The European Comission has today confirmed that it will back the proposal to list Atlantic and Mediterranean Bluefin Tuna on Appendix 1 of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species.This is the latest support that the EU has given to measures for protecting fast collapsing fish stocks in many seas. These measures are unfortunately...
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Friday, August 14, 2009
I am all for scientific progress, particularly when it can be used to further the aims of conservation but a recent article on the discovery of a new species of bulbul in Laos made me wonder if scientists don't need to take a leap into the modern world.A number of "specimens" were taken from the wild in Laos. Specimens means that birds were captured...
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Few people can have failed to hear of climate change and the effect it will have on sea levels, climate patterns and agriculture, but spare a thought for those poor old penguins who are being cheated out of their icy home.In actuality not all penguins live in icy habitats, although they do all occur in the southern ocean, but nevertheless they all...
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
I have been saying for a long time that one of the best ways to save rainforests is sinply to buy it where possible. The RSPB in conjunction with Birdlife International and Burung Indonesia has a project in operation which protects and restores rainforest in Sumatra. This is a project well worth supporting.Why protect Rainforest?Apart from protecting...
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Whilst doing some research on the subject I came across the following quote on toiletpaperworld.com"In the early 1970s, an EPA study for Congress concluded that using one ton of 100% recycled paper saves 4,100 kwh of energy (enough to power the average home for six months) and 7,000 gallons of water. It also keeps more than 60 pounds of pollution out...
Thursday, May 7, 2009
There are many people who support conservation in principal but are not sufficiently motivated to participate themselves or to question polititians about what they are doing. A number of conservation bodies of a variety of types have come up with a way in which these people are able to actively support conservation; by adopting an animal. In these...
