"Beasts Versus the Biosphere?"
Mary Midgley explores if there is a necessary clash between concern for animals and concern for the environment as a whole.
Mary Midgley explores if there is a necessary clash between concern for animals and concern for the environment as a whole.
In April 1979, the European Communities (EC) adopted the Council Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds (79/409/EEC), the so-called “Birds Directive.”
The Vanoise National Park was created in 1963 in the northern French Alps, along with numerous large ski resorts. Born as twins, the park and the resorts grew up at best as strangers, at worst as foes.
In Wild Earth 7, no. 1 David Abram rediscovers our animal senses, Stephanie Kaza analyzes assumptions and stereotypes about human-nature relations, Connie Barlow reflects on the epic of evolution, and Christopher Manes reflects on a meaningful relationship with the wild.
Wild Earth 11, no. 1, features stories about New England’s wilderness: primeval forests, the Northwoods, large mammals, old growth forests, as well as conservation history and biodiversity of the eastern United States.
Wild Earth 11, no. 2, features essays on the Sagebrush Sea, the adventures of migrant pollinators, prevention as the best defense against invasive exotics, wild farming, and fire as a necessary participant in certain ecosystems.
Wild Earth 12, no. 1, focuses on the causes, processes and recovery chances of biodiversity loss. It spotlights the Rocky Mountain locust, the passenger pigeon, wolves in Yellowstone, and the black-tailed prairie dog.
The Garmisch cat murder trial spotlights the hostility of the bird protection community towards felines.
In the early 1920s one of the first European national parks was established in a densely populated area to foster both nature protection and economic growth.
Animal rights prevailed over bullfights in a recent judgment of the Supreme Court of India.