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Water in the West Bank
Negotiations about rights to water were left out of the Oslo Agreement
Paul Crutzen
Ozone layer predictions win Dutch chemist Paul Crutzen a Nobel Prize
Drought in Southern Africa
A decrease in rainfall in southern Africa signals the beginning of a 100-year long drought
Omai Gold Mine Disaster
Toxic waste containing cyanide leaked into the Omai creek and then on into the Essequibo
Oil-rich Ogoniland
How oil spills and smoke fumes from burning flares are affecting the Ogoni people
Lake-hole Trapping
Canadian Inuit people protest against the banning of the import of furs to the EU
Global Biodiversity
Ghillean Prance on why biodiversity is important for maintaining the planet's atmosphere
Caspian Sea Under Threat
From heavy industry to mining, from oil to jellyfish - the many threats to the Caspian Sea
Climate Change Special
How computer modelling is predicting the effects of climate change and the need for action
Logging Companies and the Timber Trade
How well are the world's forests being managed?
What Could Happen to Plutonium Stockpiles?
The fear of plutonium falling into the wrong hands
Global Warming Denied
Global warming deniers say the rising temperatures predictions are based on flawed data
The Environment in 1995
A review of the major environmental events of 1995 with Robin Pellew and Alex Kirby
The Montreal Protocol
From 1996, methyl chloroform and CFCs were banned to protect the ozone layer
Driftnet Fishing is Killing Dolphins
Illegal fishing in the Mediterranean is killing dolphins and whales off the coast of Italy
Preserving Oceanic Ecosystems
"We are taking fish from the ocean faster than they can reproduce"
Halocarbons
Using a balloon to gather data about halocarbons between the troposphere and statosphere
Safeguarding Rhino
How the poaching of black rhino has declined in Zimbabwe
Micropropagation
A method to mass producing plants to build up numbers of endangered species in Belize
Oil Spills
The risks of dealing with oil pollution by containment, collection and dispersal
Transport of Radioactive Materials by Sea
The rules governing the transport of plutonium and high level nuclear waste by sea
More Rainfall, Less Rainfall
How increased evaporation over land and sea due to climate change affects rainfall
Wildlife and Wetfowl Trust
A review of 50 years of the charity that protects ducks, geese and swans
Annual Seal Hunt
The quota for Canada's annual seal hunt of harp and hooded seals has been raised
Taiwan's Pollution
What is being done about Taiwan's choking traffic, industrial pollution and smog?
North Pole Ice Cap is Melting
Peter Wadhams of the Scott Polar Research Institute on research in the Arctic Sea
Salmon's Sense of Smell
Male salmon sniff out their mates and all salmon migrate guided by their sense of smell
The Legacy and Findings of the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster
What happened to the people and environment in the ten years after the accident?
Conserving Fish Stocks
Restrictions on commercial fishing to save cod, haddock and plaice in the North Sea
Impact of Commercial Mining on the Environment
How has the rapid expansion of mining companies happened?
Sea Empress Supertanker Oil Spill
"The shore was totally contaminated... and the air was heavy with the stench of oil"
