At a recent session of the Provincial People's Congress at Guangdong province, China, a group of representatives submitted a bill proposing a ban on eating wild animals. Meat of wild animals is a

THE Japanese government is planning a new large-scale dam on Japan's third- largest river, the Yoshino. A grassroots citizens' group, the Yoshino River Symposium of Tokushima City, has appealed for

Cross border trade in hazardous chemicals and pesticides threatens the ecology with dire consequences. Sixty one nations get together to ward off the threat. This is important for developing countries as they lack the resources to manage these lethal comp

The Responsible Ecological Social Tour (REST) programme, which was launched a year ago, is coming under heavy criticism from environmentalists. The programme was launched in a cluster of villages

Island sheep may help resolve a fierce debate in ecology about population crashes. British researchers are using sheep populations on St Kilda, a remote archipelago off the west coast of Scotland, to