The Earth and Leaf Document Library

The Complete Earth and Leaf Document Library

Remembering Gerald Durrell at 100

I will be remembering Gerald Durrell at 100 which is what he would have been yesterday.  I devoured Gerald Durrell's books as a child.  I read the lot, several times over.  I...

The Best Climate Resolution This Year

Do nothing, that is the best climate resolution this year.  Everything else we (you) do seems to make no difference.  That must not stop us trying.  I'd ask one small thing. ...

Upland farmers face huge cut in profit

Upland farmers face huge cut in profit.  This is exactly what Earth and Leaf is about - fixing this problem.  Of course, the headline Upland farmers face huge cut in profit"...

Improve carcase weight and meat quality

“Shorter lairage will improve carcase weight and meat quality.  It is really all about stress and fear.  The practice is inherently cruel.  Transporting the animals long...

Arctic tundra is now emitting more carbon than it absorbs, US agency says

 “If the Arctic Tundra is really emitting more carbon than it absorbs then we are in some peril.  We simply have to dramatically reduce CO2 and methane production and do this...

Why grouse moors deliver more nature – opinion from the hunters

Tim Bonner on "Why grouse moors, not the RSPB, deliver more nature".  This is a persuasively written piece of rank propaganda and is factually and massively incorrect.  We...

Wales is losing sheep – A great opportunity

Sheep have shaped our upland landscape in far greater ways than many of us imagine.  Land clearances paved the way for Scottish deforestation.  We have an unusually structured...

Brazil has written to the EU to ask it hold off on implementing deforestation law

“Brazil has asked the European Union to hold back on implementing its deforestation law.  The EU must get on with implementing the deforestation law, but in return we...

Denmark will plant 1 billion trees and convert 10% of farmland into forest

{Earth and Leaf Editorial – 1 billion trees.  At last. A government taking the crisis seriously.  Planting 1 billion trees is still not enough.  With dietary changes...

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