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Asian Lion Population Grows in India

The Asian lions are increasing in number. The pleasant news comes after a fresh count of the animals living in a protected area in India.

Asian Lion Population Grows in India

Summer Jobs Available: Collect Wildflower Seeds Across Sweden

If meadows are to be recreated, seeds of the right kind are needed. Now a project is starting to collect the seeds across the entire country.

Summer Jobs Available: Collect Wildflower Seeds Across Sweden

Minke Whale Freed from Net in the Baltic Sea

A nearly ten meter long sperm whale has been freed in the Baltic Sea after getting stuck in a fishing net in Polish waters. .

Minke Whale Freed from Net in the Baltic Sea

Sharp criticism of forest proposal: "Under all criticism"

The verdict on the Environmental Goals Committee is harsh – a failure and a disappointment, environmental organizations believe. Even the opposition is critical.

Sharp criticism of forest proposal: "Under all criticism"

Setback for WWF on Norwegian Deep-Sea Mines

The World Wildlife Fund WWF has been denied in its attempt to stop a Norwegian decision to conduct deep-sea mining. A district court in Oslo rejected WWF's demands to stop the proposal.

Setback for WWF on Norwegian Deep-Sea Mines

Forestry Investigator: Shorten the Process Before Felling

Faster decisions and fewer appeals for those who want to fell forests and a new system for compensation to landowners. These are some of the proposals from the investigator in the heavily debated forestry inquiry.

Forestry Investigator: Shorten the Process Before Felling

Drought and Disasters - This is What the Desert Meeting is About

Increasing deserts that spread out, agricultural land that gets destroyed, and drought that paralyses communities. The major UN meeting in Riyadh has important issues on its agenda – but does not get as much attention as other UN meetings.

Drought and Disasters - This is What the Desert Meeting is About

Norway stops planned seabed mines

Norway is stopping for the time being the plans for mineral extraction at sea. .

Norway stops planned seabed mines

Loud Threats to Whales in the Arctic

In pace with the ice disappearing from the Arctic, new routes for sea traffic have opened. This implies a risk for the whales that swim the same routes, warns the World Nature Fund WWF.

Loud Threats to Whales in the Arctic

Migratory Birds May Stay Longer in Sweden

Short-distance migratory birds may stay longer in Sweden as a result of climate change. Those that perhaps flew to Denmark before can stay in Skåne nowadays, says ornithologist Anders Wirdheim.

Migratory Birds May Stay Longer in Sweden

Autumn's most important meetings on threats to the Earth

Animals and plants that disappear, agricultural land that turns into desert, and plastic that gets everywhere. That, together with climate change, is what the four most important environmental meetings this autumn are about.

Autumn's most important meetings on threats to the Earth