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1. Dossier: the silent chorus – declines in the bird world: (Wildlife); ... to the extent that the bird trade is now recognised as the primary threat to many of the region’s species. A 2015 survey of Jakarta’s three main bird markets by the organisation TRAFFIC counted 19,000 ...; Created on 14 October 2020
2. The delays, postponements and cancellations of Covid-19: (Cultures); ... also suspended its 5p plastic bag fee – introduced in 2015 – for online supermarket deliveries during the pandemic. Tesco said online sales for delivery rose by 48.5 per cent in the three months to 30 ...; Created on 18 September 2020
3. Myanmar's forgotten Naga: (Cultures); ... checking the boundary markers and looking for insurgents,’ he says, fiddling with his walkie talkie. Above him, a rack of rifles glints in the firelight and an old headhunting basket gathers dust. ‘We’v ...; Created on 16 September 2020
4. Dossier: carbon offsetting: (Climate); The IPCC embraced the notion of carbon offset schemes in the landmark Paris Agreement, but projects have faced criticism that they lack effectiveness and transparency. Mark Rowe investigates the world ...; Created on 24 July 2020
5. Fangs and skin: Illegal wildlife trade endangers Latin America’s jaguars: (Wildlife); ... and conservationists are concerned that a formal market for trafficked jaguar parts could reverse critical conservation progress Rodrigo Medellin, chief advisor to the Convention of International Trade ...; Created on 02 July 2020
6. Geographical July 2020: (Magazine Issues); ... As relations between Latin America and Asia strengthen, criminologists and conservationists are concerned that a formal market for trafficked jaguar parts could reverse conservation progress. SAN ...; Created on 25 June 2020
7. Remembering Selma Huxley Barkham: historian and geographer specialising in Basque connections to Canada: (People); ... society in Ottawa, where she had maps with Xs marking where exactly she thought the shipwrecks she had found in documents had sunk. It was there that Parks Canada archaeologists got all excited and asked ...; Created on 18 June 2020
8. Dossier: hunting and human-wildlife conflict: (Wildlife); Hunting is a topic that attracts polarised viewpoints. But as Mark Rowe demonstrates, when it comes to limiting human-wildlife conflict and to wider conservation measures, it’s not always so simple Mention ...; Created on 22 May 2020
9. Geographical May 2020: (Magazine Issues); ... that attracts polarised viewpoints – you’re either for or against it. But as Mark Rowe demonstrates, when it comes to limiting human-wildlife conflict and to wider conservation measures, it’s not always ...; Created on 24 April 2020
10. Nut wars: the battle to dominate the pistachio market ...: (Cultures); ... 2017, the US share of the market was 45.4 per cent. Nowadays, the resulting pistachio war serves as a microcosm for the US’s relations with both Iran and China. Iranian pistachios are simply not welcome ...; Created on 17 April 2020
11. Taking a walk through London’s weird weather: (Discovering Britain); ... realised how much it has shaped London’s existence and history.’ Brownrigg’s Discovering Britain walk takes in several of the city’s famous landmarks, from the Tower of London to the Shard, each stop ...; Created on 24 December 2019
12. How New Zealand is redefining its relationship with Captain Cook: (Cultures); October 2019 marked 250 years since Captain James Cook first set foot in New Zealand, kickstarting a wave of British colonisation on the archipelago. The anniversary has been seen as an opportunity to ...; Created on 21 December 2019
13. Lilliputians in Gulliver’s World - The odd world of the mini-state: (Places); ... a point when characterising all surviving mini-states as ‘Lilliputians in Gulliver’s World’ in their eponymous paper, published by the University of Iceland in May 2004. Yet, the mini-states’ most remarkable ...; Created on 24 October 2019
14. Gallery: Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2019: (Geophoto); ... 14, his photograph of a bigfin reef squid marks the start of a very promising photographic journey. Night Glow • Winner: 11-14 Years Old category/Overall winner Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year ...; Created on 16 October 2019
15. Expeditions Unpacked: Discover what the great explorers took into the unknown: (Explorers); In this unique and enthralling new book, explorer and survivalist Ed Stafford curates 25 great expeditions through the lens of the kit these remarkable explorers took with them. In an environment where ...; Created on 18 September 2019
16. First Animals at Oxford University Natural History Museum review: (Exhibitions); ... Many of the other fossils are more discernible, with clear creatures imprinted onto the stone. Wormy things, fishy things, even pineapple-like things – it’s these remarkable fossils that really convey ...; Created on 02 August 2019
17. Why Apollo 11’s giant leap gives us hope for climate change today: (Opinions); ... bonds of gravity or financial markets fixated with infinite economic growth, it remains possible that we can slip the status quo and push for a new frontier – a glimpse of divinity. From Blue Marble to Blue ...; Created on 25 July 2019
18. Following in the footsteps of the first Western explorer in southwest China: (Explorers); ... and even an airport. Tourism here has been cannily marketed. 160km north, the town of Shangri-la is a gateway to the vast Tibetan Plateau, sacred Mt Meili and the stupendous gorges of the upper Yangtse ...; Created on 23 July 2019
19. Dossier: How the latest tech is cracking the earthquake code: (Tectonics); In the 4th century BC, Aristotle proposed that earthquakes were caused by winds trapped in subterranean caves. Small tremors were triggered by air pushing on the cavern roofs, large ones by air breaking ...; Created on 12 July 2019
20. Rolex Laureates – 2019 winners announced: (Development); ... marks and measures an arapaima (Image: Rolex/Marc Latzel) João Campos-Silva, 36, Brazil In the Amazon, the giant arapaima, the world’s largest scaled freshwater fish, which weighs up to 200kg, i ...; Created on 14 June 2019

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