Flotsam and fashion: recycler of ‘ghost’ fishing nets makes marine litter trendy
Last year a company set up by an Italian former scuba recycled more than 5,000 tons of discarded nets into nylon for apparel brands including Speedo
Environment
TripAdvisor bans ticket sales to attractions that allow contact with wild animals
Animal welfare groups laud step by travel giant but concerns remain that it is not going far enough to counter cruel practices and exploitation by tourism businesses
Furniture that destroys forests: crackdown on ‘rampant’ trade in rosewood
Cites summit moves to protect the world’s most trafficked wild product by placing all 300 species of the tree under trade restrictions
Ban on domestic ivory trade passes at international summit
- Not legally binding but may stem trade and poaching
- Nearly one third of Africa’s savannah elephants killed between 2007 and 2014
- Ban negotiations spurred feud
Beekeepers fear for livelihoods as anti-Zika mosquito toxin kills 2.5m bees
- ‘It kills everything’: conservationist warns over threat to other animals
- Regulators: ‘clear and public health crisis’ allows use of Naled chemical
Astronaut coffee and DIY heart surgery – Designs of the Year unveiled
Ikea’s flat-pack refugee shelter, an online sexual health test and Taipei’s scooter share among ideas to go on show at London’s new Design Museum