Members of the public are being asked to give their backing to beavers in the BBC Countryfile Magazine Awards. The Eurasian beaver is one of four...
Even small concentrations of plastic, such as microbeads found in toothpaste, cosmetics and household cleaning products, can have a serious impact on entire marine habitats, according...
A backwards step in the conservation of the Brazilian Amazon as deforestation increases by 29%. Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has grown to around 8 thousand...
Fishing as a sport or source of food isn’t as bad for the environment as some people assume. In fact, it can have a positive effect...
The future of some of the world’s most important natural World Heritage sites was determined yesterday at a UN session representing 192 countries. The UNESCO World...
Canary Wharf Group has announced the founding members of the Cognicity Hub, a dedicated smart cities ecosystem based at the Level39 technology accelerator in One Canada...
Standard Chartered has joined nine other banks in committing to helping prevent deforestation by cutting out businesses whose operations drive the practice by 2020. The Soft...
Angel Gurria, secretary general of the OECD, has called on governments to rethink the role of coal in energy supply, arguing the scale of investment being...
Unless ambitious action is taken to reduce carbon emissions the world’s oceans are facing dangerous and irreversible impact that could affect seafood supply, according to a...
Rating agencies could be repeating the mistakes of the credit crisis, where risks were underestimated to the detriment of the global financial system, by not factoring...
The world is currently in a period of mass extinction, according to a new study. Human activities have been linked to the falling populations of many...
Supermarkets could help save endangered species by increasing prices for products that use eco-friendly palm oil, a new study has found. The research also found that...
The Pope has warned that there will be “serious consequences” for all unless the world does more to tackle climate change, in a leaked copy of...
A new study has discovered that a network of viruses that were previously associated with managed honeybees are spreading to wild bee populations, potentially posing “widespread...
Blue & Green Daily finds and summarises the top sustainability stories around the web every morning. We start with our own picks from Blue & Green...