Ukraine’s pets are symbols of humanity in an inhumane war
In the face of Russia’s indiscriminate attack, Ukrainians’ care for their animals is an act of defiance.
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Boycotting Russia’s oligarch-run timber trade would deliver an overdue rebuke
Vladimir Putin’s aggression in Ukraine should bring renewed focus to the depletion of global forests, not provide an excuse to…
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“Austerity is coming back”: Tim Lang fears for food security as war rages
The government has left Britain vulnerable to global shocks such as the invasion of Ukraine, says the leading food policy…
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Lee Schofield on how farming needs to re-wiggle its approach to nature
In the face of accusations of a “sheep-wrecked” countryside, a Lake District rewilding project is bringing conservation and farming together.
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Why the world needs to accelerate climate action, even in times of war
The new IPCC report is the bleakest yet as the world faces ever greater climate disasters.
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Could Happy the elephant follow an Ecuadorian monkey into legal personhood?
The US lawyer Steven Wise reflects on the long journey towards the recognition of animals as legal persons with rights.
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Peat, pesticides and plastic: how British gardeners are destroying the planet
The UK government should urgently agree a ban on peat in horticultural products.
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Tom Holland: why climate politics needs more hedgehogs
As an environmental culture war looms, the historian advocates for Edmund Burke’s politics of the particular.
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