Coastal Peoples Address Climate Change
The inaugural First Stewards symposium, to be held July 17-20 in Washington, D.C. is a first-of-its-kind national event that examines the impact of climate change on indigenous coastal cultures and explores solutions based on millennia of traditional ecological knowledge.
Study Links Biodiversity and Language Loss
As the world grows less biologically diverse, it is becoming less linguistically and culturally diverse as well…
Number of English Beaches Gaining Blue Flag Awards Rises
The number of England’s beaches gaining Blue Flag awards for cleanliness has increased in 2012. But about 30% of the beaches might not reach tougher water quality standards being introduced next year.
Living Planet Report 2012: Looks At Ecological State Of The Earth
Twenty years on from the Rio Earth summit, the environment of the planet is getting worse not better, according to a report from WWF. Humans are currently using the equivalent of one and a half Earths to support our activities. This and other startling findings were revealed tuesday with the release of World Wildlife Fund’s 2012 Living Planet Report.