Is religion, the key to conservation?
Islamic leaders in Indonesia sure think so. Many Islamic conservationists have banded together to form FORDALING (the Islamic Leader Forum for Environmental Care), and are working to spread environmental education...
Bringing back the Garden of Eden
Under Saddam Hussein the Mesopotamian Marshlands, considered the largest wetland ecosystem in the Middle East were drained to a tenth of their original size in order to punish the Marsh...
Save the Serengeti
The government of Tanzania's proposal to construct a road through the Serengeti national park has caused major outrage among conservationists because the plan would hinder the annual migration of some...
Protection of Mangrove Forests in Pakistan
Concern over the illegal cutting of mangroves along the Karachi coast has led the Pakistani Minister of Home, Jail and Forest, Dr. Zulfiqar Mirza, to take steps toward classifying the...
Big news for the forests of Northern Finland
Following the Finish government's decision to protect 85,600 hectares (856 sq km) of state owned pine forest in Northern Finland from industrial logging last December, a new win has helped...
Quebec, Canada announces that it will protect at least half of its vast North
February 23, 2011. Today the government of the province of Quebec, Canada announced that it will protect 50% of its northern area from all industrial activity. This means that an...
