What's being said about the environment around the World

Greenpeace

Nestlé needs to give rainforests a break

Need a break? Before you have one with a Kit Kat watch – ‘Have a break?’ We need your help to get the rainforests a break and to help you spread the word we’ve launched this video spoof. It exposes the true cost behind having a break the Kit Kat way: you could be taking a bite out of Indonesia’s precious rainforests, thanks to Nestlé, maker of Kit Kat, using palm oil that comes from forest destruction.

Whaling on trial (part 2)

This week our activists, Junichi and Toru, spent two very long and intense days in court, defending the honourable actions they took to expose the corruption within Japan's whaling industry. As the prosecution fumbled its desperate attempt to cast the 'Tokyo Two' as criminals, it became obvious that whaling really is on trial in Aomori.

IUCN - The World Conservation Union

Put biodiversity at centre of climate debate, says new experts survey

New global survey of on-the-ground climate decision makers in 100+ countries launched.

International organizations launch initiatives for sustainable water use in Asia Pacific

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have launched concrete initiatives to achieve more sustainable management of precious water resources in the Asia Pacific region.

The Nature Conservancy

From Summit to Sea: A new approach to restore California?s declining wild salmon runs

Today the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released a statewide recovery plan for California?s wild Coho salmon. The Nature Conservancy applauds NOAA?s approach to restore Coho runs in California and their recognition of both the complexity of this challenge, and the need for integrated solutions to restore the vitality of this once great fishery.

Partners Protect 96 Acres in Lyme

The Nature Conservancy, has partnered with the Town of Lyme and the Lyme Land Conservation Trust (LLCT) to finalize the protection of 96 acres of forest, including a half-mile stretch of the Eightmile River in Connecticut as it enters Hamburg Cove, linking more than 1000 acres of open space land in the southeastern part of the river with a 10-mile plus long corridor of protected land running from the Connecticut River well into the Eightmile River Watershed.