Poland approves large-scale logging in Europe's last primeval forest 29/3/2016

Poland has approved large-scale logging in Europe’s last primeval woodland in a bid to combat a beetle infestation despite protests from scientists, ecologists and the European Union. ...more

UN Committee Begins Work on High Seas Treaty 29/3/2016

A United Nations committee has started work on an international treaty that could protect everything from threatened leatherback sea turtles to deep sea corals thousands of years old in international waters. ...more

Drought-hit Thailand sends up the Royal Rainmakers 29/3/2016

When drought strikes, Thailand turns to its Royal Rainmakers -- an airborne team which seeds the clouds over the kingdom. ...more

Arctic sea ice reaches new record low mark for wintertime 29/3/2016

The growth of Arctic sea ice this winter peaked at the lowest maximum level on record, thanks to extraordinarily warm temperatures, federal scientists said Monday. ...more

Japanese fleet returns with quota of 333 whales in Antarctic 25/3/2016

Japan's whaling fleet returned Thursday with 333 whales it caught in its first Antarctic harvest since an international court ruling stopped its hunt two years ago. ...more

Developing world overtakes West in renewables investments 25/3/2016

A U.N.-backed report says global investments in solar, wind and other sources of renewable energy reached a record $286 billion last year. For the first time the developing world accounted for the majority. ...more

First contact in decades with rare rhino in Indonesia's Borneo 25/3/2016

Environmentalists have made physical contact with a Sumatran rhino on the Indonesian part of Borneo island for the first time in over 40 years, the WWF said Wednesday, hailing a "major conservation success". ...more

Walking fish discovered in Thailand, has features not seen in any other living fish (Video) 25/3/2016

The blind cavefish can actually walk and crawl up waterfalls like a four-footed animal; researchers are calling it a major discovery. ...more

Scottish Power ends production at Scotland’s last coal power station 24/3/2016

Scottish Power will on Thursday end production at the country's last coal-fired power station, the company said. ...more

WHO urges India to implement larger health warnings on cigarette packs 24/3/2016

India must implement rules on printing larger health warnings on cigarette and other tobacco packs, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, days after a parliamentary panel called for reduction in the proposed warnings size to protect the industry. ...more