The Cape York peninsula is one of the most unique places on earth: Australia’s northern tip boasts untouched wilderness, hosts important First Nations cultural sites and provides a refuge for hundreds of threatened species. This week the Australian and Queensland governments took the important step of nominating parts of the region – Cape York’s “cultural… Read More »
A duo at Inverlonan near the Trossachs National Park The UK is one of the most nature-consuming countries in the world. There are no virgin forests. Its rivers and seas are stinking. Its meadows are like a green desert. What we call ancient woodland, that is, trees planted after 1600, covers only 2.5 percent of… Read More »
OMO FOREST RESERVE, Nigeria (AP) — The habitat of a dwindling population of endangered African forest elephants is under threat, a victim of the world’s appetite for chocolate. Deforestation from the cultivation of cocoa, the main ingredient in chocolate, is destroying the Omo Forest Reserve, a protected rainforest in southwestern Nigeria that helps combat climate… Read More »