18 Apr 2013

Here in our backyard, the areas of Mai Po and Inner Deep Bay, a tiny nature reserve squeezed between two of Asia's most densely populated cities, forms a critical link in this winged migration, a...

3:18AM
21 Jan 2013

Recent letters concerning shark fin have shown unquestioning acceptance of a dogma.

There is a refusal on the part of correspondents to consider opposing viewpoints when dealing with those...

3:35AM
22 Oct 2012

Japanese road victim found dead at landfill

2:58AM
21 Oct 2012

Efforts to reverse the worrying loss of dwindling natural resources received a substantial boost yesterday when a UN conference in India agreed to double biodiversity aid to poor countries.

4:48AM
17 Oct 2012

An island-dwelling cockroach and a tiny snail were declared extinct on Wednesday while 400 plants and animals were added to a threatened “Red List” as global environment ministers met in India.

9:47PM
16 Sep 2012

2:37AM

There was no law against genocide in the early 1940s; it only became an internationally recognised crime after the worst genocide of modern history had actually happened. Similarly, there is no...

6:35PM

A coalition of green groups called on the government yesterday to conserve coastal and river ecologies, rich in biodiversity, which are threatened by proposed reclamation and development in Tung...

5:58PM

Biodiversity had a boost last month when governments agreed on a plan to help tackle the loss of species and their habitats around the world.

7:05AM

I hope, as you read this, Megi has passed and left you and yours unscathed. Depending on how close the super typhoon came - this column went to print on Thursday - you may have had to take...

7:00AM

A senior environmental official yesterday welcomed a European Union-funded biodiversity initiative amid grave warnings that the country's environment is continuing to deteriorate.

8:13AM

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