To meet one of its most critical conservation targets by 2020, Canada must protect a massive amount of land over the next year and a half. So where will this protection occur and can it be done in a way that actually benefits biodiversity?
A row is raging over Australia's warming-damaged Great Barrier Reef, with firms worried that scientists' apocalyptic warnings are scaring visitors out of the water.
United Nations member states on Tuesday kick off long-awaited talks on a 2020 treaty that would regulate the high seas, which cover half the planet yet lack adequate environmental protection.
