The Secret Life of PlantsAuthors: Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird.Publish Year: 1973 This book, written nearly 30 years ago, was very controversial at the time. It is worth a read to see what all...
Going Home: Six hundred Pig-nosed Turtles return to their native habitat
16 November 2011 | Animal Stories
16 November 2011 | Animal Stories
A juvenile Pig-nosed Turtle After spending 8 months under veterinary care at Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG), 609 Pig-nosed Turtles (Carettochelys insculpta) were returned to their native habi...
Soil, not OilAuthor: Vandana ShivaPublish year: 2009 When I thought about agriculture in the past, it seemed a simple question of how to produce food that sustains lives. However, we can no longer lo...
AN UNUSUAL VISITOR (Above) The rescued Chinese Pangolin curls up in a defensive posture in our veterinary hospital;(Below) The pangolin is released back to its natural habitat Exciting news buzzed t...
Small is Beautiful: A Study of Economics as if People Mattered; Author: E.F. Schumacher; Publish year: 1973 People living in the late 21st Century, when the oil is long gone, will see the world very d...
Having travelled halfway round the world, eight Ploughshare Tortoises that were held by KFBG, left Hong Kong and entered the U.S. for a new life. MADAGASCAN TORTOISE UNDER VERY SERIOUS THREAT OF EXTI...
An update on the Yellow-headed Temple Turtles rehomed to a conservation programme in U.S. SHARE OUR GOOD NEWS!Yellow-headed Temple Turtles under temporary care at KFBG. We are happy to inform you tha...
An inquisitive Bengal Slow Loris! Three lorises have started their new life in Europe, after arriving at the Rare Species Conservation Centre (RSCC) in Kent, UK on the 13th April, 2011. The RSCC runs...
"Mother Earth - our only home - is under pressure... Without a sustainable environmental base, we will have little hope of attaining our objectives for reducing poverty and hunger and improving heal...
The world’s floating ice is in “constant retreat”, showing an instability which will increase global sea levels, according to a report published in Geophysical Research Letters in April 2010. Floati...