Iceland’s multi-millionaire rogue whaler Kristján Loftsson and his company Hvalur hf have resumed their slaughter of endangered fin whales in blunt defiance of the international ban on commercial whaling. .…
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. Some coastal communities view whales as the guardians of the ocean, a special value attached to the marine giants which is not misplaced. Whales provide incredible services for the…
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. Two-thirds of the globe lie under water and the future of our planet is inexorably tied to what happens at sea. With today’s UN World Environment Day themed…
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. The Environmental Investigation Agency was born out of a ground-breaking whaling investigation and, almost three-and-a-half decades later, our Ocean work remains a central pillar of what we do. In…
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. This week is Ocean Week, an in-depth look at the work done by our dedicated Ocean campaigners, the issues on which they focus and the real-world changes they make.…
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The European Commission has taken a leap forward in tackling plastic pollution, with new laws to reduce throwaway single-use plastics. . . Speaking on behalf of the Rethink Plastic Alliance,…
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Sign up nowClimate strike: UK school pupils take part in call for urgent action
Thousands of schoolchildren and young people in the UK are taking part in climate strikes with the support of a former UN climate chief, who said it was “time to heed the deeply moving voice of youth”.
Christiana Figueres, who led the historic 2015 Paris agreement, said the fact that children were so worried about their future they were prepared to strike should make adults take urgent action.
Source: www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/feb/15/uk-climate-change-strike-school-pupils-children-envir...
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Today is World Pangolin Day, a chance to celebrate one of the natural world's most curious creatures - and to spread awareness of the dire threats it faces as the world's most trafficked mammal.
Find out about the work of our Pangolin Campaign at eia-international.org/our-work/wildlife/pangolins/
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Record number of blue whales in Great Australian Bight this summer
Scientists estimate that there are up to 50 blue whales in the Great Australian Bight this summer, the highest number seen since blue whale aerial surveys began in the region.
But it is a fluke researchers know this at all as funding for aerial surveys has been difficult to come by.
This year, blue whales have only been seen in the Bight because they crossed paths with another animal that feeds in the Bight's bountiful summer waters — southern bluefin tuna ...
Source: www.abc.net.au/news/2019-02-14/blue-whales-in-record-numbers-in-great-australian-bight/10786692
#Australia #whales #tuna
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