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The shuttered Eurokeys recycling plant in the town of Zielona Góra. Image by Eva Dunal/Outriders.

Into the Wasteland, part 3: Buried in Europe’s recycling

Mongabay.com 20 Dec 2022
British plastic packaging and other waste soils the countryside as far away as Turkey (pictured). Image by Caner Ozkan via Greenpeace Media Library.

Is waste crime ‘the new narcotics’ in the U.K.? Into the Wasteland, part 2

Mongabay.com 13 Dec 2022
A mountain of UK plastic waste near Wespack Recycling Factory in Malaysia, via Greenpeace Media Library.

True eco-crime in the U.K., ‘Into the Wasteland’

Mongabay.com 6 Dec 2022
Watercolor drawing from Janet Marsh’s Nature Diary

Wildlife lover and artist records 5 decades of change on iconic U.K. river

Rebecca Branford, Sue Branford 7 Sep 2022
Scottish wildcat. Photo courtesy of Stewart Grant/Cairngorms National Park.

Scotland changes course to save its last native wildcats

James Fair 16 Jun 2022
A conservationist working on a seagrass restoration project.

Sea restoration projects quilt a ‘mosaic of habitats’ with striking results

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 15 Jun 2022

Ambitious English rewilding project aims to give 20% of land ‘back to nature’

Rebecca Branford, Sue Branford 15 Nov 2021
Worker bees cluster on the honeycomb to eat and deposit nectar. Photo by Jude Coleman

Honey bees find food more easily in cities, thanks to abundant urban gardens

Jude Coleman 15 Nov 2021

New protections announced for Galápagos Islands and beyond at COP26

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 3 Nov 2021

As fossil fuel use surges, will COP26 protect forests to slow climate change?

Justin Catanoso 1 Nov 2021

Beyond tree planting: When to let forests restore themselves

Mike Gaworecki 18 Oct 2021

To save salt marshes, researchers deploy a wide arsenal of techniques

Lisa Golden 12 Aug 2021

In Scotland, the rewilding movement looks to the past to plan its future

Kieran Dodds 21 Jun 2021

Without planting more trees in the tropics, we can’t fix the climate (commentary)

Edward Mitchard 18 Nov 2020
Victoria amazonica. © Sir Ghillean Prance

Amazon botanist Sir Ghillean Prance: ‘The environmental crisis is a moral one’

Rhett Ayers Butler 27 Oct 2020

In the Scottish moorlands, plots planted with trees stored less carbon than untouched lands: Study

Liz Kimbrough 18 Aug 2020

Scientists warn U.S. Congress against declaring biomass burning carbon neutral

Justin Catanoso 13 May 2020

Overworked, underpaid and lonely: Conservationists find a new community online

Jeremy Hance 23 Mar 2020

COP25 may put climate at greater risk by failing to address forests

Justin Catanoso 2 Dec 2019

Solving the mystery of the UK’s vanishing hen harriers

Lakshmi Supriya 12 Apr 2019

From galaxies far, far away to endangered species just over the hill

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 11 Apr 2018

Jane Goodall interview: ‘The most important thing is sharing good news’

Mongabay.com 17 Nov 2017

Soil research aided by citizen scientists, boots and all

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 9 Jun 2017

END LOOP: Coding to end wildlife trafficking

Julia John 24 Aug 2016

Video: Endangered baby tapir plays with his father

Shreya Dasgupta 28 Jul 2016

Rare moth vanishing from its last site in England

Shreya Dasgupta 24 Jun 2016

Are Europe’s Ash trees headed towards extinction?

Shreya Dasgupta 5 Apr 2016

Tracking technologies help to identify key marine areas for basking sharks

Katie Taylor 16 Feb 2016

Progress being made in curbing illegal timber imports

Mongabay.com 25 Nov 2014

Walking the walk: zoo kicks off campaign for orangutans and sustainable palm oil

Jeremy Hance 20 Oct 2014

Despite frigid cold in U.S., January was the fourth warmest on record worldwide

Jeremy Hance 27 Feb 2014

Govts pledge $280M to slow deforestation for agriculture

Mongabay.com 21 Nov 2013

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