La voz de los animales

Not only is climate change causing problems for trees, human interventions are also threatening forests ... Peter Wohlleben speaks out for trees: it is time to stop the ruthless overexploitation of forests.

This document provides a summary of the presentations, discussions, conclusions and recommendations of the Work Planning Workshop on Sustainable Management of Bycatch in Latin America and Caribbean Trawl Fisheries (REBYC-II LAC) held in Bridgetown, Barbados on 9-12 September 2015. The main objectives of the Work Planning workshop of the Sustainable Management of Bycatch in Latin America and Caribbean Trawl Fisheries (REBYC-II LAC) project (http://www.fao.org/in-action/rebyc-2/en/) were to (i) revise and specify the 2015-2016 national and regional workplans; (ii) review and agree on the...

Love Letter to the Earth is Thich Nhat Hanh's passionate appeal for ecological mindfulness and the strengthening of our relationship to the Earth. While many experts point to the enormous complexity in addressing issues ranging from the destruction of ecosystems to the loss of millions of species, Thich Nhat Hanh identifies one key issue as having the potential to create a tipping point. He believes that we need to move beyond the concept of the "environment," as it leads people to experience themselves and Earth as two separate entities and to see the planet only in terms of what it can do...

La vuelta al mundo en 80 árboles es un recorrido virtual por el Jardín Botánico de Montevideo Atilio Lombardo. Durante el recorrido te encontrarás con 80 ejemplares arbóreos y aprenderás sobre distintas especies autóctonas y exóticas; sobre su origen, su ubicación geográfica habitual, sus diferentes usos y lugar en el ecosistema, así como como con historias y leyendas de estos verdaderos monumentos vegetales que se albergan en el Jardín.