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Half of life on Earth has vanished since we arrived on the scene

21 May 2018

The biomass of living organisms on the planet has halved since human civilisation began, and humans now outweigh all wild mammals tenfold

A third of ‘protected’ nature zones are quietly being ruined

17 May 2018

The world’s nations have set up 200,000 protected areas in which nature is supposed to flourish, but in many cases the protection is pretty much theoretical

The European Union has decided to ban bee-killing pesticides

27 April 2018

European Union member states have voted to ban the outdoor use of neonicotinoid pesticides, which have been linked to declines in pollinating insects

Variegated green crop circles covering what was once shortgrass prairie in southwestern Kansas

If we only ate organic it would be an environmental disaster

14 November 2017

Organic food production requires more land, but a study claims cutting meat eating and food waste will solve this problem. It won’t

Alexandre Aebi inspecting one of his hives in his apiary in Switzerland

Neonicotinoid pesticides found in honey from every continent

5 October 2017

The discovery of neonicotinoid pesticides in honey means pollinating insects like bees regularly eat dangerous amounts of the pesticides

Farmland is in retreat. We should make the most of that

9 August 2017

Now that more land globally is being revegetated than cleared, we need to figure out how to use this force for ecological good. But it won't be an easy sell