EcocideAn international expert panel was assembled last November to define Ecocide and they have drawn up draft law. If successful, it could become the fifth crime against peace, next to …
Animal Impact
During World War II, James Lovelock and Owen Liddell did experiments that were among the first to ask the question, what is the hottest temperature animal life can survive? In …
Biodiversity and Climate Change: the IPBES-IPCC report and the importance of wildlife
The BiodiversityWhat is the definition of biodiversity? When we ask, what is the definition of biodiversity? It depends on what we want to do with it. The term is widely …
Geo-engineering world climate: five plans that will end civilisation and one that won’t #ecoalchemy
What happens when science meets the sci-fi urges of tech-billionaires? We could be about to find out and the results aren’t likely to be good for humanity. Geo-engineering world climate …
I always wanted to do a book review of Ring of Bright Water because it was the work that inspired much of my life’s wonderment of animals. I carried the …
It’s a tough job conserving wild animals. The owners of Artemis Station know this better than most. For years, Artemis have been custodians, responsible for saving the rare Golden-shouldered Parrot. …
It’s World Coral Triangle Day and I am going to take a different look at this vital region by examining the global scale and intensity of its Animal ImpactWhat is …
It’s World Oceans Day today so I thought I’d reshare a few articles about the importance of marine wildlife in creating a habitable planet. The Day’s theme is ‘protecting at …
Book review of Novacene I was introduced to James Lovelock’s Gaia Hypothesis at University in the mid-1990s. Even back then, his theory that Earth was a self-regulating biosphere, was identified …
Discover why counting animals may no longer be a useful past time for conservationists
Every year, billions of dollars are spent counting wildlife but can we say the money has been well spent, when the work to date has foreshadowed catastrophic declines in most …
