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Forest deal for EU and Indonesia
Posted by BBC: Richard Black on May 4th, 2011
BBC: EU and Indonesia sign deal on illegal timber Orangutans are among the animals threatened by illegal logging in Indonesia Indonesia and the European Union have finalised an agreement aimed at ending the trade in illegally-sourced wood.
The agreement will mean that EU companies will only be able to import timber that is certified as complying with Indonesian environmental laws.
The East Asian nation possesses some of the world's most lavish forests, which in turn support spectacular wildlife....
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Boom and bust flags eco-collapse
Posted by BBC: Richard Black on April 28th, 2011
BBC: The name "largemouth bass" appears to suit the fish An experiment in a US lake suggests that ecosystem collapses could be predicted, given the right monitoring.
Researchers changed the structure of the food web in Peter Lake, in Wisconsin, by adding predatory fish.
Within three years, the fish had taken over, producing a decline in tiny water plants and an explosion in water fleas.
Writing in the journal Science, the researchers say the change was preceded by signals that could be used to...
Flood victims?
Posted by BBC: Richard Black on January 14th, 2011
BBC: The giant potato cod is among thousands of species sitting in the path of the Queensland floodwater Continue reading the main story
Queensland Floods
Nick Bryant: Australians' extraordinary grit How flood recovery begins In pictures: Flood clean-up Brisbane floods map
As floodwaters in the Queensland capital Brisbane begin to recede, scientists are casting their eyes out to sea and wondering whether the region's greatest natural feature, the Great Barrier Reef, will be scarred by the experience....