Namibia awarded for protecting marine biological diversity
Namibia’s Marine Resources Act has won Silver in the 2012 Future Policy Award. The jury stressed that the Act has served to institute an economically and ecologically viable fishing industry in the African country. The 2012 Future Policy Award highlights exemplary solutions to protect the world’s oceans and is initiated by the World Future Council, [...]
Study Shows that Climate Change is Killing Forests
Climate change is causing a massive forest die-off on almost every continent on Earth. Forests are already under threat from illegal logging and land clearing for agriculture. According to a new paper published in the journal Nature Climate Change, trees in forests all around the world are dying due to dry climatic conditions and elevated [...]
Fire on the mountain (VIDEO)
If we take too long to see why there is fire in our own backyards, the market will sell enough fire extinguishers. The market will not encourage us to know why the fire started. The gentleman in the payment kiosk swiped the card and gave it back to me. Then he asked my wife for [...]
The economic and employment benefits of forests
Forests are crucial to life, this includes providing refuge for many species, and clean air for all but they are also important to the global economy. As a resource, forests provide many important natural resources, such as timber, fuel, rubber, paper and medicinal plants. Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Tip on Hyves [...]
