Environment and Nature

Kanika Datta: Downers in high places

25 May 2012

The board of the Reserve Bank of India, a newspaper informed us, would be meeting in “idyllic Mussoorie� this week to discuss, among other things, the diminishing strength of the rupee. Now, it is difficult to predict whether the central bank will be able to devise an effective strategy to put the muscle back in the Indian currency. But it is fairly certain that the board members are unlikely to ...

Man gets 6 years for eating eagle

25 May 2012

MANILA, Philippines – A farmer in Bukidnon has been sentenced to 6 years imprisonment for killing, cooking and eating a rare Philippine eagle.

Green Blog: Peter Seligmann of Conservation International: Serving Human Needs Serves the Environment

25 May 2012

Peter Seligmann, the founder of Conservation International, discusses a shift in focus from pure conservation of creatures to linking the needs of nature to the needs of people.