7 Dec: The French fashion company Christian Dior reaches a confidential agreement with New Caledonia's Indigenous Kanak people, after it came under fire for using native plants in its cosmetics research.... more
6 Dec: West Coast Civil Defence Emergency Management Group and Westland District Council are closely monitoringtroads and rivers with heavy rain continuing to batter the region... more
6 Dec: More than 50 polar bears infiltrate a village in northern Russia in search of food, a phenomenon experts say is linked to the "decline of the sea ice area".... more
5 Dec: Extinction is the future for many of Australia's native trees if action is not taken to control myrtle rust fungus, which causes disease and death in trees like lilly pillies, paperbarks and tea trees.... more
