Indonesia – forest carbon scheme steps up a notch…
Back in June 2013 I wrote a blog on the Ribma Raya project in a prime area for Orang Utan conservation in Kalimantan, Indonesia. I reported how through various political machinations […]
Tag Archives: Environmental resiliance
Storms, Cloudbursts and flooding – learning from Copenhagen
In Denmark the State of Green reports on how city of Copenhagen is rethinking its strategy to sudden storms and the increased risk of flooding exacerbated by the impact of climate […]
A global outlook on urbanisation
Stockholm Resilience Center (SRC) have created an interactive version of the report City Biodiversity Outlook 1 which was launched at the CBD COP in Hyderabad in 2012. With a video […]
Ever wonder where the rain goes?
CIRIA have produced two great little animations that help explain how to manage water in urban spaces by mimicking the ecosystem processes that take place in natural watersheds. Not only does […]
The economic case for green-infrastructure
A new report sets out a clearer case for investment in multi-functional green space or Green Infrastructure (GI) by considering its contribution to economic growth. The authors based their conclusions […]
On the Origin of Environmentalism by means of Biological Diversity
A hundred years after his death Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) is usually remembered, if at all, as the other person who alongside Darwin discovered evolution’s mechanism Natural Selection. The truth […]
Lost tribes or global stewards?
‘At the heart of biodiversity stewardship is the opportunity to build a new relationship between indigenous peoples and Nation States…’ Brazilian photographer Salgado’s new exhibition Genesis aims to highlight “the […]
No flies on bio-diverse fields
A recent article in Plos One highlights how organic farming favours insects, and therefore insect pollinated plants in meadows and wheat fields. The study explored nine different landscapes under different levels […]
