Rapid Retreat Of Chile Glacier Captured In Images
Researchers in Chile recently released a series of time-lapse photos showing the dramatic retreat of a glacier in Patagonia.
How tourism is taking the turtles from Kenya’s blue waters
Tourism has boomed along Kenya’s 500km coastline in the past 30 years. Now a global hotspot for turtle-spotting, Kenya is facing a problem, the tourists are destroying what they come for
Prime Indonesian Jungle To Be Cleared For Palm Oil
The man known as Indonesia’s “green governor” gave a palm oil company a permit to develop land in one of the few places on earth where orangutans, tigers and bears still can be found living side-by-side, violating Indonesia’s new moratorium on concessions in primary forests and peatlands. That’s why 5,000 villagers living on the edge of a rich, biodiverse peat swamp in this tsunami-ravaged Aceh province feel so betrayed…
UN climate change talks: full text of the Durban platform
Negotiators agreed to start work on a new UN climate deal that would have legal force and, crucially, require both developed and developing countries to cut their carbon emissions. Ministers reached a last-minute agreement on a new text known as the Durban platform for enhanced action.