Climate change updates and conservation news from around the world
World Service,·163 episodes
Lead was added to petrol to make combustion efficient but modern engines no longer need it
23 May 1996,·13 mins
Floods wiped out all food crops for 1995 as well as seeds to plant for the following year
30 May 1996,·13 mins
How governments are resisting advice from the IPCC to take action against climate change
06 Jun 1996,·13 mins
The role of population expansion, shark and sea cucumber fishing and 80,000 goats
13 Jun 1996,·13 mins
The building of the Malaysian dam was put on hold to take account of the views of locals
20 Jun 1996,·13 mins
The global plan of action to secure plants' genetic resources for future generations
27 Jun 1996,·13 mins
How oil exploration in the Peruvian Amazon will threaten 19 different indigenous peoples
04 Jul 1996,·13 mins
Unchecked water extraction has led to 250,000 people being affected by arsenic poisoning
18 Jul 1996,·13 mins
Anne Dingwall talks about the toxic waste and fake recycling that ends up in Hong Kong
25 Jul 1996,·13 mins
Reforestation by dropping trees from airplanes in icecream cone-shaped delivery packages
01 Aug 1996,·13 mins
Can one of the planet's last great wildernesses be kept clean for future generations?
07 Aug 1996,·13 mins
How are people conserving water in the country's capital Windhoek?
08 Aug 1996,·13 mins
Eight giant tortoises have died of a mystery disease on Santa Cruz Island in the Galapagos
22 Aug 1996,·13 mins
The shape of tree rings indicates a relative warming of the world over the last 100 years
28 Aug 1996,·13 mins
Can you prepare for disaster?
05 Sep 1996,·13 mins
The melting of the glaciers in mountain ranges in equatorial areas such as the Andes
12 Sep 1996,·13 mins
"The environmental problems are also social problems"
18 Sep 1996,·13 mins
The device that sucks pollution out of the air described by inventor Melvin Prueitt
26 Sep 1996,·13 mins
Birds' habitats, refuelling stops on migration routes and breeding grounds are threatened
03 Oct 1996,·14 mins
Yahya Jammeh's policy to send young people from cities to the countryside to work on farms
10 Oct 1996,·13 mins
Why developed and former Communist nations are not reducing greenhouse emissions
17 Oct 1996,·13 mins
Is the Indian government doing enough to protect tigers?
24 Oct 1996,·13 mins
What impact does the mass migration of people fleeing conflict have on the environment?
31 Oct 1996,·13 mins
The slow progress of the Niger Delta's recovery from oil damage
07 Nov 1996,·13 mins
What state is the ozone layer in around the world in 1996?
14 Nov 1996,·13 mins
Deforestation, international funding and the legacy of the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia
21 Nov 1996,·13 mins
Pollution and waste from the El Porco mine contaminated rivers when a dam disintegrated
28 Nov 1996,·13 mins
How the ruling families of the Gulf Emirates are funding the preservation of falcons
05 Dec 1996,·13 mins
The Sakha Republic in Siberia pledged to protect 70 million hectares of forest
12 Dec 1996,·13 mins
How dioxins, pesticides and PCBs upset the balance of hormones in human foetuses
17 Dec 1996,·13 mins
