The Environment in Russia

Alexey Yablokov on radioactive pollution, environmental law and protection

• 13 mins

Exploitation of the Pacific Islands

A lack of economic development, logging and overfishing in the Pacific Islands

• 13 mins

Panda Breeding in Captivity

Simon Tong on the breeding habits of pandas such as Ming Ming - who is on loan to ZSL

• 13 mins

Birth Control

Discussion on education, information, services and contraception

• 13 mins

Climate Change and Asia

How will climate change, tourism and eco-theft effect Asia?

• 13 mins

The Importance of Biodiversity

Why some species are more vulnerable to environmental factors than others

• 14 mins

Sexual Exploitation of Children

The reasons for child prostitution, and the risks and violence children face

• 14 mins

African Elephant Populations

Concerns about allowing trade in elephant parts with Steve Trent of EIA

• 13 mins

Oil Slick Pollution

Testing a new radar system on the space shuttle Endeavour that finds oil slicks

• 13 mins

East Asia Rainforest Fires

What can be done to stop forest fires in Indonesia that have been burning for a month?

• 13 mins

Preventing Oil Spills

An air traffic control type system for oil tankers could prevent future oil spills

• 13 mins

Russian Arctic Oil Spill

What impact will 300,000 tonnes of oil have on wildlife?

• 13 mins

Usinsk Oil Spill Update

How people around Usinsk are being affected by a huge oil spill in the Russian Arctic

• 13 mins

The Trade of Endangered Species

The work of the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES)

• 13 mins

Protecting Tigers and Elephants

How animals such as tigers and African elephants are protected under CITES

• 13 mins

Managing the Black Sea

The Black Sea Environmental Programme aims to manage the sea shared by six countries

• 13 mins

The Plight of the Tiger

Valmik Thapar talks about the trade in tiger parts, habitat destruction and poaching

• 13 mins

Genetically-engineered Virus

Concerns for the genetically-engineered virus that uses scorpion venom to poison insects

• 13 mins

The Human Cost of Climate Change

Calculating the impact and cost of human life on the environment fairly with Aubrey Meyer

• 13 mins

The Future of the Orang-utan

"Without trees there are no orang-utans and without orang-utans there are no trees"

• 13 mins

China's Industrialisation

The conflict for land for industry and land for food around Shanghai

• 13 mins

Andrew Lees Obituary

Profile of the campaigns director for Friends of the Earth Andrew Lees

• 12 mins

Animal Products in Chinese Medicine

How can you get people to stop using animal products in Chinese medicine?

• 13 mins

Trekking in a Rhino Suit

Raising money and awareness for rhino conservation

• 13 mins

Sea Cucumbers of the Galapagos Islands

Quotas and legislation have not helped preserve sea cucumbers - why?

• 13 mins

Oldest Living Organism

The world's oldest organism - at 11,000 years old - is believed to be a Huon pine tree

• 13 mins

Chemical Waste Protects Linked with Male Infertility

How surfactants get into the water supply and what effect they can have on ecosystems

• 13 mins

The Environmental Cost of Mahogany

Forestry expert Simon Counsell talks through the impact of the mahogany trade in Brazil

• 13 mins

Starving Antarctic Birds

Changing ocean currents mean there is not enough krill to feed Adélie penguin chicks

• 13 mins

Glacier Special

A scientific expedition sponsored by Earthwatch to study rock glaciers in the French Alps

• 14 mins