You might think that farmland means the death of biodiversity, but animals are quite adaptable, and they now need farms to survive. But farms are going extinct themselves, and endangered animals can't survive industrial agriculture.READ»
There is a growing field working to quantify--in dollar amounts--the economic benefits that the natural world gives to humanity. When cities see what they would have to add to their budgets if they don't spend a little to protect ...READ»
The economic value of ecosystems has been calculated as greater than the global gross national product. In the Chesapeake Bay, one bank is creating value and saving wetlands, by making that value a reality.READ»
Florida panthers (not the football team) are back, which brings inevitable interaction with humans. But unlike in Yellowstone, where new wolves caused an outcry, Florida's smooth reintroduction might become a model for other predator populations.READ»
Combining principles of conservation with the needs of agriculture might be the only way to keep growing enough food to feed an exploding global population.READ»
The death of large predators isn't just a tragedy, it can lead to the utter destruction of whole ecosystems--something that is already happening in many parts of the world.READ»
Taking conservation out of the hands of governments, a new plan from the Netherlands lets people bid for small parcels which are then put aside from development. READ»
A new formula proposes to determine which endangered animals are salvageable so we can focus our resources--and abandon the ones that can't be saved.READ»
Stuart Bray is transporting South China tigers to South Africa in order to reacquainted then with the wild--and to try to save an endangered species. What does the WWF think of that?READ»
The World Bank today announced a $3 million investment to create jobs and boost sustainable conservation through a community-conceived ecotourist resort.READ»
Jeff Morgan took an unlikely route from Silicon Valley to Haiti and Cambodia--but he brought his startup expertise and venture capitalist training with him. READ»
"The additional 30,000 troops for Afghanistan will cost an additional $30 billion per year, or roughly $1 million per soldier per year. (It's an extraordinary sum especially considering how relatively little enlisted soldiers are ...READ»
