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The Okavango Delta, one of the planet’s most diverse ecosystems, is under threat from fossil fuel interests. Into the Okavango is a National Geographic documentary following conservation biologist Steve Boyes…

The Democratic Republic of Congo is home to some of the last specimens of mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei), a species highly threatened by poaching, civil war and now oil…

HN: There are different approaches to the elevating of animal rights in human society. Appealing to health, to compassion for suffering, to the impact of animal agriculture on the climate…

In September, 2020, former livestock vet Dr Alice Brough stood up in front of the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to deliver a searing account of her years…

“I agree with the principle that all human beings possess intrinsic dignity and value… but, in elevating our species, we should not lower the status of other highly intelligent species.”…

Inglorious death. In the horse yard of the bullring in Azpeitia, a bull is hung by his hind leg to bleed out before being butchered at the local meat works.…

Last February, Antonio Guterres, a UN Secretary General who tells it like it is, made a passionate plea for women’s rights. Speaking to the New School in New York, he…

In his latest book, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, Israeli historian Yuval Noah Harari dedicates a chapter to meditation. In it, he writes about going on a 10-day Vipassana…

Earlier this year, in an interview with HowNow, Natalie Bennett called for a return to traditional foods including no-till agriculture, mulching, and other sustainable, regenerative agricultural solutions. Implementing these practices…

Also discussed was the primary block to change: income. Many farmers are already saddled with mortgages and debt, making the expense involved in transforming existing facilities to alternative infrastructures prohibitive.…