Looking for lynx in the Swiss Alps 1/3/2007 Mark Schulman

Here kitty kitty, here kitty kitty. If you think looking for your cat in some remote corner of your house is a daily challenge, try finding its more elusive distant cousin in a forest. ...more

The World Grows Organically 1/3/2007 Interview with Bernward Geier

Bernward Geier, from Germany, is one of the pioneers of worldwide organic agriculture, with 20 years of experience as director for international Relations at the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements. ...more

Arab Forum for Environment & Development Launches Programmes at UNEP Governing Council 7/2/2007

Developing a common market for environmentally-friendly technologies and products is among the aims of a new initiative called the Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED) whose forward-looking work programme was announced today. ...more

China Shifts Gears 1/1/2007 Kelly Sims Gallagher

Automakers, oil, pollution and development Transfer of cleaner and more energy-efficient technologies to the Chinese automobile industry ...more

Mediterranean Threatened by Development 1/1/2007

Development pressures threaten to overwhelm the Mediterranean by 2025, says Blue Plan report. Study also recommends solutions for minimizing the damage. ...more

Wild Borneo 1/1/2007 Nick Garbutt and J. Cede Prudente

The island of Borneo is a place of great natural beauty and rich biodiversity. ...more

Project Sky Hole Patching 1/1/2007

Tackling Illegal Trade in Ozone-depleting Substances and Dangerous Waste ...more

Squashed Insects Greetings from your Windshield... 1/10/2006 Volker Steger

Now, what's that gunk on my car? Clearly most victims of traffic accidents aren't human, they arent't even vertebrates. ...more

Helping Lebanon minimize environmental damage 1/9/2006 Habib El-Habr

News in the past two months has been dominated by the situation in Lebanon. Not only is Lebanon a member state of the UNEP Regional Office for West Asia, the home of the Al-Bia Wal-Tanmia editorial team, it is also my family home. ...more

Rehabilitating Lebanon's environment 1/9/2006 Achim Steiner

You can clean up the language of war and conflict-smart bombs, surgical strikes, collateral damage, friendly fire-but cleaning up the consequences is a far harder task. ...more