, the famed hill shrines of Tirumala
and Srisailam will be declared as biodiversity heritage sites by June
next year.
The Coalition's plans to convert Britain to green
energy would cost the country the equivalent of £4,600 per
person a year, according to official forecasts.
Airlines will have to buy pollution permits to fly
in Europe from January 1 under a disputed EU system to fight climate
change, but slumping carbon market prices could make the bill less
painful.
Recently, a classmate from the University of B.C.
asked what I thought about Canada backing out of the Kyoto agreement,
and if there was any connection between the insatiable bark beetles
infesting the province’s forests and the rising temperatures
on Earth.
New Delhi rules out pact on legally binding emission
cuts
The government today ruled out signing legally binding
global agreement for greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets
as the country’s needs economic growth for poverty eradication.
