It’s hardly breaking news that environmental reporting is something of a lost art in the mainstream media. The print press visits this important subject far less often than Love Island and tends to come back with a half-finished story. The wider reporting diaspora, which consists of radio, television and online media is no less guilty.… Continue reading Dirty Old River
To the casual observer who is relatively objective and impartial, the Biodiversity Summit in Montreal, which ended today, appeared to signal a desire for meaningful changes to the ways in which nature is protected. Confusingly dubbed COP 15, it has been running behind the similarly convened climate summit, which is now in its twenty-seventh incarnation.… Continue reading COP 15 and ‘30 by 2030’ – An Empty Promise and a Catchphrase Too Far
If you don’t already know, I am preternaturally interested in the independent archipelago republic of the Union des Comoros. The three constituent islands, Grand Comore, Anjouan and Moheli, lie in the Mozambique channel almost equidistant between Madagascar and the Kenyan coast. A little way off to the south is the island of Mayotte, a French… Continue reading A Charm Offensive in the Comoros
The 20th century satirist, writer, and comedian, Spike Milligan, famously had something to say about everything, but he was particularly concerned about the state of the planet. A sincere enough soul, he was nevertheless prone to making naïve generalisations about a raft of environmental issues. He was inclined, rather quaintly, to repeatedly call upon ‘world… Continue reading COP 15, ‘World Leaders’, ‘Major Donors’ and the ‘Missing Billions’
The Fragmented World of the Mongoose Lemur is a book about a critically-endangered species; fractured ecosystems; and the global war on nature. It is a compelling story in which author Michael Stephen Clark reveals the fundamental paradox of the mongoose lemur’s natural history. The mongoose lemur Eulemur mongoz is native to NW Madagascar where it… Continue reading The Fragmented World of the Mongoose Lemur
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