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Whales, dolphins and manatees win protection under UN-backed pact

Wednesday, 08 October 2008 06:39

(From un.org)- Dolphins, small whales and manatees living in the waters off West Africa or islands in the mid-Atlantic Ocean will now receive greater protection after 15 countries signed an agreement under a United Nations-backed treaty that aims to conserve wildlife and habitats. A memorandum of understanding with the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species (CMS) came into effect last Friday immedia…

Baby sea turtles being pushed back to beach by strong winds

Tuesday, 07 October 2008 16:22

(From tcpalm.com) Indialantic, Florida- Exhausted and dehydrated, helplessly tumbling amid the roiling surf, tiny sea turtles are washing ashore across the central Space Coast. Measuring only a few inches long, these hard-shelled critters typically spend their formative years in floating seaweed "nurseries," roughly 25 miles offshore, near the Gulf Stream. But robust east winds Sunday and Monday pushed miles-lon…

Dam builders sued to save lungfish

Tuesday, 07 October 2008 11:06

(From livenews.com.au)- A coalition of environmental groups says legal action launched today against the builders of a dam in southeast Queensland could affect the proposed Traveston Crossing dam. The lawsuit alleges that a fishway built for the unique lungfish at Paradise dam on the Burnett River, 80km southwest of Bundaberg, does not work, endangering the species which is considered a "living fossil".

Korean shipping company pleads guilty to illegal dumping on voyage

Tuesday, 07 October 2008 10:53

(From dailyastorian.info)- STX Pan Ocean Co., Ltd., a South Korean shipping company pleaded guilty Friday in U.S. District Court in Tacoma, Wash., to violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships by knowingly failing to maintain an accurate Garbage Record Book. The inaccuracy was a failure to record a dumping incident during which approximately six 55-gallon drums,30 plastic lined rice sacks, and approximate…

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