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Ecological, social and and economic justice. Publishing since 1970.

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The Ecologist @theecologist.org · 3h
Brazil is betting the Amazon can be protected by making forests economically valuable. Will that bet pay off?
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The commodification of conservation
Brazil is betting the Amazon can be protected by making forests economically valuable - but will commercial use stay within the ecological limits?
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The Ecologist @theecologist.org · 3h
Nature doesn’t operate on an investment fund’s calendar. A damaged ecosystem might need decades to recover.
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The Amazon does not need new masters
The world has a new way to make money from the Amazon. Indigenous peoples and traditional communities could find themselves serving a more hostile economy.
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The Ecologist @theecologist.org · 4h
The by-election will mark the first major electoral test of new prime minister Andy Burnham
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Zack to the future
Zack Polanski to stand in Holborn and St Pancras by-election left vacant by Sir Keir Starmer, the former prime minister.
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The Ecologist @theecologist.org · 4h
Globally the month of August was 1.65C above the estimated average for the period 1850-1900
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'A brutal reminder'
August was world’s joint hottest month on record – scientists.
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The Ecologist @theecologist.org · 7h
Fungi are critical to life on Earth. They are key players in carbon sequestration, soil regeneration, and biodiversity.
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Scientists push for fungi protection
A global movement to recognise fungi is gaining momentum ahead of UN biodiversity talks at COP17.
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The Ecologist @theecologist.org · 8h
The Amazon desperately needs a future that doesn’t depend on its destruction.
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The Amazon does not need new masters
The world has a new way to make money from the Amazon. Indigenous peoples and traditional communities could find themselves serving a more hostile economy.
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The Ecologist @theecologist.org · 8h
What began as a field visit deepened into a long-term anthropological engagement.
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Before the forest falls
An anthropologist reflects on Great Nicobar’s ancient forests and Indigenous lifeways.
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The Ecologist @theecologist.org · 11h
August was officially the joint hottest month on record
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'A brutal reminder'
August was world’s joint hottest month on record – scientists.
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The Ecologist @theecologist.org · 29/09/2026
An entire kingdom one step closer to being seen, valued, and protected.
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Scientists push for fungi protection
A global movement to recognise fungi is gaining momentum ahead of UN biodiversity talks at COP17.
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The Ecologist @theecologist.org · 29/09/2026
Visibility has improved significantly. But power is something completely different.
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The Amazon does not need new masters
The world has a new way to make money from the Amazon. Indigenous peoples and traditional communities could find themselves serving a more hostile economy.
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The Ecologist @theecologist.org · 29/09/2026
The future of an ancient civilisation is now being measured in project schedules, investment timelines, environmental clearances, and administrative deadlines.
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Before the forest falls
An anthropologist reflects on Great Nicobar’s ancient forests and Indigenous lifeways.
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The Ecologist @theecologist.org · 29/09/2026
Planting trees is only one part of the equation. We need them to actually survive.
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Give trees a chance
Development-planted trees have consistently shown to be faring poorly, according to recent surveys.
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The Ecologist @theecologist.org · 29/09/2026
Experiments in agroforestry and regenerative farming
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Stories for an emerging food system
The podcast Farmerama Radio is celebrating 10 years of regenerative farming, storytelling and community building.
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The Ecologist @theecologist.org · 29/09/2026
Scientists push for more protections for a cornerstone part of the world's ecosystems
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Scientists push for fungi protection
A global movement to recognise fungi is gaining momentum ahead of UN biodiversity talks at COP17.
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The Ecologist @theecologist.org · 29/09/2026
Nature doesn’t operate on an investment fund’s calendar. A damaged ecosystem might need decades to recover.
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The Amazon does not need new masters
The world has a new way to make money from the Amazon. Indigenous peoples and traditional communities could find themselves serving a more hostile economy.
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The Ecologist @theecologist.org · 29/09/2026
An island paradise that may soon disappear
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Before the forest falls
An anthropologist reflects on Great Nicobar’s ancient forests and Indigenous lifeways.
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The Ecologist @theecologist.org · 29/09/2026
Locals expect a tree, but what they're actually paying for is someone to come and strimmer the tree to death
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Give trees a chance
Development-planted trees have consistently shown to be faring poorly, according to recent surveys.
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The Ecologist @theecologist.org · 29/09/2026
"The people living here expect a tree, but what they're actually paying for is someone to come and strimmer the tree to death."
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Give trees a chance
Development-planted trees have consistently shown to be faring poorly, according to recent surveys.
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The Ecologist @theecologist.org · 22/09/2026
A global movement to recognise fungi is gaining momentum ahead of UN biodiversity talks at COP17.
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Scientists push for fungi protection
A global movement to recognise fungi is gaining momentum ahead of UN biodiversity talks at COP17.
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The Ecologist @theecologist.org · 22/09/2026
These farmers, often small-scale and working closely with natural systems, stood in stark contrast to the industrial, chemical-based farm systems that have become the norm
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Stories for an emerging food system
The podcast Farmerama Radio is celebrating 10 years of regenerative farming, storytelling and community building.
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The Ecologist @theecologist.org · 22/09/2026
“It is a place of wide, flat meadows, in summer sunlit and golden and now, in autumn, tangled and wet.”
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The wild force of life
'A great force of life is described with the accuracy of a naturalist and the lyricism of a poet.'
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The Ecologist @theecologist.org · 22/09/2026
Conservation language has referred only to “flora and fauna” for decades.
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Scientists push for fungi protection
A global movement to recognise fungi is gaining momentum ahead of UN biodiversity talks at COP17.
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The Ecologist @theecologist.org · 22/09/2026
"Andy Burnham has come in and lifted everything he could from Zack’s playbook to run his own campaign for change."
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Zack to the future
Zack Polanski to stand in Holborn and St Pancras by-election left vacant by Sir Keir Starmer, the former prime minister.
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The Ecologist @theecologist.org · 22/09/2026
"Stories do more than document change – they can help bring new systems into being"
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Stories for an emerging food system
The podcast Farmerama Radio is celebrating 10 years of regenerative farming, storytelling and community building.
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The Ecologist @theecologist.org · 22/09/2026
Jackie Morris and Robert Macfarlane’s The Book of Birds has been awarded the 2026 Wainwright Prize Book of the Year.
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Bird book tops pecking order
Chirpy Jackie Morris and Robert Macfarlane have new feather in their cap as The Book of Birds wins top award.
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The Ecologist @theecologist.org · 22/09/2026
An entire kingdom one step closer to being seen, valued, and protected.
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Scientists push for fungi protection
A global movement to recognise fungi is gaining momentum ahead of UN biodiversity talks at COP17.
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The Ecologist @theecologist.org · 22/09/2026
Brazil is betting the Amazon can be protected by making forests economically valuable - but will commercial use stay within the ecological limits?
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The commodification of conservation
Brazil is betting the Amazon can be protected by making forests economically valuable - but will commercial use stay within the ecological limits?
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The Ecologist @theecologist.org · 15/09/2026
Feeding fish to fish instead of people is a recipe for disaster in vulnerable nations.
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A very fishy business
Hunger protections weakened in first global fish farm rules, benefitting rich nations.
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The Ecologist @theecologist.org · 15/09/2026
“It tells young people this is not simply the study of what has gone before. It is about understanding the living world they will inherit and recognising the part they can play in helping it thrive.”
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Kids demand natural history lessons
Children are losing touch with nature - but not their desire to protect it, new research finds.
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The Ecologist @theecologist.org · 15/09/2026
A global network of cruelty behind this industrial commodity
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The 'voracious, clandestine' donkey skin trade
Donkey skin is now an industrial commodity and this has unleashed a cascade of compounding harms.
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The Ecologist @theecologist.org · 15/09/2026
The Environment secretary warns brits to stockpile supplies to get them through extreme weather emergencies
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'Store food for climate shocks'
Environment secretary warns people in Britain to store food for weather emergencies.
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The Ecologist @theecologist.org · 15/09/2026
Few countries face an environmental challenge on Brazil’s scale
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Money does grow instead of trees
Brazil is a global testing ground for green finance, regenerative agriculture and forest restoration. The concentration of influence deserves attention.
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The Ecologist @theecologist.org · 15/09/2026
Corporate interests are winning big - at the cost of environments and communities that depend on local fish stocks
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A very fishy business
Hunger protections weakened in first global fish farm rules, benefitting rich nations.
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The Ecologist @theecologist.org · 15/09/2026
Kids are more disconnected from nature than ever - but they're determined to defend it.
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Kids demand natural history lessons
Children are losing touch with nature - but not their desire to protect it, new research finds.
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The Ecologist @theecologist.org · 15/09/2026
"The Resurgence Trust is a beacon of hope."
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'We need to hold on to hope'
Leading lights from the environment movement gather to celebrate 60 years of Resurgence, publisher of The Ecologist.
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The Ecologist @theecologist.org · 15/09/2026
Many donkeys are stolen from rural communities that depend upon them for survival
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The 'voracious, clandestine' donkey skin trade
Donkey skin is now an industrial commodity and this has unleashed a cascade of compounding harms.
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The Ecologist @theecologist.org · 15/09/2026
"The idea that such individuated solutions would be any use in the face of a societal catastrophe is neoliberal nonsense."
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'Store food for climate shocks'
Environment secretary warns people in Britain to store food for weather emergencies.
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The Ecologist @theecologist.org · 09/09/2026
Without proper price protection, working class tenants are being burdened with exorbitant costs.
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Heat networks judicial review challenge
Heat networks should reduce costs and climate impacts. But private interests and lack of regulation has resulted in exorbitant bills and poor service.
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The Ecologist @theecologist.org · 09/09/2026
Nine in 10 children saw people as part of nature and 89 per cent believed people had a major responsibility to protect it.
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Kids demand natural history lessons
Children are losing touch with nature - but not their desire to protect it, new research finds.
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The Ecologist @theecologist.org · 09/09/2026
"Feeding fish to fish instead of people is a recipe for disaster in vulnerable nations."
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A very fishy business
Hunger protections weakened in first global fish farm rules, benefitting rich nations.
010
The Ecologist @theecologist.org · 09/09/2026
Brazil is the only country in the world where 70 per cent of fossil fuel emissions come from land use change.
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Money does grow instead of trees
Brazil is a global testing ground for green finance, regenerative agriculture and forest restoration. The concentration of influence deserves attention.
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The Ecologist @theecologist.org · 09/09/2026
"We have shone a light for spiritual awareness, Indigenous wisdom, environmentalism, equality and peace."
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'We need to hold on to hope'
Leading lights from the environment movement gather to celebrate 60 years of Resurgence, publisher of The Ecologist.
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The Ecologist @theecologist.org · 09/09/2026
This trade triggers interrelated harms across biosecurity, biodiversity, and livelihoods.
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The 'voracious, clandestine' donkey skin trade
Donkey skin is now an industrial commodity and this has unleashed a cascade of compounding harms.
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The Ecologist @theecologist.org · 09/09/2026
What if humanity's greatest strength is not competition but cooperation?
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The soft body of the turtle
What if humanity's greatest strength is not competition but cooperation? Kate Raworth in conversation with Jeremy Lent.
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The Ecologist @theecologist.org · 08/09/2026
Without proper price protection, working class tenants are being burdened with exorbitant costs.
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Heat networks judicial review challenge
Heat networks should reduce costs and climate impacts. But private interests and lack of regulation has resulted in exorbitant bills and poor service.
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The Ecologist @theecologist.org · 08/09/2026
The study revealed how many once-common childhood encounters with nature are now unfamiliar to much of the next generation.
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Kids demand natural history lessons
Children are losing touch with nature - but not their desire to protect it, new research finds.
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The Ecologist @theecologist.org · 08/09/2026
"Nutritious wild fish must first and foremost help feed local populations and secure the livelihoods of the region’s fishers, women fish processors, and traders."
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A very fishy business
Hunger protections weakened in first global fish farm rules, benefitting rich nations.
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The Ecologist @theecologist.org · 08/09/2026
Brazil is the only country in the world where 70 per cent of fossil fuel emissions come from land use change.
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Money does grow instead of trees
Brazil is a global testing ground for green finance, regenerative agriculture and forest restoration. The concentration of influence deserves attention.
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The Ecologist @theecologist.org · 08/09/2026
After a year of wildfires and heatwaves, Burnham said there was “no change at all” to his commitment to tackling climate change.
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Burnham affirms climate commitments
Burnham says commitment to tackle climate change ‘completely stands’
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The Ecologist @theecologist.org · 08/09/2026
"The audacity to suggest that turning on diesel generators saves lives because data centres take too much power is ludicrous."
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Heatwaves intensify data centre crisis
Are heatwaves driving more use of data centre diesel generators to balance Britain's grid?
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