Coca / DPA In earlier times, the water here used to sing. “Not anymore,” says Silvia Shiguangi from Ecuador’s Huaorani tribe. Bananas and cassava no longer grow well and the fish catch has sunk dramatically. “We used to live from what the forest gave us,” says the young mother, who left her village in the Yasuni National Park, home …

  Freiburg / DPA Gardeners love to try out plants far from their native range, but can you believe that someone wants to grow tea near the Alps? “We’re having a tinker,” say farmer Erwin Wagner and gardener Werner Hanser. It’s three years since they began their experiment, and as the winter approaches, they’re bringing the Chinese tea plants, all …

  AFP The OPEC cartel warned on Tuesday that the oil industry needs to step up investments to guarantee sufficient supply as low prices stimulate demand. “Given the demand and supply outlook, there is a need for significant investments across the entire industry,” the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries said in its annual report on the sector. The 14-nation …