How farmers in Africa are finding ways to sustainably use wetlands

Feb 02, 2017 13:25 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature

Swamps, marshes, floodplains and mangrove forests, all known as wetlands, are a precious resource. In their natural state they provide a range of eco-system services. They regulate water flows, store eroded materials and...

Sure, pipelines are good for oil companies, but what about jobs related to preserving nature and culture?

Feb 02, 2017 04:15 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature

On his fourth day as U.S. president, Donald Trump penned executive orders to advance construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline Project pipeline and the Keystone XL pipeline. A week later, there were reports the new...

Research challenges the view that environmental regulators are anti-business

Jan 28, 2017 07:37 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature

During the 2016 presidential campaign, Republican candidates strongly agreed that the United States has too many regulations, and that these rules often are bad for business or a waste of taxpayer dollars. President Trump...

Drugs from bugs: the next blockbuster medicine could be lurking inside an insect

Jan 28, 2017 06:30 am UTC| Nature

For thousands of years humans turned to nature to cure and soothe their ills. Modern science built on these ancient foundations and the natural product discovery programmes established by pharmaceutical companies provided...

How selfies and family photos put 300 million years of evolution on display

Jan 26, 2017 14:16 pm UTC| Nature

These days, many of us have cellphone picture galleries full of selfies, family photos and snaps of our friends. If youve ever visited a zoo, animal sanctuary or game reserve, you probably also have photographs of yourself...

Why an innovative new eco-hamlet should be the size of a city

Jan 26, 2017 13:25 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature

The opening in January 2017 of an eco-hamlet for council house tenants in West Wales is great news. I have nothing but praise for a development which builds houses with a low carbon footprint, using locally grown wood, to...

Rich and famous lifestyles are damaging the environment in untold ways

Jan 25, 2017 00:21 am UTC| Life Nature

To be rich is a thing that many in our society spend their whole lives striving for. Not having to worry about money and indeed, splashing it on designer clothes, chains of diamonds and private planes is seen by some to be...