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Your Help Desperately Needed by Millions of Starving People

More than 10 million people across the Horn of Africa are in dire need of humanitarian assistance due to a deadly combination of drought, escalating food prices and armed conflict. Hundreds of thousands of children are facing death due to starvation,” according to UNICEF.


The Commercialization of Camels in Mid-altitude Ethiopia and Beyond

A recently published report, Shifting Sands: The Commercialization of Camels in Mid-altitude Ethiopia and Beyond, describes a relatively new trend in pastoralist livestock marketing that is a dynamic response to increasing demand for camels in mid-altitude areas of Ethiopia and in neighboring Sudan.


World’s Least Developed Countries Set to Jump Start Transition to a Green Economy

With their low-carbon profile, rich natural assets and promising policy initiatives, the world’s 48 least developed countries are well-positioned to jump start the transition to a green economy, according to a new UN report released today at the start of the Fourth UN Conference on Least Developed Countries (LDC-IV).


Putting the Dead to Work: Conservation paleobiologists dig deep to solve today's ecological, evolutionary questions

Conservation paleobiologists--scientists who use the fossil record to understand the evolutionary and ecological responses of present-day species to changes in their environment--are putting the dead to work.


From Bamboo Bikes to Biomass Briquettes: UNEP Unveils SEED Award Winners

The SEED Awards recognize inspiring social and environmental entrepreneurs whose businesses can help meet sustainable development challenges.


IceCube and Its Frozen Secrets

Searching below the surface of Antarctica for the mysterious neutrino


TEEB Report Puts World’s Natural Assets on the Global Political Radar

The economic importance of the world's natural assets is now firmly on the political radar as a result of an international assessment showcasing the enormous economic value of forests, freshwater, soils and coral reefs, as well as the social and economic costs of their loss, was the conclusion of The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) report launched on October 20, 2010 by TEEB study leader, Pavan Sukhdev.


Aerosols Control Rainfall in the Rainforest

A team of environmental engineers, who might better be called "archeologists of the air," have, for the first time, isolated aerosol particles in near pristine pre-industrial conditions.


Grassroots Campaign Unites Millions across Globe to Restore and Protect Nature

Millions across the globe will be cleaning up their local parks, waterways and forests in a bid to restore and protect nature this Clean Up the World Weekend, in support of the United Nations 2010 International Year of Biodiversity.


Value of an Ecosystems Approach to Planning Highlighted in The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) Policy-Makers' Report Launched Today

A number of local authorities from around the world are already seeing the value of an ecosystems approach to planning.


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