After all the hype surrounding the world famous Expo 2015, Milan is back at the centre of the scene thanks to the Italian architect Stefano Boeri and his sustainable Gold LEED certified skyscraper, the Bosco Verticale (Vertical Forest). The construction won the 2014 International Highrise Award and is 2015’s Best Tall Building Worldwide as announced by
Indonesia is going through an unprecedented crisis due to fires. Forests, which are often virgin, have been burnt to make space to oil palm plantations. Air is unbreathable. The typical colour of the environment is sepia, no filter needed. Six provinces of the country have already declared a state of emergency and thousands of people are
A clearing located in the forest of Võru, in Estonia, has been turned into a place where to listen to the sounds of nature, relax and contemplate. Thanks to the support of the local community, a group of scholars of the Estonian Academy of Arts have built and installed three gigantic wooden megaphones. These cone-shaped structures
When the Amazon was going through one of its toughest moments due to deforestation – in 2008 – Norway, one of the world’s main oil producers and forests protectors at the same time, decided to support Brazil’s government in fighting deforestation, by pledging 1 million dollars if it could curb the trend. Seven
Brazil has taken and is still taking big steps to contain illegal logging and save the Amazon, one of the Earth’s most important natural areas. Deforestation rates dropped by nearly 80% over 8 years, passing from an average of 27,000 square kilometres in 2004 to 5,000 in 2012. A significant result achieved thanks to laws
New study underlines the advantages of large-scale deforestation in Africa to fight economic instability and climate change.
Within Milan’s global exhibition, there’s a place exclusively dedicated to organic farming and (agricultural but even non agricultural) biodiversity. It is called Biodiversity Park and it is an area of 8,500 square metres realised by BolognaFiere to highlight the importance of biological diversity as a universal precious thing we must protect everywhere in the world, in Italy
A French court cancelled the authorisation given to a multinational company for the building of a holiday village in the heart of a forest.
“La distruzione del nostro pianeta continua ad un ritmo che non possiamo più permetterci di ignorare”, ha dichiarato l’attore.
Brazil and the United States have reached an historic agreement to put climate change at the top of their governments’ agenda. The meeting between the US President Barack Obama and the Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff resulted in the pledge to increase the renewable electricity production by 20% of the total requirements by 2030.
