Supermarkets churn out more than 900,000 tonnes of plastic a year, despite pledges to cut back
The plastic packaging produced by supermarkets in the UK has risen to more than 900,000 tonnes a year despite public commitments to cut down
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Co-operation is key in tackling the marine plastic pollution threat of ghost fishing gear
There is significant work to be done to collect data on ghost gear in Africa and raise the profile of the problem
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EIA at 35: Still going after the bad guys
In the 35 years which have passed since the EIA was created in 1984, the world has witnessed astonishing and sometimes bewildering changes
With extinction looming, it’s CITES’s last chance to save the vaquita porpoise
Governments from around the world meet in Geneva this week for one of the most important dates in the conservation calendar – and perhaps the last chance to save the world’s most threatened marine mammal
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CITES’s last chance to save the vaquita
Fate of the world’s most endangered cetacean to be decided in Geneva LONDON: As governments from around the world prepare to meet in Geneva for the 18th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), a new report urges the imposition of trade suspensions against Mexico for its […]
Staring down the barrel of extinction – just 10 vaquita porpoises estimated to remain
Scientists have announced that only 10 vaquita porpoises are estimated to survive in the world – virtually assuring the animal’s extinction without bold and immediate action.