Container ships are considered to be environmentally friendly because they are very efficient. This is only half the story, because the global shipping industry also emits huge amounts of air pollutants. mehr →
The Washington Convention or CITES regulates international trade in wild animal and plant species. The aim of the Convention is to prevent species from becoming extinct because of international trade. mehr →
There is hardly any other branch in economy where the gulf between image and reality is as wide as in the cruise industry: With huge marketing budgets and many efforts, cruise companies create a picture of being a bright, clean and environmental friendly tourism sector. mehr →
The widening and regulation of rivers have, in the past, led to a series of impacts ranging from damages caused by floods, problems with water power, the loss of wetlands as well as the ongoing widening and regulation of tributaries flowing into main rivers. The public has become involved in a controversial debate on the general question of whether river regulaton is even necessary. mehr →
Over the past centuries we have falsely believed that the resources of the oceans were limitless. Our increased demand for fish has required more industrial fishing fleets to comb the oceans searching for new fishing grounds. mehr →
Erecting wind farms offshore is accompanied by an infernal noise. A sound pressure up to 200 decibels occurs while driving the foundation piles into the ocean floor by means of an hydraulic pile hammer. In the coming years plans for new wind farms have been completed. For offshore wind power to become a truly green technology, wind farm construction has to be marine-life friendly. mehr →
