Article Archive for March 2010
Bluefin tuna ban proposal meets rejection
Posted in Campaign, General on 24 March 2010
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Posted in Campaign, General on 24 March 2010
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BBC A proposal to ban international trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna, which is a sushi mainstay in Japan, has been rejected by a UN wildlife meeting. Thursday’s decision occurred after Japan, Canada and many poor nations opposed the measure on the grounds it would devastate fishing economies. : Scientists and campaigners working with conservation organisations [...]
Healthy coral reefs produce clouds and precipitationPosted in Coral Reefs, Global Warming, Habitat, Protected Sites on 8 March 2010
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mongabay.com Twenty years of research has led Dr. Graham Jones of Australia’s Southern Cross University to discover a startling connection between coral reefs and coastal precipitation. According to Jones, a substance produced by thriving coral reefs seed clouds leading to precipitation in a long-standing natural process that is coming under threat due to climate change. [...]
