Scidevnet: Brazilian consumers came out on top for their awareness and understanding of both biodiversity and the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), according to the results of a survey in eight countries released last week (19 May) in São Paulo. The survey has been carried out by the Union for Ethical BioTrade (UEBT), based

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CO2Science:The authors write that “deforestation exerts a number of regional and local climate effects,” including “a decrease in water vapor mixing ratio (Sen et al., 2004), reduced precipitation (Werth and Avissar, 2005), and a change in the water cycle (Houghton, 1990),” along with “an increase in near-surface air temperature (Sampaio et al., 2007).” What was

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Dawa T Wangchuk : Not many safe havens for the endangered big cats are safe enough, states a World Wildlife Fund assessment, posing significant challenges in increasing world tiger population to 6,000 by 2022. What might come as a blow to tiger conservation efforts, a recent preliminary assessment conducted by World Wildlife Fund (WWF) reveals

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Pak observer: Green economy is vital for inclusive and sustainable growth. Eminent international experts and senior Pakistani officials and business representatives unanimously said it at the opening day of two-day ‘National consultation on green economy’ jointly organized by Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI), One UN Joint Programme on Environment, Ministry of Climate Change, Heinrich Boll

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Asian Age: In June 2012, world leaders along with thousands of participants from governments, NGOs and environmental groups as well as the private sector will come together in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil for Rio+20, 20 years after the Earth Summit was organised by the UN in 1992, to address urgent ecological challenges such as

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Inside Climate News: A new study says trees are absorbing 3.4 percent less carbon than has been assumed, including in models used to prepare the IPCC reports. Trees may not be the planetary saviors people have been counting on in a warming climate. A new study shows that while trees certainly help counteract rising temperatures,

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