The UK’s National Trust announced that they are aiming to organize the largest green movement with millions of members in support of conservation efforts and in combating climate change.

One of the priorities for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is to encourage forest conservation initiatives by including deforestation projects into the UN’s Clean Development Mechanism and emission trading schemes.

Planet Ark

Norway will donate US$1 billion to Brazil’s Amazon protection fund through 2015, Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday, to help Brazil fight deforestation.

The Guardian

The scale of British water consumption and its impact around the world is revealed in a new report today, which warns of the hidden levels needed to produce food and clothing.

Toronto Star

A pact designed to preserve the Great Lakes is in reality a “slippery slope” that threatens severe harm to the world’s largest body of fresh water, a top U.S. environmental lawyer has warned Canadians.

Toronto Star

Ontario has made the largest conservation commitment in Canadian history, setting aside at least half the Northern Boreal region – 225,000 square kilometres – for permanent protection from development, Premier Dalton McGuinty announced yesterday.

Scientists have discovered that the clouded leopard found on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra is an entirely new species of cat.The secretive rainforest animal was originally thought to be the same species as the one found in mainland South-east Asia.

The news comes just a few weeks after a WWF report showed that scientists had identified at least 52 new species of animals and plants over the past year on Borneo.

“Who said a leopard can never change its spots?” said Stuart Chapman, WWF International Coordinator of the Heart of Borneo programme.

Marine predators are on the verge of extinction, but the fishing industry still rips the environment to shreds with impunity.

Environment Minister John Baird announces the federal government’s plan to fight climate change and air pollution. Canadians may soon have to pay up to $200 to $300 more for a car, and $20 for various appliances.

The Toronto Zoo is aiming to launch an ambitious $250 million fundraising campaign with a green mandate, which will include an educational centre focusing on biodiversity and sustainability issues.