Environment
With many plant and animal species ‘hanging on by a thread,’ UN urges action to tackle wildlife crime
Wildlife.
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Tuna industry must urgently reform, says Greenpeace
Greenpeace today called on Thai Union and the fishing industry, at the 14th Infofish World Tuna Trade and Conference, to step up and rein in destructive and illegal fishing practises. Thai Union, the world’s largest producer of canned tuna, is embroiled in human rights and environmental abuse scandals, and was again the target of global protests over the weekend.
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U.S. Santa Cruz Biotechnology Agrees to $3.5M Fine, License Revocation
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On International Day, UN highlights biodiversity's role in underpinning development
Fishing boats, Mexico.
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Putting fish on the ‘highway’ to success
Salmon leaping
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Study Helps Explain Sea Ice Differences at Earth's Poles
Location of the southern Antarctic Circumpolar Current front (white contour), with -1 degree Celsius sea surface temperature lines (black contours) on Sept. 22 each year from 2002-2009, plotted against a chart of the depth of the Southern Ocean around Antarctica. The white cross is Bouvet Island.
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Northwest Tribes Vow To Continue Opposition to Canadian Pipeline
Members of the Tulalip Tribe sing along the banks of the Fraser River in Chilliwack, British Columbia, as part of a ceremony to honor the waters and marine life so integral to the Coast Salish way of life.
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Latino Advocates Protect Wildlife Refuge In Puerto Rico
The House of Representatives Natural Resources Committee unveiled the latest draft of the PROMESA Act which no longer jeopardizes thousands of acres of the Vieques National Wildlife Refuge.
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Health, Environmental, Business Leaders To EPA: Improve National Parks' Air Quality
A broad coalition of advocates and concerned citizen groups was on Thursday travel to Washington, D.C., to voice their opinions of proposed changes to the Regional Haze Rule, a program of the Clean Air Act (CAA). At a public hearing hosted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), these individuals and organizations will be supporting provisions to strengthen the existing rule and calling out areas that weaken or delay clean air protections for America’s most iconic national parks and wilderness areas and the people who visit and depend on them.
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Earth’s health declining ‘faster than thought’ but action by governments can reverse trend – UN
Burnt and degraded forest within Tesso Nilo National Park, Riau Province, Sumatra, Indonesia.
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Human Rights
Conscience, Hope, and Action: Keys to Global Peace and Sustainability
Ringing FOWPAL’s Peace Bell for the World:Nobel Peace Prize Laureates’ Visions and Actions
Protecting the World’s Cultural Diversity for a Sustainable Future
The Peace Bell Resonates at the 27th Eurasian Economic Summit
Puppet Show I International Friendship Day 2020