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Spain’s Donana National Park Could Lose UNESCO Protection

Spain’s Donana National Park Could Lose UNESCO Protection

By Wendy Williams ONE of Spain’s most important natural reserves – home to the world’s most endangered wildcat, the Iberian lynx – could be in danger of losing its UNESCO World Heritage status. The Doñana National Park – which is also home to five threatened species of birds – is being threatened by three projects [...]

July 14th, 2011 | Posted in News | Read More »

Penelope Cruz’s Green Sister

Penelope Cruz’s Green Sister

SUCCESS certainly runs in the family. Monica Cruz, the equally stunning sister of Penelope, has launched an eco-bag aimed at promoting environmental awareness under the slogan ‘Be green, be chic’. The actress was recently used as a body double for her then-pregnant sister in Pirates of the Caribbean IV. Proceeds from the bags will go [...]

April 27th, 2011 | Posted in News | Read More »

Spain Is The World’s Biggest Strawberry Exporter

Spain Is The World’s Biggest Strawberry Exporter

AS the strawberry season gets into full swing, Wendy Williams picks out 10 fruity facts about the industry in Huelva. – The strawberry season can start as early as December and run until June but the peak is from February until April - Last year nearly 65,000 women – mainly immigrants from Romania, Poland and Morocco – [...]

March 5th, 2011 | Posted in Food | Read More »

Vultures Are On Twitter

Vultures Are On Twitter

IT should, of course, come easy for a bird, and now a family of Egyptian vultures are the latest group to start Twittering… as well as allowing cameras into their private lives! By Wendy Williams The every move of four of the stunning ‘Alimoche’ vultures – Sahel, Trigo, Duna and Vegade – is being tracked [...]

October 25th, 2010 | Posted in Nature, News | Read More »

Red Tuna Comeback?

Red Tuna Comeback?

RECENTLY on the verge of extinction, now red tuna could actually be making a comeback. Scientists have confirmed that a plan, put in place in 2006 to recuperate numbers, is starting to reap success. But they warn that strict limits must be maintained until at least 2013. This follows years of campaigning to save the [...]

October 25th, 2010 | Posted in Nature, News | Read More »

Last Battle For The Red Tuna?

Last Battle For The Red Tuna?

AN in-depth look at the red tuna industry by Andrew Pearce. It has descended into a vicious, full-blown battle on the Seven Seas. Boats have been sunk and men have been maimed in the fervent struggles out in the deep-blue Mediterranean Sea. Yet the prize is not a bounty of gold, nor of territory, but [...]

June 30th, 2010 | Posted in Nature, News | Read More »