Stanley Johnson

Stanley Johnson is a journalist, author and environmentalist. He was formerly Conservative MEP for Wight and Hampshire East

The Government's plans to sell off England's forests are a disaster in the making

It is hard to imagine how the Coalition government could have dug itself so deep into the mire over the proposed forest sell-off. The Forestry Clauses should be withdrawn from the Public Bodies Bill, thus allowing Parliament itself to take decisions on the disposal of our vital national assets.

By Stanley Johnson

/ 4 Feb 2011

With friends in high places, is there hope for the tigers?

Where the world's tiger population once numbered 100,000, it now stands at 3,500, with several species facing extinction. Stanley Johnson was an attendee of the first Global Tiger Summit in St Petersburg last month. He was surprised at the level of agreement among the world elite.

By Stanley Johnson

/ 21 Dec 2010