Deforestation
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Paradigm Shift Urgently Needed In Agriculture – UN Agencies Call for an End to Industrial Agriculture & Food System
A rising chorus from UN agencies on how food security, poverty, gender inequality and climate change can all be addressed…
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Draw the Line Against Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline on September 21st, 2013
Last week Canadian Prime Minister Harper reportedly offered to make a deal with President Obama to get approval from the…
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Obstinate Questionings
The Lake District’s bid for World Heritage status shows just what a mess conservation is in. by George Monbiot But…
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Paradise Lost
Many of us who have been paying attention to the state of the world over the last half century have…
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Humanitarian Vetiver Project, East Sumba, Indonesia
Lined up for free treatment I am a young Christian missionary doctor on the Island of Sumba in Eastern Indonesia.…
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Return of the Native (UK)
Why are almost all the trees that councils plant exotic species? by George Monbiot The differences can be stark and…
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It’s a Forest, You Just Can’t See It
An aerial view of a goat farm in the desert outside Dubai, a landscape that would benefit from Tony Rinaudo’s…
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Grain Yields Starting to Plateau
Editor’s Note: As regular readers will know, I don’t agree 100% with everything I post to the site. The article…
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Endgame Strategy
Why the Revolution Must Start in America The unrest in the Middle East, the convulsions in Ivory Coast, the hunger…
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Fossil Fuel Use Pushes Carbon Dioxide Emissions into Dangerous Territory
by Emily E. Adams, Earth Policy Institute Increasing global emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), a heat-trapping gas, are pushing the…
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Food or Fuel?
by Lester R. Brown, Earth Policy Institute At the time of the Arab oil export embargo in the 1970s, the…
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The Naturalists Who Are Terrified of Nature
A radical challenge to British conservation and its bizarre priorities. by George Monbiot Male capercaillie I’m writing this on the…
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