There are only 100 tigers left in Bangladesh
New census reveals that in Bangladesh’s famed Sundarbans forest tigers are way fewer than expected.
Biodiversity Beyond Borders. How to protect it by visiting Expo Milano 2015
Within Milan’s global exhibition, there’s a place exclusively dedicated to organic farming and (agricultural but even non agricultural) biodiversity. It is called Biodiversity Park and it is an area of 8,500 square metres realised by BolognaFiere to highlight the importance of biological diversity as a universal precious thing we must protect everywhere in the world, in Italy
France, the forest saved by citizens: the court agrees with ecologists
A French court cancelled the authorisation given to a multinational company for the building of a holiday village in the heart of a forest.
Happy lemurs: 7 new reserves established in Madagascar
Le nuove riserve sono state create per proteggere habitat critici che ospitano numerose specie a rischio estinzione.
Leonardo DiCaprio donates 15 million dollars to protect the environment
“La distruzione del nostro pianeta continua ad un ritmo che non possiamo più permetterci di ignorare”, ha dichiarato l’attore.
Forests and renewables, US and Brazil’s pledge against climate change
Brazil and the United States have reached an historic agreement to put climate change at the top of their governments’ agenda. The meeting between the US President Barack Obama and the Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff resulted in the pledge to increase the renewable electricity production by 20% of the total requirements by 2030.
John Moose, the band you can listen to only in a forest
Escaping the city to dive into nature. Literature, cinema and music often tell stories about urban escapism. For the John Moose folk band, composed of five musicians coming from Värmland’s wild woods, Sweden, environment is a vital issue. To such an extent that they thought to “oblige” their listeners to escape into woods to listen
Pope Francis’ environment encyclical: “Humans must change their lifestyle”
The awaited Pope Francis’ environment encyclical, probably the most expected in the recent history as to be searched, found and published in advance, has finally been officially presented. In the text, the Holy Father makes a plea to protect “our common home”, by combating climate change and other environmental damages, as well as by changing our development
5 environmental challenges to be faced with sustainable behaviours
Here are the top 5 most important environmental challenges for sustainability that only those who adopt sustainable behaviours can face.
Happy tigers: the Siberian population is on the rise
Secondo l’ultimo censimento effettuato in Russia la popolazione di tigre dell’Amur, il felino più grande del mondo, è in aumento.