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Over the past 60 years, we’ve seen a dramatic change in farming practices and land use choices, driven principally by high intensity production of cheap food and European subsidies. This has led to the soils on which we depend for food throughout England and Wales becoming damaged and eroded, causing widespread pollution and flooding. Agriculture
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I Love Amazon Week The Amazon is much more than simply a beautiful, far-off tropical rainforest. It’s also a source of everyday items we rely on. Do you recognise these familiar products and ingredients? Chocolate Did you know that your favourite chocolate originates from the cacao plant? This grows wild in Central and South America and cultivating it can
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For me, Emperor penguins are the iconic Antarctic species. When I first saw them on the ice, I was struck by their serene grace and intricate beauty. Delicate gold patches adorn their chest like an artist’s brushstroke against their otherwise black and white plumage. No other species is so perfectly adapted to survive in the
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I was recently in Acre in the Brazilian Amazon on a 7-day image-gathering trip. Out there, I caught up with some of the great work being done on the ground there by our Sky Rainforest Rescue partnership and farmer certification scheme. And I survived the whole trip with only a toothbrush. Day 1 – CSI
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gallery Saturday 25 January 2014 was a pretty significant day for WWF-UK. Having moved into our fantastic Living Planet Centre back in October 2013, we finally marked the public opening of the WWF Experience! Let me take a few steps back to explain. The idea of the Living Planet Centre was born when long standing supporter
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For a month last autumn, Freddie Flintoff and I pedalled along what is perhaps the most controversial road in the world. The Trans-Amazonian Highway was built by the Brazilian military dictatorship in the early 1970s, to open up the southern Amazon basin for colonization and economic exploitation. In a grandiose economic experiment, the proposal was
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Size of Wales Sometimes in this job I come across some deeply moving stories. One of the groups I work with is a remarkable one – the Kwale chapter of the Kenya Union of the Blind. Here’s what some of the group’s members told me: “I became blind through a road accident….but I can identify different tree species
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soil Over the past 60 years, we’ve seen a dramatic change in farming practices and land use choices, driven principally by high intensity production of cheap food and European subsidies. This has led to the soils on which we depend for food throughout England and Wales becoming damaged and eroded, causing widespread pollution and flooding. Agriculture […]
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Coastal Kenya Programme In Kenya, and in particular in coastal Kenya, fuel-wood is the major source of household energy in most rural communities and urban centres. Wood fuel comes in various forms but in Kenya a significant amount of wood is transformed into charcoal. Demand for charcoal is high and keeps rising, but its source – the forest […]
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April 21 is World Fish Migration Day, the perfect opportunity to celebrate a recent agreement which will help protect rare chalk streams, home to trout and migratory fish such as salmon. These rivers, when in pristine condition, are beautiful, unique habitats. Their crystal clear waters have been filtered through chalk aquifers. Their clean gravel beds […]
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Coastal Kenya Programme The International Day of Forests is celebrated each year on the 21 March. Here in Kenya, we’ve celebrated every year since it was introduced by the United Nations in 2012. This year, we’re especially happy because the rains have come early. Before these rains, Kenya had been suffering one of the longest spells of drought. […]
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The coasts of the UK and Kenya might seem worlds apart, but over the last few weeks I’ve had the opportunity to learn that there are actually many similarities and that we share many of the same opportunities and challenges. Earlier this month, we hosted the WWF-UK marine team here in Kenya. We’ve been working closely, […]
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International Women's Day Our relationships on this planet are tangled up in a complex web of life, where what we do affects other living beings and our physical surroundings. So why then do we seem to damage the natural resources that we depend on? And how can people-centred solutions to conservation protect wildlife and wild places? On the […]
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gallery Today is World Wetlands Day, a day to celebrate our wonderful wetlands, the wildlife that thrives within them and the benefits that we as a society gain from them. Wetlands cover very little of the world’s surface, but are home to a disproportionately large number of species, including almost 45 per cent of the world’s […]
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Coastal Kenya Programme Five counties make up Kenya’s incredible coastline: Kwale, Kilifi, Mombasa, Lamu, and Tana River County. Sadly, what often comes to mind when thinking about Tana River County is hostile climatic conditions, hunger, conflict, insecurity, and human suffering. But spend time in Tana River County and you will be amazed by the opportunities that exist. The […]
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The World Economic Forum (WEF) took place this week in Davos, Switzerland, the annual event bringing politicians and business leaders together. This year, the theme was ‘Creating a Shared Future in a Fractured World’, which saw discussions around free trade, human rights, technology, and the environment. It included discussions around a number of key environmental […]
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2017 gave us plenty to talk about in the world of sustainable business. We expect 2018 to be no different, as increasing numbers of people, companies and governments wake up to the need for a green economy. Here are our predictions for the most important trends for business and the environment this year. Renewable energy […]
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