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![PepsiCo announces zero deforestation commitment for palm oil PepsiCo announces zero deforestation commitment for palm oil](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_bdd71920-bea8-4710-8dcf-8fb4fa576767_.jpg) |
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The 450,000 tons of palm oil sourced annually by PepsiCo will be largely free of rainforest destruction and peatlands conversion by 2016 under a policy announced last week by the food and drink giant. ...more |
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![Warm weather boosts hopes for rarest bumblebee's revival in Britain Warm weather boosts hopes for rarest bumblebee's revival in Britain](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_074d7d80-afd3-4ab5-af57-f60b205a3225_.jpeg) |
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Warm spring conditions should help Britain's rarest bumblebee as wildlife experts reintroduce a new batch of queens to help boost the species. ...more |
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![Green up or ship out – Saudi clamps down on construction industry Green up or ship out – Saudi clamps down on construction industry](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_22fd3789-d0c3-447c-9e1b-413ffbc57c85_.jpg) |
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Saudi Arabia has announced that the construction industry has five years to “green” up their business. Amid a massive construction boom, the Presidency of Meteorology and Environment (PME) has decreed that all companies must reduce their air, water and noise pollution in keeping with regulations approved in 2008. ...more |
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![FAO highlights importance of fishing in providing livelihoods FAO highlights importance of fishing in providing livelihoods](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_ff7a98e9-1302-487f-868d-dbce32e69a29_.jpg) |
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A new report released by the United Nations' food and agricultural agency on Monday highlighted the growing role of fish and aquaculture in feeding the world and providing a source of income, and called for the sustainable and responsible management of the so-called 'blue world.' ...more |
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![Britain's last overseas territories home to more than 1,500 unique species Britain's last overseas territories home to more than 1,500 unique species](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_afdf2134-e2fa-40d7-86c5-91394d126ce1_.jpg) |
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Britain’s remaining colonial possessions - stretching from the Caribbean to the Indian Ocean - are teeming with unique animal species ranging from a spiky woodlouse to a shrimp confined to two mid-Atlantic rock pools, according to a study. ...more |
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![Nike and Adidas told to stop playing dirty and tackle football kit chemicals Nike and Adidas told to stop playing dirty and tackle football kit chemicals](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_65eaeee1-4f47-457c-9de8-b6582f2b75eb_.jpg) |
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An investigation by Greenpeace ahead of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil has discovered some football merchandise including the official ‘Brazuca' ball could be genuinely harmful to health. ...more |
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![Emissions from 10 food and drinks companies 'higher than Scandinavia' Emissions from 10 food and drinks companies 'higher than Scandinavia'](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_07833a70-30f2-4459-9286-36693afa2711_.jpeg) |
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The ‘big 10’ global food and drink companies together emit more greenhouse gases than Scandinavia and would rank as the 25th most polluting country in the world if grouped together, the international charity and agency Oxfam claims in a new report on Tuesday. ...more |
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![World’s first date palm genetic map published World’s first date palm genetic map published](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_af98d64e-af84-42dd-8a5c-dc73644fc6ab_.jpg) |
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Researchers at the Weill Medical College in Qatar (WCMC-Q) have published the first genetic map of the date palm, according to a report. ...more |
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![Boats pluck people from roofs as floods sweep Serbia and Bosnia Boats pluck people from roofs as floods sweep Serbia and Bosnia](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_807357bc-cb72-4a08-97ac-8df0792e8add_.jpeg) |
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Some residents of Obrenovac, 30 km southwest of the capital Belgrade, were stranded on the roofs of their homes, calling for help. Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said all 25,000 citizens would have to be evacuated. ...more |
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![South Africa loses first elephant to poachers in a decade South Africa loses first elephant to poachers in a decade](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_adc18073-f62e-4985-bc51-97d7221a76e6_.JPG) |
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An elephant bull was "purposefully shot for its tusks" by four suspected poachers at the Kruger National Park in the eastern Mpumalanga province, SANParks said in a statement. ...more |
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