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 the Yale School of Forestry In November of 2017, I had the incredible experience of participating in a week-long renowned forest management course in the northeastern Brazilian Amazon. The intensive field course is offered by the Tropical Forest Institute (IFT – Instituto Floresta Tropical), whose… Read the full article at: http://environment.yale.edu/blog/2018/12/reduced-impact-forest-management-a-pragmatic-solution-for-conservation-in-the-tropics/
Published by the Yale School of Forestry In November of 2017, I had the incredible experience of participating in a week-long renowned forest management course in the northeastern Brazilian Amazon. The intensive field course is offered by the Tropical Forest Institute (IFT – Instituto Floresta Tropical), whose… Read the full article at: http://environment.yale.edu/blog/2018/12/reduced-impact-forest-management-a-pragmatic-solution-for-conservation-in-the-tropics/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reduced-impact-forest-management-a-pragmatic-solution-for-conservation-in-the-tropics
Published by the Yale School of Forestry In November of 2017, I had the incredible experience of participating in a week-long renowned forest management course in the northeastern Brazilian Amazon. The intensive field course is offered by the Tropical Forest Institute (IFT – Instituto Floresta Tropical), whose… Read the full article at: https://environment.yale.edu/blog/2018/12/reduced-impact-forest-management-a-pragmatic-solution-for-conservation-in-the-tropics/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reduced-impact-forest-management-a-pragmatic-solution-for-conservation-in-the-tropics
Published by the Yale School of Forestry As Brazil struggles to balance environmental leadership and economic growth, São Paulo State took an important step towards shifting the burden of post-consumer waste management from taxpayers to manufacturers. This could be a watershed moment for expanding infrastructure for post-consumer… Read the full article at: http://environment.yale.edu/blog/2018/12/how-sao-paulo-state-bill-can-be-a-turning-point-for-brazils-waste-management-policies/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-sao-paulo-state-bill-can-be-a-turning-point-for-brazils-waste-management-policies
Published by the Yale School of Forestry As Brazil struggles to balance environmental leadership and economic growth, São Paulo State took an important step towards shifting the burden of post-consumer waste management from taxpayers to manufacturers. This could be a watershed moment for expanding infrastructure for post-consumer… Read the full article at: http://environment.yale.edu/blog/2018/12/how-sao-paulo-state-bill-can-be-a-turning-point-for-brazils-waste-management-policies/
Published by the Yale School of Forestry As Brazil struggles to balance environmental leadership and economic growth, São Paulo State took an important step towards shifting the burden of post-consumer waste management from taxpayers to manufacturers. This could be a watershed moment for expanding infrastructure for post-consumer… Read the full article at: https://environment.yale.edu/blog/2018/12/how-sao-paulo-state-bill-can-be-a-turning-point-for-brazils-waste-management-policies/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-sao-paulo-state-bill-can-be-a-turning-point-for-brazils-waste-management-policies
Published by the Environmental News Service BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, December 13, 2018 (ENS) – Argentina has created two new massive offshore marine parks in the southwest Atlantic that will help protect habitat and feeding grounds for penguins, sea lions, fur seals, sharks, cold-water corals, and many other marine species found nowhere else on Earth. Read […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Out of all the animals that live in the ocean—octopuses have to be one of my favorite. I know everyone reading this blog will agree that octopuses are completely fascinating. They are extremely intelligent—earning the title of the smartest invertebrates in the world. Octopuses have a superpower-worthy defense mechanism—spraying ink as a […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Our ocean is full of amazing creatures and underwater features that make it the incredible place it is. We can thank much of what we know about the oceans to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) fleet of 16 vessels. From shipwrecks to glacial fjords and rare sharks, the NOAA fleet […]
Recognizing the importance of free trade to the highly-integrated, North American supply chain, U.S. chemicals manufacturers welcomed last Friday’s signing of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) in Buenos Aires. However, legitimate concerns remain about insufficient Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) protections under the newly-inked trade pact – a subject which this post will review in greater depth. […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Local communities and indigenous people are crucial stewards of the natural places WWF works to conserve. They depend on forests, fisheries and wildlife for their traditional way of life. Over generations, many have acquired knowledge and learned practices to sustainably use and protect natural resources. By working together, we can […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Ignacio “Kini” Roesler spent three years surveying hooded grebes in Argentina’s Patagonian wilds without finding a single breeding colony. Then, suddenly, his survey team stumbled upon a lagoon with 20 hooded grebe nests floating on its surface. Elated, they left to pick up monitoring and camping equipment for a longer […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund In 2015, nearly 200 countries signed a historic agreement in Paris that established the world’s first truly global plan to tackle climate change. Now, three years later, there’s still a significant gap between the pledges countries made to reduce emissions of heat-trapping gases and what’s actually needed to limit global […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Every few years in southwest Argentina, at the edge of the Patagonian Andes, a massive arch collapses into the waters of Lake Argentino. It’s made not of concrete or stone but the ice of the Perito Moreno Glacier, one of South America’s biggest bodies of ice. The dramatic event–which is […]
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 the World Wildlife Fund Though well-known for their unique coloring, pink river dolphins face an increasingly uncertain future. Water pollution, dam construction, and poaching—either targeted or as bycatch—seriously threaten these amazing creatures and the key role they play along their rivers. A lack of data about the population status and behavior of the dolphins […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy To mark National Hispanic Heritage Month, we celebrate Hispanic and Latinx champions from the worlds of science, advocacy and government who are making a difference for our ocean and beyond. This month and all year round, Ocean Conservancy is thankful for the dedication, passion and commitment of leaders like: Carlos Del Castillo […]
Published by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society During the 67th International Whaling Comission (IWC), held in Florianopolis, Japan lost the vote on their proposal for the return of commercial whaling. Florianopolis, BRAZIL – Sep 14th, 2018 – The 67th International Whaling Commission meeting (IWC) just finished in Brazil. This year, the biannual meeting promised to be heated as two […]
Published by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Japan lost so the moratorium stands. Despite bribing nations and insidious tactics, the proposal by japan to overturn the 31 year moratorium on commercial whaling has failed by a vote of 41 to 27 with 2 abstentions. The Proposal with the misleading title: The Way Forward was in fact an attempt […]