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Green blog festival

A celebration of the world's best bloggers on the environment, from climate change to conservation
  • An Amur tiger in a protected forest area in eastern Russia's Primorsk region.

    If we are to save the Amur tiger, it must be a collective Russian effort

    Natalia Antonova: WWF Russia reported fewer tiger tracks in their habitat this winter, but Vladimir Putin alone can't save this stunning animal

  • dam on the Salween or  Nu River (Nujiang) southwest China's Yunnan

    Is hydropower exploitation of the Nu river in China 'a must'?

    Meng Si: The government is ramping up hydropower ambitions, despite long-standing controversy over impact on ecology and displaced people

  • Tropical Cyclone Yasi hits Queensland, Australia - 03 Feb 2011

    Australia's recent extreme weather isn't so extreme anymore

    John Cook: Global warming theory says cyclones, flooding and droughts will become more commonplace – and it's already happening
  • Greenpeace activists unfurl a banner reading '1.2bn yen of tax money for whaling?" as the Japanese whaler Nisshin Maru sails out of its home port of Innoshima

    Whaling in Japan is on the verge of collapse

    Junichi Sato: The tide of public opinion in Japan has finally begun to turn against the whalers
  • Tar sands

    Tar sands are a blot on Canadian politics – as well as the landscape

    Felix von Geyer: The money to be made from Canada's tar sands has blinded its government to the risks to water, climate and the biosphere

  • Russians attempt to put out a fire during a month-long heatwave, summer 2010

    How extreme weather could create a global food crisis

    Joseph Romm: 2010 was among the hottest and wettest years on record – we are entering a period of climate and food insecurity

  • Borneo male orang-utan Wandoo

    Complacency over deforestation pushes orang-utan closer to extinction

    Jimmy Bond: Illegal logging and hunting continues despite legal protection, so the WWF is raising awareness to help save the orang-utan
  • Eskom's Kusile Power Station Construction

    South African energy is at a fork in the road

    Phillip de Wet: With a coal-fired past and a part-renewable, part-nuclear future, jobs and cost will determine the country's path
  • Rally against construction of the Belo Monte dam project world's largest hydroelectric dam

    Brazilian president's promises crumble under weight of Belo Monte dam

    Dilma Rousseff pleased environmentalists with her inaugural speech, but they're not so happy now

  • An Indian vendor sells aubergines at a market in Kolkata

    India braced for fireworks over GM aubergine ban

  • Guardian green blog festival : Sugar Cane Harvesed for biofuel Brazil

    Guardian green blog festival: welcome to the world

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