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Philippine monkey-eating eagle 'Lord of the Forest' Endangered

The Philippine monkey-eating eagle is well named for its preference for eating monkeys, particularly macaques. This ferocious-looking bird stands over 3 feet (1 m) tall and can weigh up to 9 pounds (4 kg) --...

Urbanization and the Future World

Mesopotamian’s civilization with multi cities having finest cultural and literature achievements crumbled during 2300BC due to high toxic land unfit to agriculture. Between 1500-1000BC Indus valley civilization...

US House passes bill to expand wilderness areas in 9 states

The US House passed a bill today to be sent along to Barack Obama to put aside over two million acres of wilderness land across nine states that will be protected land. The vote was split 285-140, and this was two...

Is the desire for soft toilet paper ruining the world's forests?

The desire for soft, quilted toilet paper in our bathrooms is ruining the world's forests. Brands like Cottonelle, Ultra, Quilted Northern Ultra and Charmin Ultra have all seen their sales increase last year because...

35 dead in Australia's worst fires in years; temperatures rising

35 people have died and many more could perish as the wildfires continue to rage across southeastern Australia, while homes, farms and countryside are burned to the ground. This is the worst wildfire disaster in...

Canada: Forests pumping out carbon dioxide due to global warming

Canada continues to fall behind other countries in gaining control of carbon emissions and now the nation's forests are at stake. ENN reports on how Canada's trees are contributing to global warming. Canada's...

Hackers Allow for Massive Section of Rainforest to Be Illegally..

Hackers have accessed Brazilian government computer systems and helped 107 companies obtain permits that enabled them to fell over £546million ($833m) worth of timber illegally. In what has come as a shocking revelation, it appears that hi-tech hackers have played an...

Macedonians plant six million trees today

In Macedonia today, thousands of people volunteered to plant six million trees as part of a reforestation campaign in the Balkan country.Macedonia has experienced many wild fires over the past two years and...

Scotland finds economic growth in their forests

Scotland plans to fund their economic growth through the renewable energy capacity of their forests. The government wants communities, landowners and forestry individuals to allow woodlands to be used  in...

Warning: Arsenic in our forests

We have seen it before, one environmental solution leads to another problem. A chemical used in British Columbia to try and end the pine-beetles wrath has been discontinued and now testing for arsenic (a known...

RP scientist named ‘hero of environment’

" ILOILO CITY - “It’s not for me. It’s for the mangroves.” As always, Jurgenne Primavera thought about her advocacy first before her achievements. The retired Iloilo-based scientist has been featured...

Ikea trashes disposable bags

Ikea is doing their part to save the environment, and is banning all disposable bags from their stores.Starting today, across North Amercia, the furnishing giant will no longer be offering any kind of bags at any...

A new law of nature

This is the kind of news that makes my heart sing!––Imagine that! –-Ecuador is the first nation on the earth to legally acknowledge the rights of nature and all in it on an equal standing with...

The Endangered Snow Leopard and Threat to Other Species

The snow leopard, amongst many other animals, is listed as Critically Endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) and listed as Endangered on the U.S....

Eating insects: save the planet and munch a moth

As food prices continue to rise, and the world gets hotter, we as humans need to find more ways to conserve our planet and help our species adapt.Well, eating insects could be the answer. I don't know if I...

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