Amazon Japan, a subsidiary of Amazon.com, pulled all whale meat products (and possibly dolphin meat) from its site after a new report by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) and the Humane Society International highlighted the issue. Last Decem…
02.23.2012
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Amazon Japan, a subsidiary of Amazon.com, pulled all whale meat products (and possibly dolphin meat) from its site after a new report by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) and the Humane Society International highlighted the issue. Last Decem…
02.16.2012
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Bangladesh has declared three new sanctuaries to help protect the south Asian river dolphin (Platanista gangetica) in the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest. Split into two subspecies, the Ganges River dolphin (Platanista gangetica gangeti…
01.28.2012
Categories: Africa, Australia, Breaking News, Cetaceans, dugongs, Endangered and Extinct Species, environment, Fish and Other Marine Life, fisheries, Fishing, Commercial, global warming, greenhouse emissions, Gulf of Guinea, Home Wind Power, Indian Ocean, Madagascar, Mammals, marine mammals, Myanmar, oceans, Politics and Policy, Read, Andrew, Research, Solar Power, Solar Power Generation, Sri Lanka, wildlife conservation, Wildlife Conservation Society, Wind Power, Wind Power Generation | Add a Comment
Rising human consumption of marine mammals in tropical regions poses a threat to animals like the dugong, which is similar to a manatee, and the Atlantic humpback dolphin, researchers write.
01.25.2012
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Threats to marine mammals usually include climate change, drowning as by-catch, pollution, depletion of prey, but what about eating marine mammals? A new study in Biological Conservation finds that a surprising 87 marine mammals—including polar b…
01.17.2012
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A Greenpeace video, using footage from a whistleblower, shows disturbing images of the tuna industry operating in the unregulated waters of the Pacific Ocean. Using fish aggregation devices (FADs) and purse seine nets, the industry is not only able to …
01.16.2012
Categories: activism, Cetaceans, conservation finance, economics, environment, environmental economics, global warming, greenhouse emissions, Home Wind Power, iceland, in-situ conservation, jeremy hance, Mammals, marine mammals, Norway, oceans, Solar Power, Solar Power Generation, Whaling, Wind Power, Wind Power Generation | Add a Comment
How do you end a decades-long conflict between culture and conservation? How do you stop a conflict where both sides are dug in? A new paper in Nature proposes a way to end the long and bitter battle over whaling: environmentalists could pay whalers no…
09.15.2011
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Researchers have discovered a new species of dolphin in Australia, reports ABC News.
07.15.2011
Categories: Africa, big cats, biodiversity, biodiversity crisis, carbon sequestration, carnivores, Cats, Cetaceans, ecological services, ecosystem services, environment, forests, global warming, greenhouse emissions, Home Wind Power, in-situ conservation, islands, jeremy hance, Lions, Mammals, marine ecosystems, marine mammals, North America, ocean crisis, oceans, rewilding, Solar Power, Solar Power Generation, temperate forests, Tigers, top predators, ungulates, Wind Power, Wind Power Generation, wolves | Add a Comment
Worldwide wolf populations have dropped around 99 percent from historic populations. Lion populations have fallen from 450,000 to 20,000 in 50 years. Three subspecies of tiger went extinct in the 20th Century. Overfishing and finning has cut some shar…
03.09.2011
Categories: Cetaceans, environment, global warming, greenhouse emissions, Home Wind Power, in-situ conservation, jeremy hance, Mammals, marine mammals, Pakistan, river, Rivers, saving species from extinction, Solar Power, Solar Power Generation, Wind Power, Wind Power Generation | Add a Comment
The Indian government has announced that it plans to develop a program to raise the population of its native Ganges river dolphin (Platanista gangetica gagnetica), a subspecies of the South Asian river dolphin. During a question and answer session Jair…
