The Wilderness Society is spearheading a campaign to pressure Congress to make permanent the National Landscape Conservation System, which has been instrumental in protecting the ecosystems of 26 million acres of wilderness. You can visit their Take Action page to urge your representative to vote for the National Landscape Conservation System Act (HR 2016). The [...]
November 24, 2007 – 7:54 pm
Oceana November 19, 2007 Madrid — Conservationists warn higher priority and follow-up action needed. Antalya, Turkey: The Shark Alliance welcomes a landmark agreement by the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) aimed at reducing fishing on North Atlantic shortfin mako and porbeagle sharks. ICCAT Members adopted the binding measure at their annual [...]
November 15, 2007 – 10:24 am
Commercial Fishing and Climate Change May Soon Cause Extinction Washington, D.C., Nov. 15, 2007 – Conservation groups Oceana and the Center for Biological Diversity petitioned the federal government today to stop the precipitous decline of the western North Atlantic loggerhead sea turtle. The petition urges the National Marine Fisheries Service, the agency responsible for protecting [...]
November 9, 2007 – 4:52 am
Ocean Conservancy Spruill Provides Ocean Conservation Expertise and Leadership and Unveils Landmark Report on the Growing Problem of Marine Debris November 2, 2007 Media Contact: Kelly Ricaurte Biloxi, MS — Today, Ocean Conservancy President and CEO Vikki Spruill joined First Lady Laura Bush as the White House unveiled a new initiative to address the dangerous [...]
October 31, 2007 – 1:00 pm
New carbon offsetting system means websites no longer need to impact the environment The internet is credited as one of humanity’s most important inventions, providing instant worldwide access to a wealth of information, research and communications tools. With the effects of global warming threatening our survival, it is important to consider the impact such a [...]
September 20, 2007 – 1:05 pm
Source: Wildlife Conservation Society Date: September 20, 2007 More on: Fish, Ecology, Nature, Ecology Research, Sustainability, Exotic Species Canada’s Pristine Freshwater Fisheries At Risk Science Daily — If you want to catch a trophy northern pike, walleye or brook trout in the northern Canadian wilderness, better plan your trip soon. Scott’s Dam near Marmora, Ontario, [...]
September 18, 2007 – 7:34 pm
TreeHugger Last May we covered Citigroup’s plan to invest in green technology and energy savings. This was amidst a chorus of criticism for investing in coal fired electrical plants. The good news is that Citigroup’s plan for greening up “…its vast real-estate portfolio, which totals 92 million square feet world-wide,” is underway. To achieve that, [...]
September 11, 2007 – 5:47 am
Red Maasai sheep Kimani Chege 7 September 2007 Source: SciDev.Net Scientists warn that continued debates over the ownership of animal genetic resources are delaying conservation of key breeds in developing countries. At a conference on animal genetic resources in Interlaken, Switzerland this week (3–7 September), researchers said ongoing debates have meant that developing [...]
August 25, 2007 – 1:14 am
T. V. Padma 16 August 2007 Source: SciDev.Net Commuity forestry aims to mix pine with more broad leaf plants Leafy forests replanted by communities in Nepal are flying in the face of accepted conservation practice, reports T. V. Padma. The shaded path, insect buzz and distant calls of birds signal the beginning of a small [...]
August 21, 2007 – 4:05 pm
TreeHugger The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) has released a study that shows that “the aggressive development and implementation of a full portfolio of advanced electricity technologies could reduce the economic cost of cutting future U.S. CO2 emissions by more than 50 per cent while meeting the continuing growth in demand for electricity.” All this, [...]
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