Published by the Environmental News Service MULU, Sarawak, Malaysia, February 21, 2019 (ENS) – Sarawak Deputy State Assembly Speaker Datuk Gerawat Gala today gave official notice to the oil palm plantation giant Radiant Lagoon to immediately stop clearing the forests on the fringes of Gunung Mulu National Park on the island of Borneo. Read the […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Wildlife and wild places in the United States deserve our protection. From the herds of bison roaming the Midwest’s Northern Great Plains to singular polar bears hunting from ice floes off the coast of Alaska, our nation is home to a vast array of unique animals that need our help. […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Fossils are preserved accounts of history and the organisms that have walked (or swum) the Earth long before us. We have learned so much from fossils, particularly those found in the vast ocean that have seemingly decoded the necessary mechanisms to withstand extinction for millions of years. As time passes, however, the […]
Published by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Hope shattered for vaquita survival as Sea Shepherd ship violently attacked by poachers in the Gulf of California, suffering damage from projectiles and Molotov cocktails while protecting world’s most endangered marine mammal. San Felipe, BCN, Mexico – February 1st, 2019 – On January 31st, Sea Shepherd vessel the M/V Farley […]
As global awareness about plastic waste in our ocean grows, people are starting to act: companies are pledging to use more recycled content; some governments are setting goals to address highly littered products; and people are looking for ways to reduce their plastic footprint. Each of these steps has an important role to play, particularly […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Plastic bags have become the poster child of the ocean plastic crisis. The promotional poster for the 2016 documentary A Plastic Ocean featured a beluga whale swimming with a plastic bag. When National Geographic launched its “Planet or Plastic” series in 2018 it was a plastic bag that donned the front cover […]
Published by the Environmental News Service SAN FRANCISCO, California, January 24, 2019 (ENS) – When faced with a challenge, the city of San Francisco rededicated itself to recycling. One year ago, when China announced it would no longer accept shipments of recycled materials from foreign countries, the world lost its biggest customer for bales of […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Photography can provide a fascinating glimpse into parts of the world that we may never have the chance to visit ourselves. It’s a powerful tool for showing the beauty and value of wildlife and wild places—and challenges us to protect them. Take a look at just a few of WWF’s […]
Published by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Sea Shepherd Ship M/V Farley Mowat surrounded by over 35 poaching vessels and boarded in broad daylight. San Felipe, BCN, Mexico – January 9th, 2019 – Sea Shepherd Vessel M/V Farley Mowat was conducting maritime patrols inside the Vaquita Refuge in the Upper Gulf of California, and had recovered three […]
Published by the Environmental News Service JAKARTA, Indonesia, December 23, 2018 (ENS) – Hundreds of people lost their lives and hundreds more were injured or missing after a tsunami hit the island nation of Indonesia without warning Sunday following a volcanic eruption and underwater landslides kilometers offshore. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2018/12/23/deadly-tsunami-strikes-indonesia/
Published by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society December 22, 2018/in Fishing, Oceans /by Bjorn Bergman Continued from Part 1: Voyage to the Galapagos. As the Brigitte Bardot steamed west from the Galapagos we considered the sheer number of people we could expect to encounter when we reached this densely clustered fishing fleet 700 miles out to sea. The scale of fishing on […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Last month Collins Dictionary announced “single-use” as the 2018 Word of the Year. This came as no surprise to us at Ocean Conservancy. Our Trash Free Seas® program has been busier than ever—growing our team and the work we perform on the issue of ocean plastic. It is estimated that eight million […]
Published by the Environmental News Service PARIS, France, November 30, 2018 (ENS) – “The global banking industry is stepping up to the sustainability challenge,” said Satya Tripathi of India, UN assistant secretary-general, UN Environment. “I’m optimistic we’ll see a realignment of business practice – one that embraces the fact that green and socially responsible business […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy If we’re being honest, the term “waste management” doesn’t exactly sizzle. Those four clunky syllables conjure images of foul-smelling dump trucks, mountainous landfills and overstuffed curbside bins—things that most people are happy to keep out of sight and out of mind. But as unpleasant as it is (and smells), waste management (i.e. […]
Published by the Yale School of Forestry 你好 Ni Hao, I am Aaron Feng, a first-year Master of Environmental Management (MEM) student from China and a new student worker in the Admissions Office this academic year. As an international student, social entrepreneur, and unconventional “forester” at the lower… Read the full article at: http://environment.yale.edu/blog/2018/11/greetings-from-aaron/
Published by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Cristen landed in Osaka the evening of November 1st. She was asked to accompany the authorities for secondary questioning after reaching customs. She then was detained in a small room where she was interrogated for over six hours. During the questioning her phone, social media, body and luggage was searched. […]
Published by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society October 30, 2018/in Fishing, Oceans /by Bjorn Bergman When monitoring vessel activity on the vast scale of the world’s oceans at SkyTruth we know we’re almost always dealing with incomplete information. For example, only some vessels transmit their locations at sea via the Automatic Identification System (AIS), while others may only come up in […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy This week Bali, Indonesia, is hosting the fifth annual Our Ocean conference. There is something inspiring about heads of state, industry leaders, conservationists like Ocean Conservancy and other stakeholders coming together to take meaningful action to protect the defining feature of this blue planet—our ocean. As a super-fan of smart ocean planning […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund In an enormous setback for wildlife conservation, China announced it will allow hospitals to use tiger bone and rhino horn from captive-bred animals for traditional medicine. The decision reverses a decades-old ban that has been instrumental in preventing the extinction of endangered tigers and rhinos. “China’s decision to reopen a […]
Published by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Mexican Navy helicopter crashes into the ocean while engaged in patrol protecting the highly endangered vaquita porpoise in the Sea of Cortez. San Felipe, Mexico – October 22nd, 2018 – During the late afternoon of Saturday, October 20th, 2018, a Mexican Navy helicopter crashed into the ocean while engaged in anti-poaching […]