Conservation

Sixty endangered greater gliders found in Victorian forests tagged for logging

Night survey recorded about 60 gliders, which should trigger court injunction to prevent logging in the 12 forest areas the gliders were found

Graham Readfearn

03, Oct, 2022 @4:30 PM

Wales unveils plans to triple rate of peatland restoration

Ministers accept recommendations on how to halt biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse across country

Steven Morris

03, Oct, 2022 @12:57 PM

Investment zones could be allowed in England’s national parks

Documents show zones with ‘liberalised’ planning laws could get go-ahead even in the most environmentally protected areas

Sandra Laville and Helena Horton

03, Oct, 2022 @12:04 PM

Cop15 is an opportunity to save nature. We can’t afford another decade of failure | Phoebe Weston

Ahead of the UN biodiversity conference, our reporter reflects on lessons of hope and change in three years reporting with the Guardian’s age of extinction team

Phoebe Weston

01, Oct, 2022 @6:00 AM

Prince Harry wildlife NGO under fire after elephants kill three in Malawi

African Parks, of which the royal is president, is one of three parties accused of rushing a mass translocation of the mammals

Patrick Greenfield and Sundus Abdi

01, Oct, 2022 @6:00 AM

Fate of Amazon rests on Brazil election, say experts

Further destruction under Bolsonaro could push vital rainforest past irreversible tipping point

Damian Carrington Environment editor

30, Sep, 2022 @12:08 PM

Spanish police seize smuggled baby eels worth €270,000

Dozens arrested in operation as officials warn of resurgence in trafficking of endangered elvers

Sam Jones in Madrid

30, Sep, 2022 @11:19 AM

Emergency plan to save the capercaillie bird launched as numbers plummet

Cairngorms national park drawing up plans as RSPB says latest survey shows population at critical level of 540

Severin Carrell

30, Sep, 2022 @5:01 AM

Most UK adults think nature is in urgent need of protection – poll

YouGov survey for major charities finds 81% believe wildlife and environment are under threat

Sandra Laville Environment correspondent

30, Sep, 2022 @5:00 AM

Police investigate threat to ‘firebomb’ national parks office over Kosciuszko horse cull

National Parks and Wildlife Service says threat ‘should be condemned by all Australians’

Lisa Cox

30, Sep, 2022 @3:12 AM

Queensland opens talks for federal funding for world’s largest pumped hydro project

Annastacia Palaszczuk unveils details about 5GW renewables project that is estimated to cost $12bn

Ben Smee

29, Sep, 2022 @6:05 AM

Northern Territory government was warned raising industry water allocation could threaten major river

Conservationists say memorandum should prompt the government to be cautious as it drafts water allocation plans for Beetaloo Basin