Environmentalists protest the Gulf of Mexico oil spill in front of the White House The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is turning into a major ecological disaster. But the political fallout from the spill and impact on the future of offshore drilling...
Sierra Leone is working to preserve the ecosystem of coastal mangrove swamps that are threatened by people collecting firewood and harvesting salt. Harvesting salt along the coast of West Africa is an age-old business. But today conservationists say...
A report by a number of leading conservation groups warns that unless prompt corrective measures are taken, the planet is heading toward an ecological credit crunch. For VOA, Tom Rivers reports from London. Cover of the Living Planet Report The repo...