January 2012 issue out now!




Our new-look February issue is now out, with features including:

Photostory: This is Britain
Celebrating the unique beauty and diversity of the British landscape with a selection of images from this year’s Landscape Photographer of the Year Award

The ice man of Chimborazo
Jordi Busqué travels to Ecuador’s highest mountain to meet the man who is single handedly keeping the age-old tradition of ice harvesting alive

Blood timber
The recent political turmoil in Madagascar opened the door for the wholesale exploitation of its precious hardwoods, but now conservationists are fighting back. Tuppence Stone reports

Dossier: Protection guaranteed?
As the 40th anniversary of the World Heritage convention approaches, Mark Rowe asks whether it can still achieve its lofty original ambition to protect the world’s most valuable monuments and landscapes

Last of the village pumps
Clare Kendall reports on how the decline of petrol stations in the UK is not only isolating rural communities but also destroying our motoring heritage

Quirimbas rising
Daniel Allen visits the idyllic Quirimbas Islands in northern Mozambique to examine the extent to which a number of new sustainable-tourism initiatives are benefiting the local economy and ecology

And don’t forget…
… our regular features, which this month include a round-up of the latest geographical and climate science news; a hotspot focus on Peru; advice about photographing barn owls; reviews of the latest books; tips on ice cycling; an interview with motorbiker and adventurer Charley Boorman; and lots, lots more

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Jeremy Paxman

is a journalist and broadcaster who often returns to the themes of British institutions and identity in his books

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All that glitters

With demand, prices and production of the Earth’s precious metals currently soaring to all-time highs, resource-rich developing countries look set to cash in. But the boom will inevitably come with social and environmental costs. Mark Rowe reportsRead on

Great migrations

The spectacle of animals moving en masse – whether it be wildebeest on the African plains or birds in British skies – presents wildlife photographers with an unrivalled opportunity to ply their craftRead on

Trekking on ice

Involuntary immersion in the freezing waters of the Zanskar River while walking its course in northern India gives Paul Deegan a lesson in trust, patience and luck, as well as a stiff test of his equipmentRead on


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