Ban is expected to travel to Brazil to visit the Amazon River and see how the Brazilian government has been dealing with deforestation issues and balancing the development of biofuels with food security. The secretary-general told reporters that the ice is melting faster than many realize and that the world must act together to address climate change. In December, the international community will gather in Indonesia for a climate change conference to work out a successor to the Kyoto...

The orphanage, which came into being with just seven elephants in 1975 with the aim of helping deserted baby elephants, now has 82 elephants, including 40 male, and has become one of the most popular tourist attractions of Sri Lanka. R Chandana Rajapaksa, one of the Veterinarian in Pinnawala Orphanage, who has undergone training in artificial insemination of elephants in Germany and Thailand, said some staff members had also been trained by the Zoo Outreach Organiastion, an NGO, in India....

By Caroline Jackson KUCHING, Nov 12 (Bernama) -- Built on a former timber logging area, the Borneo Highlands Resort is a unique eco-friendly luxury residential development in Southeast Asia that is set to penetrate the international market starting next year. By Caroline Jackson KUCHING, Nov 12 (Bernama) -- Built on a former timber logging area, the Borneo Highlands Resort is a unique eco-friendly luxury residential development in Southeast Asia that is set to penetrate the international...

Are you comfortable watching one bird species after another fail? No? Then let s, for a moment, quit pointing fingers at corporations and look at own our part in the play. The fear is that oil, gas, timber, mining and hydroelectric pressures threaten the irreplaceable ecosystem. The United States is the largest wintering ground for boreal birds, with 60 percent of the migrants wintering here. The world s largest populations of caribou and wolves live here. For nearly 100 species, 50...

Conservationists will expand moves for an international customer boycott of ANZ after the bank defended its relationship with controversial Malaysian logging giant Rimbunan Hijau, which accounts for half of the logging in PNG. A letter written by ANZ Pacific managing director Mike Guerin on October 15 dismissed reports by several PNG government agencies, the World Bank and other groups that have concluded that Rimbunan Hijau's logging activities were sometimes illegal and linked to human...