Jon Snow
Tiger Tiger burning bright, in the forests of the night
Jon Snow blogs on the Tiger Woods story.
Search results for ‘Forests’
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‘Dramatic effect’ of bushmeat hunting on African rainforests
Researchers in Sweden say changes to the ecological makeup of Africas rainforests caused by increased hunting of bushmeat are as dramatic as those due to logging.
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Forests sell-off: ‘We want to protect them’
The “primary reason” for the sell-off of large parts of England’s public forests is to ensure they have better protection in future, the Environment Secretary tells Channel 4 News.
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English forests to be leased out
Around 18 per cent of England’s publicly-owned forests – which the Government had planned to sell into private hands – are to be offered on 150-year leases.
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HS2: Construction starts on rail project as protests continue over environmental cost
Construction on the HS2 high-speed rail project officially started today, as the company said it would create 22,000 jobs.
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Investigation: Thousands of trees illegally felled to build IKEA’s flat pack empire
IKEA’s factories consume more than 20 million cubic meters of wood a year.
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From Chainsaw to Chair – IKEA’s illegally sourced furniture
Some of IKEA’s most recognisable products, the Ingolf, the Henriksdal and the folding Terje chair have been made from illegally felled beech trees from one of Europe’s last great forests, a Channel 4 News investigation has found.
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‘We have disrespected animals and disrespected the environment’ – Dame Jane Goodall on coronavirus
In the midst of yet another global pandemic some say has been caused by human interference with wild animals, Jane Goodall says there is only one species that has caused this – us.
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The illegal industrial fishing damaging Scotland’s ‘Great Barrier Reef’
The crystal-clear waters off Scotland’s west coast are some of the richest marine habitats around any of our 5,000-plus British Isles. Small wonder the places where the ancient quahogs live and the vital maerl forests thrive, are under strict protection. Or are they? Our chief Correspondent Alex Thomson reports from Wester Ross, a place they…
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‘Exploding human consumption’ responsible for wildlife loss, says WWF
Tropical forests being cleared at an unprecedented rate, overfishing and pollution in the oceans and wildlife populations on land plummeting. A new report from the World Wide Fund for Nature paints a bleak picture of the state of the planet.
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No, the Queen’s pay rise didn’t come from the magic money tree
The Queen got a £6 million pay rise this week, but it’s not the fruit of the magic money tree.
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Kylie Morris
Sanders time: why is America feeling the Bern?
Bernie Sanders, America’s answer to Jeremy Corbyn, is giving Hillary Clinton a scare in the campaign to get the Democratic nomination for next years US presidential election.
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Jonathan Miller
Nepal earthquake: the village too dangerous to rebuild
Exactly one week on from the massive earthquake, villagers in Puranogau, were coming to terms with the fact that they had lost more than their loved ones and their homes.
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Chernobyl forest fire ‘under control’ – Ukraine PM
Ukraine’s prime minister says a major forest fire that threatened to spread to the abandoned Chernobyl nuclear plant zone is under control.
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Alex Thomson
Building a hospital in the jungle – in just six weeks?
Many query why the response has been so slow to Ebola from Europe and you can certainly argue not enough was done in the early months. But the work is getting underway – and it’s making a difference.
