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...
Pacific islands act to save tuna
Pacific Ocean — Finally, some good news for tuna stocks and a first step towards protecting the Pacific Commons for future generations! Eight Pacific...
Groups Oppose Pollution Reporting Exemption for Factory Farms
Family farmers, environmental advocates in 27 states object to toxic gas reporting loophole
Washington, DC -- More than 70 groups from 27 states are objecting...
International Fund for Animal Welfare Report Reveals Impact of Global Warming on Arctic Marine...
Washington, D.C. (January 17, 2008) —Today the International Fund for Animal Welfare (www.ifaw.org) released On Thin Ice: The Precarious State of Arctic Marine Mammals...
Whaling season officially over
Fate of the whales remains in question
Antarctica — Today the whaling fleet crossed the 60 degree latitude, leaving the whaling grounds behind - at...
Conservation Groups Defend Imperiled Sierra Forest Mammal
Timber industry lawsuit seeks to halt protection for
the Pacific fisher
Sacramento, CA -- A coalition of conservation groups today intervened in defense of...
Earthjustice Challenges New Interpretation of Law in Alaska Gold Mine Case
Is toxic water allowed by Clean Water Act?
San Francisco - In a move to prevent a multinational mining corporation from using the federal Clean...
Effective action on bottom trawling scuttled in the final hours of negotiations
23 November 2006 UN fisheries negotiations ran into early this morning as delegates worked to find a compromise. They were looking at text which...
Oil Spill Reaches Syrian Coastline
First Satellite Imagery Shows that Oil Spill Reaches Syrian Coastline. Access is Needed for Immediate Clean-up
2 August 2006, Nairobi/Athens — The oil spill that...
Interior Secretary Kempthorne Announces Proposal to List Polar Bears as Threatened Under Endangered Species...
(BOISE, Idaho) – Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne today announced the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to list the polar bear...
Canada’s Fisheries Minister agrees bottom trawling damages habitat and fish stocks
31 May 2006 Ottawa - In a meeting with Dr. Sylvia Earle, Canadian Fisheries Minister Loyola Hearn agreed with the renowned ocean explorer's views...
