Extinction Rebellion and Greenpeace Netherlands protests against Rabobank’s agricultural policies in the Dutch city of Utrecht last year. Photo credit: Marten van Dijl / Greenpeace. By Anders Lorenzen A coalition of green groups led by Greenpeace has in a report, found that Europe’s largest banks have failed to stop investing in climate and nature-destructive projects. The report which was published […]
Despite major efforts like the European Union’s new law to prevent deforestation, forests are disappearing at an alarming rate. People are well aware of the ecological importance of forest ecosystems. But we just starting to realize that even urban tree cover has ecological value. As a result, a movement promoting tiny urban forests – called Miyawaki forests – is starting […]
Image courtesy of the artistsWinslow Porter and Elie Zananiri. By Anders Lorenzen Have you ever wondered what life inside a fungus is like? If the answer is yes and you happen to be in the London (UK) area then you are in luck. Image courtesy of the artists Winslow Porter and Elie Zananiri. Showing at the LFF Expanded exhibition at […]
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deforestation The Yasuni Biosphere Reserve. By Anders Lorenzen A significant referendum result in the South American country Ecuador has been celebrated by environmentalists. Seen with both local, national and international eyes the ban on oil development in part of the Yasuni Amazon reserve passed, with an overwhelming 59% of the vote, could be a game change for the area and […]
climate change By Anders Lorenzen In our obituary of the tragic passing of the professional cyclist Gino Mäder, we pointed out he was a passionate and dedicated environmentalist seeking to raise awareness about environmental destruction and climate change through his sport. The Basque cyclist Pello Bilbao who rode with Mäder on the Bahrain Victorius cycling team is honouring his former […]
In recent decades, the Ayoreo people have been forced to leave their ancestral lands in the Paraguayan Chaco, but 150 members remained uncontacted. Photo credit:: Fotografías Nuevas / Flickr, PD. By Flávia Milhorance Report shows US and EU financiers back meat firms in Paraguay whose activities put Ayoreo people at risk. In 2022, an isolated Indigenous group disappeared in the Brazilian Amazon. With the […]
Colombia’s Environment Minister Susana Muhamad during COP27. Photo credit: Reuters / Emilie Madi. By Anders Lorenzen When talking about the Amazon rainforest, most of us think of Brazil. This without realizing that the bordering country, Colombia, has a fair share of the world’s largest tropical forest. And in a green push, the government of Colombia has announced an ambitious reforestation […]
Two new pipelines being laid in late December 2022. The pipelines will connect an oil and gas field in Arunachal Pradesh to a central gas gathering station in Assam, passing through nearly 20 kilometres of protected forest. Photo credit: Gurvinder Singh. By Gurvinder Singh Nearly 3,000 trees are to be felled during the construction of oil and gas pipelines in […]