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How nature nurtures us
Nature has been a source of solace for many during a strange and uncertain time. But post-Covid, we must remember that our wellbeing is, and always has been, inherently linked with that of our planet.
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Budget 2020: Get future-ready over shovel-ready
Greenpeace is urging the Government to prioritise ‘future-ready’ over ‘shovel-ready’ job solutions in this week’s Covid Recovery Budget.
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Coronavirus is a wake-up call: our war with the environment is leading to pandemics
The COVID-19 pandemic sweeping across the world is a crisis of our own making. That’s the message from infectious disease and environmental health experts, and from those in planetary health…
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MSC’s deliberate deceit: report reveals staggering scale of their fishing industry greenwash
One of the world’s most recognisable sustainability certifications, the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) tick, has been exposed for the sham that it is, says Greenpeace, in a new report from environmental NGO Bloom.
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For a green and resilient future, we cannot delay ocean protection
As the world responds to the Covid-19 crisis, we must safeguard the resilience of the largest ecosystem on the planet.
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Can the coronavirus pandemic sound the alarm on climate change?
In the past few weeks, our entire planet has been experiencing an unprecedented crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with extremely significant losses on many levels. I am a professor…
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Where the wild things are: how nature might respond as coronavirus keeps humans indoors
Intriguing things sometimes happen in places deserted by people. Plants creep back, animals return and, slowly, birdsong fills the air.
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Recovery for people and planet: NGOs urge a green COVID-19 recovery
Environmental groups from across New Zealand have written to the Prime Minister urging the Government to restore Aotearoa in the economic recovery after lockdown. Forest & Bird, Greenpeace, WWF-New Zealand, Generation Zero,…
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How the deep ocean is helping in the fight against Covid-19
To fight Covid-19 the World Health Organisation has told all countries: test, test, test. Around the world, doctors are testing thousands of people for the virus every day. But did you know the deep ocean has been in integral in the development of the test to diagnose Covid-19?
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The Wild West Atlantic
In the south-west Atlantic, along the Patagonian shelf, an area of international waters known as the Blue Hole is home to unique ecosystems and iconic species, such as the southern right whale and the elephant seal many of which have a fragile conservation status.
