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Slowing Great Barrier Reef Coral Growth Worries Scientists PDF Print E-mail
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Sunday, 04 January 2009 07:46
Acidifying ocean waters(From pbs.org)- The finding raises alarms for scientists who say that warming and acidifying ocean waters are the latest and perhaps greatest threat to reefs already stressed by pollution, overfishing and other problems. Coral growth has fallen by more than 13 percent since 1990, researcher Glenn De'Ath and his colleagues at the Australian Institute of Marin…
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EU proposes tougher fishing controls PDF Print E-mail
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Friday, 14 November 2008 19:04
EU proposes tougher fishing controls(From google.com) Brussels, Belgium-  The European Commission has proposed tougher sanctions for overfishing and says the existing weak control system undermines attempts to restore threatened fish stocks. European Union officials say current penalties have failed to stop fishermen overfishing or targeting threatened species since the cost of being caught is…
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Culprits to pay for forest damage PDF Print E-mail
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Thursday, 13 November 2008 22:27
Mangrove tree(From thestar.com.my)- The Selangor government wants to make those responsible for clearing the mangrove forest in Taman Alam, Kuala Selangor, pay for the damage. State tourism, consumer affairs and environment chairman Elizabeth Wong said the culprits would also have to replant the trees they had chopped down. She said the land, a protected mangrove area, w…
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The European Commission is accused of withholding embarrassing data PDF Print E-mail
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Thursday, 13 November 2008 21:37
Gone fishing(From economist.com)- On November 17th an international meeting in Morocco will consider how much bluefin tuna should be caught in the Atlantic and Mediterranean next year. But it may lack crucial data. The group, called the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), meets every year to argue over quotas, of which the European U…
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Actress Daryl Hannah makes splash for whales PDF Print E-mail
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Thursday, 13 November 2008 20:31
Daryl Hannah(From news.com.au)- Anti-whaling crusaders the Sea Shepherd recruited the actress, who will be aboard their flagship Steve Irwin when it departs for Antarctica next month. Sea Shepherd captain Paul Watson said the star of 1980s hits Splash and Blade Runner will join the anti-whaling fight until the end of November.
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