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An ambitious plan for a development in Adirondack Park has been submitted to its preservation agency, challenging the value of a pristine landscape. Visit link: A Development Test in Adirondack Park

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KOLKATA, Jan 16, 2012 (IPS) - In the eastern city Kolkata, a tourist just back from a holiday in India's Andaman islands last week boasts he threw bananas to Jarawa tribe members and secretly photographed them when their car passed through a jungle. Follow this link: The Tribal Show Goes On

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The feeding patterns of seabirds around the UK coastline can be can used to help identify the location of possible marine protection areas, a study says. Go here to read the rest: Seabird foraging areas 'key for conservation'

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From green parakeets to grey squirrels, and tree fungi to water weeds, invasive non-native species are driving many British plants and animals to the brink of extinction More: Invasive non-native species: attack of the aliens

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What do Attenborough's echidna, the bumblebee bat, and the purple frog have in common? They have all received conservation attention from a unique program by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) called EDGE. Read more here: Photos: program devoted to world's strangest, most neglected animals celebrates five years

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Plantlife argues that managing neglected English woodlands to produce wood fuel could boost declining species of flowers Continue reading here: Managing English woodlands could help rare plants, report finds

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Students walking out of classrooms when global warming is mentioned; teachers pressured to change lesson plans to avoid the subject or portray it as speculative rather than a matter of scientific consensus See the article here: Evolution advocate turns to climate

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Malawi, Zambia and Vietnam will take part in a new project to transition to climate-smart agriculture. The goal is to help farmers adapt to climate change, while helping to control farming's carbon emissions. Read the original post: Three Countries to Test Climate Smart Farming

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Rising human carbon dioxide emissions may be affecting the brains and central nervous systems of sea fish, with serious consequences for their survival, according to Australian research. Go here to read the rest: Carbon dioxide affecting fish brains: study

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A form of small-holder agroforestry in which trees are planted around the home, maximising the land left available for cash crops, may prove the best balance between sequestering carbon and making money by farming other crops, a study has found. See more here: Trees near homes boost incomes, sequester carbon