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• Tibetan nomads struggle as grasslands disappear from the roof of the world

  2 Sep 2010:

  Scientists say desertification of the mountain grasslands of the Tibetan plateau is accelerating climate chang

• Bold action is needed to protect the diversity of life on Earth

  1 Sep 2010:

  Andy Atkins: Instead of spending taxpayers' money propping up factory farms, UK government should support planet-friendly farming

• The Frozen Zoo aiming to bring endangered species back from the brink

  29 Aug 2010:

  San Diego Zoo began collecting skin samples from rare animals in 1972 in the hope they might be used to protect these endangered species in the future. A breakthrough in stem-cell technology means that day is getting closer, writes Paul Harris

• Why the case for GM salmon is still hard to stomach

  27 Aug 2010: Robin McKie: Proponents of GM promise bigger cuts of meat, more efficient farming and animals less prone to disease, but is it an unnecessary abuse of nature?

• Shetland trawlermen illegally caught £15m worth of herring and mackerel

  26 Aug 2010:

  Six skippers face unlimited fines and multi-million pound confiscation orders after admitting breaching fishing quotas

• Pea-sized frog found in Borneo

  26 Aug 2010:

  One of the world's tiniest species of frogs is discovered living in and around Borneo's carnivorous plants

• Tiny Mediterranean snail 'hitchhiked' to UK in Victorian times

  26 Aug 2010:

  Nationwide hunt for snail which travelled from Europe on stonework in 19th century but remained hidden from naturalists

• Could a superbee from Swindon save the world?

  25 Aug 2010:

  A honeybee bred in the town could kill the mite that has wiped out billions of bees around the world

• Britain prepares for mackerel war with Iceland and Faroe Islands

  22 Aug 2010:

  Scottish fishermen and politicians call for EU action after two countries raise combined quota from 27,000 to 215,000 tonnes

• Put a cork in it: the environmental cost of the screw cap

  22 Aug 2010:

  In recent years the cork has been steadily usurped by cleaner, more convenient screw caps. But the environmental impact of this social shift is massive. Now the traditional cork growers are fighting back. But have they left it too late?

• Into the wild

  21 Aug 2010:

  If the kids have spent too much of the summer indoors, it's not too late to get out and discover the wildlife buzzing near you. Here are our top 10 things to do and see outdoors

• Volunteering in paradise

  21 Aug 2010:

  The Seychelles isn't all five-star hotels. A marine conservation project gives Teresa Machan a taste of paradise, and the chance to help save the planet

• MoD bomb disposal harming Gibraltar marine life, says conservationists

  20 Aug 2010:

  Blasts are destroying valuable fishing stocks and threatening habitat of rare birds, green groups claim

• Rare Kihansi spray toads make long hop home from US to Tanzania

  20 Aug 2010:

  Kihansi spray toads, extinct in the wild but bred in US zoos, flown to 'state-of the-art propagation centre' in Dar es Salaam

• Is it OK to use a butterfly net?

  20 Aug 2010:

  Leo Hickman: If we are to better conserve butterfly populations, should children be encouraged once again to use nets to catch specimens for study? Or is there a better alternative?

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