Naturschutz

Better than complete failure

Page views: 63 The voices of experts, journalists and activists - COP30 is better than a complete failure (Part 3) 5th expert interview: Claudia Kemfert, climate economist The headline is slightly depressing: „Fossil blockers put the brakes on - society has long since moved on“. It is precisely this tension that runs through the entire report, in which climate economist Claudia Kemfert looks back on the COP30 - and...

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The COP30 in fast motion

Page views: 40 The voices of experts, journalists and activists - The COP30 in fast motion (1st part) Tagesthemen from 10 November 2025 - Conference start The first official coverage of the start of COP30 on tagesthemen. Expectations at the start of the conference: Photo: Aerial view of the skyline of the city of Belém and the Amazon in the Amazon region in the state of Pará, Brazil. -Paralaxis / iStock by GettyImages Heute Journal vom 11.11.2025 -...

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Rainforest on Sumatra

Page views: 99 The last paradise on earth The Leuser ecosystem on Sumatra - a name that makes nature conservation enthusiasts' hearts beat faster and at the same time should give them a twinge. Because here, on 2.6 million hectares of Indonesian rainforest, is the last place on our planet where tigers, elephants, orangutans and rhinos live together in the wild. Three times larger than...

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Born to be killed

Page views: 123 The grim reality behind the zoo profiteering scheme Imagine a world in which animals are bred for profit rather than out of love for nature. This has long been a reality in zoos: animals are born, put on display and killed when they are „surplus to requirements“. This practice not only affects small animals, but also vertebrates, marine mammals and primates. And...

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THIS IS WHY Denmark stands by Japan

Pageviews: 164 First things first: #shameondenmark 💔 #shameonfaroeislands #shameonisland #shameonjapan @mette @peterhummelgaard #freepaulwatson #cpwf My past few weeks have been... mentally tough. So harsh, in fact, that I stopped publishing posts I'd already finished writing, like this one from 17 September. To make matters worse, I was accused on Instagram for my first cover story about Paul Watson of harming the environment by...

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The limpet

Page views: 229 Repost (excerpt) from 8.11.2024 🌳 Now also available as an 🔊 audiobook 🔊 Fascinating creature that lives in the intertidal zones on the west coast of Canada. Exactly where our forever protected forest stands. It has adapted perfectly to its habitat. It protects a pretty shell, which finally got me drawing again after a long time. In addition...

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THIS is what Japan's whaling has to do with German milk in Africa

Page views: 176 In conversation with my sister. The first past interview, recorded on Sunday, 10 November 2024. Katrin: Patrick, I find your link between Japanese whaling and the German dairy industry really exciting. How did you come up with the idea of linking the two topics? Patrick: Yes, it sounds far-fetched at first, but they are both really good examples of how lobbying can minimise the exploitation of...

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Canada, oh Canada

Seitenaufrufe: 3,066 Kanada, oh Kanada. Über Erdöl, Erdgas, Regenwald und was zur Hölle geht mich das an? Von meinen ehemaligen „Nutz“Tieren in ihrem neuen hessischem Zuhause aus einem meiner letzten Beiträge, Projekt Lebenshof, springen wir jetzt einmal über den großen Teich nach Kanada. Mit Kanada verbinde ich Schnee, Bodenschätze, die Niagarafälle und das Ahornblatt der rot-weißen Flagge. Unternehmen, die...

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Project Lebenshof

Page views: 208 Project Lebenshof. Some things have (unfortunately) changed so much in my private life that I'm completely on my own. It's not even financially feasible for me. But things are changing. More and more companies from the „livestock“ industry are getting out of the business and transforming what used to be farms into living farms. There are also associations that operate farms financed by donations...

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