Conservation & Environment News - Week 09/10/07 - 15/10/07

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Forests and climate up in smoke - Greenpeace International 10/10/07

Sumatra, Indonesia — Never has the threat to the world’s forests been more acute nor the risk of dangerous climate change so imminent. With about one-fifth of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions being caused by forest destruction we are highlighting how Indonesia is at the heart of this problem.

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Time for a greener green belt, says Natural England - Natural England 10/10/07

Natural England, the Government’s statutory advisor on landscape, has assessed the case for a review of green belt policy as part of a fresh approach to greening new development.

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Bridge 'would change sea ecology' - BBC News 14/10/07

An architect's plans for a bridge between Kent and Essex would lead to "massive change" in the estuary, the Environment Agency has said.

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Arctic voice drowning in climatic shift - BBC News 15/10/07

It is time for the industrialised world to wake up and change its behaviour before the Arctic, its people and its wildlife are lost forever, argues explorer Glenn Morris. In this week's Green Room, he shares his experiences of travelling by kayak along part of the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic.