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Old-growth B.C. forests worth more standing than fallen, study says

Leaving British Columbia's old-growth forests standing may make more economic sense than cutting them down for timber, especially as the province looks to strategies to cut global warming, a new B.C. study suggests.

"The old-growth forests that we have are not only going to be a benefit in the fight against climate change, but there's also a significant economic windfall that could be celebrated by British Columbians,"- Faisal Moola, science director for the David Suzuki Foundation

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Looted Obelisk Returned to Ethiopia

After 70 years, the Axum obelisk has been painstakingly reconstructed on its native ground.

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New era for sustainable investing

Rich people increasingly want to invest their money without harming the environment, possibly heralding the mainstream take-up of such investment principles.

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Beijing air measures ‘must stay’

Beijing residents say they want measures aimed at cutting pollution during the Olympics to remain in place.

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Ghana’s grass-roots bid to save country’s last forests

Kakum, Ghana (AFP) Aug 31, 2008 - For five years now the heat has been less intense and the rainfall more abundant in a small cocoa farming area in Ghana's Upper Volta region, thanks to villagers bent on affecting climate change.

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Bombs away!—innovative concept of planting tree saplings

Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA - What's the fastest way to plant a forest? Grab a plane and drop bombs. No, not the explosive kind, but a bomb even a mom could love -- tree bombs!

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