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Analysts at Co-operative Asset Management assess which FTSE 350 companies may have the most sustainable business models.

ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Biofuel demand is driving a new "land grab" in Africa, with at least 5 million hectares (19,300 sq miles) acquired by foreign firms to grow crops in 11 countries, a study by an environmental group said on Monday.

An international committee reviewing the "processes and procedures" of the UN's climate science panel is set to report on Monday

TOKYO, Aug. 29, 2010 (Kyodo News International) -- The head of the U.N. Convention on Biological Diversity visited Haneda airport in Tokyo on Sunday to see a Japan Airlines (OOTC:JALFQ) plane bearing on its exterior the logo of a U.N. conference on biodiversity scheduled to take place in Nagoya in October.

BEIJING - China and Russia have agreed to set up the first cross-border protection zone for Siberian tigers, as they try to boost efforts to save the endangered species, state media reported Monday.

San Diego Zoo began collecting ski 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.

In the late 1970s, the fate of the Eurasian Otter (Lutra lutra) in France was very gloomy. By just looking at the otter's range map, one could see that most of the country was left with vast regions devoid of a species that was once found in every region. Estimations barely reached 1,500 otters left in the wild for the whole country.

Food is relatively cheap and plentiful in Britain today, but will that still be the case in 50 years?

London, England (CNN) -- One of the biggest dilemmas for conservationists is that preserving the environment often conflicts with the needs of the poorest communities who live there.

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MOBILE, Ala. - The internationally acclaimed "See the Bigger Picture" photo exhibition will make its United States debut Sept. 25 at the Gulf Coast Exploreum Science Center in downtown Mobile, Ala.

Berlin: A team of German scientists may have discovered a "needle-free" malaria vaccine by combining antibiotics with malaria-infected mosquitoes - effectively using mosquitoes themselves as "syringes".

Antarctic cold snap kills millions of aquatic animals in the Amazon.

While the United Nations warns of the extinction of thousands of species, experts will hold up New Zealand today as an example of a country fighting to save the final marine frontier.

BONN, Germany-A wide range of species not native to Europe's Wadden Sea have invaded its ecosystem, threatening the biodiversity of the World Heritage Site, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) said in a report.

Over-fishing has left many seas around the UK in a state of decline, raising fears for many types of fish and other wildlife in coastal areas.

Una ambiciosa expedición en una de las zonas más desconocidas y con mayor biodiversidad descubre 40 especies.  Leer . Escuchar

Année de la biodiversité Sans l'instauration d'une politique suivie de protection, l'espèce aurait disparu de France.

SINDHUDURG: The state forest department has been unable to conserve the first marine sanctuary of Maharashtra at Malwan in Sindhudurg.

The highlands of southwestern Ethiopia should be ideal for growing coffee. After all, this is the region where coffee first originated hundreds of years ago. But although coffee remains Ethiopia's number one export, the nation's coffee farmers have been struggling.