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- Report reveals 11 million people and half of World Heritage sites are threatened by industry Thu, 7 Apr 16, 1:29amToday, the World Wildlife Fund issued a report that warns nearly half of all World Heritage sites are being threatened by industrial activity. Oil and gas exploration, mining, and logging (legal and otherwise) all endanger...
- Poland is planning to log one of the last primeval forests of Europe Tue, 29 Mar 16, 4:30amOne of the last remaining untouched forests in Europe will be opened up to logging activity, according to Poland’s environment minister. Around 180,000 cubic meters (6.4 million cubic feet) of wood will be taken from Bialowieza...
- Peru is planning a highway through the world’s most biodiverse protected place Mon, 16 Feb 15, 10:00pmIn Peru, they’re planning to pave paradise and lay down a freeway. Scientists highlighted Peru’s Manu National Park last year as being at the top of the list of natural protected areas in terms of amphibian and...
- Giant Mirrors Reflect Artificial Sunlight onto Norwegian Village Previously Bathed in Darkness Tue, 29 Oct 13, 2:18amFor six months of every year, a remote valley village in southern Norway lives in perpetual darkness. But now, thanks to three 183 square foot reflecting mirrors installed atop a 437 yard high mountainside overlooking Rjukan,...
- Pluspetrol Plans to Explore for Natural Gas in Most Biodiverse Protected Area on Earth Wed, 13 Feb 13, 4:48amA leaked document obtained by The Guardian newspaper reveals secret plans by Argentine gas giant Pluspetrol to explore for natural gas in Peru’s Manú National Park World Heritage site, one of the most biodiverse...