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“I am pleased to meet with my friend Kumi Naidoo from Greenpeace. I would like to express my gratitude to Greenpeace for having made these efforts to save the environment of Indonesia and the rest of the world,” said President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

Tensions between Egypt and Ethiopia are rising after Ethiopia began diverting the water of a Nile River tributary to build the continent’s biggest hydroelectric power plant. Despite criticism from Egypt, Ethiopia says construction of the dam will proceed.

Dairy workers with a milk canister in Afghanistan.

Container at port on the North Sea, Antwerp, Belgium

Limnoria – the wood-eating gribble. We are grateful to Dr Alex Ball for permission to use the confocal microscopy facilities at the Natural History Museum for this image.

Atlantic cod.

The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) welcomes a new report by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) that clearly indicates the need for a major overhaul in the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) wild horse and burro management program. The report, entitled “Using Science to Improve the BLM Wild Horse and Burro Program: A Way Forward,” is the culmination of a 2-year independent scientific study by the NAS. AWI contributed input to the committee charged with conducting the study, and many of the report’s recommendations mirror reforms long called for by AWI.

Food security, environmental protection, green economies and renewable energy sources are interlinked, says OSCE Chair

Children in the United Arab Emirates on World Environment Day.

A wind farm near La Calahorra in Andalucia, Spain, at sunset.