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ScienceDaily (June 5, 2012) - Quito, Ecuador, is not considered a global leader by most measures. But there is one way in which Quito is at the forefront of metropolises worldwide: in planning for climate change. Read more here: Latin American and Asian Cities Lead Way in Planning for Global Warming

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A resources boom that has shielded Australia from the global economic meltdown is threatening the Great Barrier Reef and provoked an argument between the state and federal governments. Visit link: Australia's coal boom threatens Great Barrier Reef

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OXFORD, England, June 5 (UPI) -- Warming climate has turned some areas of arctic tundra into forests and if those areas grow they could accelerate global warming, European scientists say. Read this article: Arctic forestation could warm climate

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Are Hunters Disappearing from Game Management? See the article here: Are Hunters Disappearing from Game Management?

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ScienceDaily (June 5, 2012) - The palms that Vietnamese villagers weave into hats, many varieties of lichens that depend on the pristine environment of the Great Smoky Mountains, and small, shrub-like trees that are threatened by development and deforestation in Brazil were among the scores of plant and fungus species that scientists at The New York Botanical Garden...

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Slideshow - World Environment Day See the original post: World Environment Day

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With forests and fish stocks declining, water demand rising and lack of action on climate change, humanity's path is anything but sustainable, the UN warns. Read more: Green decline continuing, says UN report

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Millions of poor people in Bangladesh are risking their lives, homes and land because they are forced to live along constantly changing river systems. Read the original: The threat posed by climate change in Bangladesh - in pictures

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KAUAI, Hawaii, Jun 6, 2012 (IPS) - Can a single species of tree significantly reduce hunger, unemployment and deforestation in the tropics? Researchers and scientists behind a surge in breadfruit activity think so. Read this article: Samoan Breadfruit Makes a Splash in the Caribbean

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The upcoming Rio+20 summit should be the environmental equivalent of Tahrir Square, mobilizing support for addressing the world's environmental problems, former Brazilian presidential candidate Marina Silva told AFP. More here: Environmentalists should turn Rio summit into their Tahrir Square, says Marina Silva