Japanese Foreign Minister Confesses to Whale Poaching
Japanese whaler harpoons minke whale 2009Japan’s Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada has confessed to what the rest of the world has known all along.
In an interview with The Australian newspaper and Australian Broadcasting Corporation Foreign...
More icebergs surround Macquarie Island
"From satellite images we can see there is a whole group of icebergs, roughly spread over an area of 1,000 kilometres by 700 kilometres, moving with the ocean current away from Antarctica," Dr Young...
Pew Laments Lack of U.S. Leadership to Protect Atlantic Bluefin Tuna at CITES
Washington, DC - 10/14/2009 - Joshua Reichert, managing director of the Pew Environment Group, today issued the following statement on the United States’ failure to co-sponsor a proposal for consideration by the Convention on...
Bleak future for Mediterranean mammals – IUCN
The latest assessment of Mediterranean mammals shows that one in six is threatened with extinction at a regional level, according to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™.
The study, which assesses the status of...
Greenpeace granite shield protects unique marine life
Brussels/Sweden — Greenpeace activists sailed into Swedish waters today and began placing up to 180 granite rocks, each weighing between 0.5 and 3 tonnes, on the seabed in order to prevent bottom trawling in...
Clearing the Air of Oil Sands Myths
Pembina Institute Distributes Facts to Key Decision Makers in Canada and the U.S.On June 4, 2009, the Pembina Institute distributed copies of a new resource, Clearing the Air on Oil Sands Myths, to key...
Symposium tackles big question: how many species will survive our generation
An overview of the Smithsonian’s Symposium: “Will the rainforests survive? New Threats and Realities in the Tropical Extinction Crisis”
Nine scientists dusted off their crystal balls Monday at the National Museum of Natural History in...
First comprehensive inventory of life in Antarctica
The first comprehensive “inventory” of sea and land animals around a group of Antarctic islands reveals a region that is rich in biodiversity and has more species than the Galapagos. The study provides an...
Landmark New Report Says Emerging Green Economy Could Create Tens of Millions of New...
New York, 24 September 2008 (ILO/UNEP)-A new, landmark study on the impact of an emerging global "green economy" on the world of work says efforts to tackle climate change could result in the creation...
2008 IUCN Red List surprise: Greater one-horned rhinos ’not‘ endangered
The greater one-horned rhinoceros is no longer 'endangered', according to the 2008 IUCN Red List update. This, despite the fact that a single epidemic could wipe out about three quarters of the world's population...
Pelicans injured by fishing practices in Santa Cruz
International Bird Rescue Research Center (Fairfield) admitted 9 pelicans from Santa Cruz yesterday, August 4th. Each one was suffering injuries from entanglement in fishing line and hooks. While it is not surprising for the...
China approved for controlled ivory imports from Africa
Geneva, Switzerland, 15 July 2008—China has been approved as a buyer of the one-off sale of African Elephant ivory under strict conditions. The decision was taken at a Convention on International Trade in Endangered...
