Tag: ecosystems-biodiversity

The global illegal wildlife trade is worth billions every year – but these huge profits are seldom targeted

A highly critical independent review has highlighted significant failings by the watchdog set up to reassure consumers that everyday products with palm oil have been made without damaging the environment

A new scientific paper warns that the world cannot lower its guard on protecting elephants

Here’s a quick round-up of some of the hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) news we’re reading this week

Humans produce a staggering 275 million tonnes of plastic waste a year and very little of it is recycled – mostly, it ends up in the environment, polluting land and sea while having a terrible impact on our natural world. Could the solution be a new global treaty to join forces and fight it together? […]

Traders are paying to ship illicit Myanmar teak into Europe via the back door, skirting EU import rules to get their hands on the valuable timber for high-paying clients