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The UK Needs A Climate Change Act For Nature And Wellbeing

Published by Tony Juniper on Tue, 27/01/2015 - 12:00am

We – and every other generation before us – have depleted the country’s natural systems and wildlife. First we wiped out the big animals, then we destroyed or heavily modified nearly every bit of natural habitat and plundered vital resources, including soils and fish stocks.

Forests For The Future

Published by Tony Juniper on Mon, 26/01/2015 - 12:00am

Will a high level meeting taking place in London today add momentum to efforts to save the world's remaining tropical forests?

Why Conservation Should Be Top Of The Politicians' New Year Resolutions

Published by Tony Juniper on Mon, 05/01/2015 - 12:00am

The introduction of new environmental laws is a rare event these days.

Human Rights vs Sustainability? EU Must Not Attack Maldives'Green' Fishery

Published by Tony Juniper on Thu, 27/11/2014 - 12:00am

Malé, the capital of the Maldives, in some ways feels like a city under siege.

Capitalism v Environment: Can Greed Ever Be Green

Published by Tony Juniper on Wed, 26/11/2014 - 12:00am

Is it possible to run an expanding capitalist economy while keeping its impacts within safe ecological boundaries, or is the greed-driven system effectively a suicide machine that is doomed to destroy itself?

The fact that the now dominant capitalist economic system is unsustainable is not in doubt.

New Technologies Can Help Poor Farmers - Just Not The Ones You're Thinking Of

Published by Tony Juniper on Wed, 19/11/2014 - 12:00am

Modern technology has a lot to offer small farmers in poor countries - just not the GMOs and pesticides that are widely touted. But how about film, digital communications and smart phones? These new media can empower farmers and allow them to share knowledge and experience of how to produce more, from less.

Watershed - Why We Need A New Approach Toward Planet Earth's Liquid Assets

Published by Tony Juniper on Thu, 06/11/2014 - 12:00am

Tony writes and introduction to The Prince of Wales's video message that he gave to The Economist World Water Summit.

Climate Change

Published by Tony Juniper on Tue, 16/09/2014 - 12:00am

Climate change is many things – a scientific question, a technological challenge, a political conundrum, a series of moral dilemmas and a multiplier of other risks. Because it has so many faces, is so pervasive and has such profound ramifications it is very hard to tackle. Where to begin in cutting emissions, and who should pay?

Why Zero Deforestation Is Compatible With A Reduction In Poverty

Published by Tony Juniper on Mon, 08/09/2014 - 12:00am

Jonathon Porritt, the environmentalist, last week attacked fellow Greens who back the ambition of “zero deforestation”’. He accused colleagues of “absolutism”, holding back development, perpetuating poverty and even colonialism.

A Tiny Rare Snail In Malaysia Has Big Consequences For Global Cement Giant

Published by Tony Juniper on Mon, 25/08/2014 - 12:00am

For the first time ever, a ‘new’ species has been named after the company that has the power to either conserve or destroy it. It’s a snail and, although small, has the potential to leave a permanent legacy for a giant global business.

The snail in question was recently discovered living on an isolated limestone hill called Gunung Kanthan in the northwest of Peninsular Malaysia – its only known home on Earth.

Tony Juniper

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