Bruce Owen - Wpg. Free Press - 2/11/2010 VICTORIA BEACH, MANITOBA -- I came here on the weekend to see for... The board walk at Grand Beach, MB. BORIS.MINKEVICH@FREEPRESS.MB.CA
By George Monbiot - the Guardian 2nd No.'10 Everyone agrees that the new declaration on biodiversity is a triumph. Just one snag: it doesn’t appear to exist. (Above) Prairie Dogs, now largely confined to nature preserves because of the loss of tall grass prairie habitat. (r.) Honey bees, decimated by "colony collapse disorder." l.p. photos
The Independent Nov 1 - '10 Four decades ago the oriental white stork... As Japan hosts a UN conference on biodiversity this week, the high-tech nation is pushing the initiative to promote some of its ancient village wisdom as a way to heal battered environments worldwide. (photo by Flickr user pelican)