National Geographic Support for People and Wildlife Merge in Ecuador's Yasuní National Park National Geographic Because these new influences have transformed the goal of hunting from subsistence to trade (with significant impacts on local...
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Over 100 dolphins of various species have been slaughtered so far in another season of drives hunts in Taiji, Japan. Via Kirsten Massebeau
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1.5.13 ::: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/suza-scalora/love-requires-action_b_3194443.html ; << Love requires Action!
Aggressive slaughtering of whole families, time this came to an end! Delete the scoop?
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Discovery - Deep Sea Vents
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BBC science editor David Shukman explores mysterious and strange ecosystems in the depths of the oceans. He asks if they’re threatened by the embryonic deep sea mining industry? Delete the scoop?
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While pack ice gets jostled by winds and currents in the open ocean, fast ice usually clings to land masses in shallow areas. Delete the scoop?
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The Sei whale is distinguished by faint grey blotches on its skin just around the dorsal fin.Hunted almost to extinction, it is now estimated that there are around 80,000 left worldwide. Japan is one of the few countries that still hunt these mammals despite them being an endangered species. Via Wildlife Defence
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Local dolphin watching company Dolphin Adventure spotted a rare Sei whale one mile south west of Europa Point. Delete the scoop?
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Since 2000, the Cascadia Research Collective has conducted extensive studies, covering more than 46,000 miles of survey track lines around the main Hawaiian Islands, and have documented more than 1,700 sightings of 18 different species of toothed whales and dolphins. Via Wildlife Defence Delete the scoop?
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What do emptier waters look like? This web aquarium shows declining fish populations over the past 100 years - and it uses more than 200 datasets to do it. Delete the scoop?
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A whale pod off the coast of South Africa was seen feeding one of their disabled members. Via Kathy Dowsett
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In many animal societies, if a member of a group is gravely wounded or born with disabling deformities, that animal becomes an unsustainable burden on the others, and is often left behind at the mercy of predators, hunger and disease. Not so with killer whales. They are among the few species in the world to look after members of their family who cannot look after themselves. Their patience and compassion for each other surpasses, perhaps, even that of humans The most recent example of this extraordinary commitment to one another was revealed today in the U.K.'s Daily Mail, which ran a story and photo essay of a disabled young male orca off the coast of South Africa; he's missing a pectoral fin and the normally towering dorsal fin that sprouts from the backs of mature bulls. These disfigurements make it impossible for the whale to hunt alongside his pod. Luckily for him, they are only too willing to hunt for their disabled pod mate. Delete the scoop?
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Stop Illegal Fishing - Programme Sponsored by the UK Government to Stop IUU Fishing in Southern Afrrica (#Malawi: How to Save a #Fish ... a #Lake and a #People. Delete the scoop?
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Hong Kong's harbour is home to unique pink dolphins, but there are growing concerns pollution is damaging their habitat. The dolphins inhabit some of the bus... Delete the scoop?
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These beautiful seahorses, no bigger than a 20-cent coin, eluded scientists for several centuries. Via Kathy Dowsett
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NYU student Sam Slover has created an interactive web aquarium to visualize how overfishing has affected the population of big and small fish in the oceans.
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Take a look for yourself at Slover's digital aquarium. His website will also be featured Monday at the NYU Interactive Telecommunications Program Spring Show. Delete the scoop?
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Even as concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere hit 400 parts per million (ppm) for the first time in human history last week, a new study in Nature Climate Change warns that thousands of the world's common species will suffer grave... Delete the scoop?
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Bellona Monitoring and tracking oil pollution in Russian Arctic flummoxes safety experts Bellona MURMANSK – While Russian gas and oil companies jockey for position to produce on the Arctic Shelf, specialists from emergency services are attempting...
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As such, development of the Russian Arctic shelf has not begun, and the most important water artery in the Murmansk Region, Kola Bay, is covered with oil film that is so thick that it is easily visible to satellites. And what to do with these slicks so as to stem further pollution – this is a question that remains without a clear answer. As a result, there is already a deepening problem of hydrocarbon build ups in enormous quantities along the sea floor of Kola Bay. These are the same petroleum products spilled by vessels who opted to hush them up to evade responsibility. As a consequence the oil is just coating the bottom of the sea. Delete the scoop?
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May 21, 2013 Focusing On Wildlife
A new short film, "Viva la tortuga" documents the struggle to save loggerhead and green sea turtles in Magdalena Bay, Mexico. Once a region for a massive sea turtle meat market, the turtles now face a new threat: bycatch. Loggerhead sea turtles are drowning in bottom-set gillnets, unable to escape from the nets once entangled. The issue has even raises threats of trade embargoes from the U.S. Still, the news is not all gloomy: a rising group of fishermen turned conservationists are working to save these species from local extinction. The fishermen have become scientists, documenting turtle mortalities and threats. Working together, researchers and fishermen have used creative methods to mitigate the local turtle decline... http://focusingonwildlife.com/news/featured-video-saving-sea-turtles-in-mexicos-magdalena-bay/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=featured-video-saving-sea-turtles-in-mexicos-magdalena-bay
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Still, the news is not all gloomy: a rising group of fishermen turned conservationists are working to save these species from local extinction. The fishermen have become scientists, documenting turtle mortalities and threats. Working together, researchers and fishermen have used creative methods to mitigate the local turtle decline. Delete the scoop?
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Using a "patient monitoring" device attached to a whale entangled in fishing gear, scientists showed for the first time how fishing lines changed a whale's diving and swimming behavior.
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Using a "patient monitoring" device attached to a whale entangled in fishing gear, scientists showed for the first time how fishing lines changed a whale's diving and swimming behavior. The monitoring revealed how fishing gear hinders whales' ability to eat and migrate, depletes their energy as they drag gear for months or years, and can result in a slow death. Delete the scoop?
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On 9 June 2008, the UK's largest mass stranding event (MSE) of short-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) occurred in Falmouth Bay, Cornwall. At least 26 dolphins died, and a similar number was refloated/herded back to sea. Via Wildlife Defence Delete the scoop?
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The number of seabirds recorded washed up on beaches in two incidents along the English Channel, covered in polyisobutene (PIB), has now passed 4,000. Leading wildlife conservation and animal welfare charities and the UK Chamber of Shipping, supported by the wider industry body MaritimeUK, have come together as a single voice to call for an urgent review of the hazard classification status of PIB. Via Wildlife Defence Delete the scoop?
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X-RAY International Dive Magazine is the world�s first and only global dive publication. Subscription is free. Published 8 times a year. Pdf formatted. FREE downloads. Via Kathy Dowsett
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None of the infected seal appeared to be ill, indicating marine mammals may be infected without showing clinical signs of illness. They detected H1N1 infection in two northern elephant seals and antibodies to the virus in an additional 28 elephant seals, indicating more widespread exposure. None of the infected seal showed any clinical signs of illness Delete the scoop?
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Manatees Attacked: Wildlife Officials Irate Over Cannonballing Man Who ...
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Two men accused of harrassing two manatees -- one by jumping on top of the creatures, the other for filming the experience -- could soon be facing criminal charges, thanks to a video posted to Facebook.
The video documenting the manatee cannonballing was made last year in Brevard County, Fla., but officials opened an investigation on Monday after MyFoxTampaBay.com posted it online.
Officer Lenny Salberg of the the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said investigators have tracked down the men and expect a wrap-up in two or three days. Delete the scoop?
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RT @TRFFSOFC: How does @SWFPA react to this article? UK fishermen once again being blamed for overfishing by Prof Callum Roberts!! http://t.co/JL9GTmEUb6 Delete the scoop?
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Some of the world's leading marine mammal scientists are calling on the New Zealand government to stop and ban seismic testing in the habitat of the world's rarest sub-species of dolphin.
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With just 55 thought to be remaining the Maui’s dolphin (Cephalorhynchus hectori maui) lives off the west coast of North Island in New Zealand. The scientists believe that noise from the seismic testing could damage the hearing of the dolphins and also drive them into fishing grounds where they could be caught in nets. Delete the scoop?
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Marine species threatened with extinction aren't just whales, seals and turtles--they include fish, corals, mollusks, birds, and a lone seagrass Via Kathy Dowsett Delete the scoop?
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Sea Shepherd Conservation Society - Protecting oceans around the world (@GianlucaSgueo hai mai visto la "chiamata planetaria per un imbarco" di @SeaShepherd? Delete the scoop?
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Up to 368 California sea lions face execution by Oregon and Washington state workers for the crime of eating endangered salmon on the Columbia River near the Bonneville Dam. Delete the scoop?
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With a limberness that defies his 69 years, Frank Mirarchi heaves himself over the edge of a concrete wharf and steps out onto a slack, downward sloping dock line bouncing 20 feet above the lapping waters near Scituate, Mass. Delete the scoop?
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WCS also seeks to ensure that local people have a central role in the management and larger governance of the YNP, providing assistance with community mapping and management planning, territorial demarcation, and strategies to mitigate conflict between different indigenous groups. We have also worked to build the technical, financial, and administrative capacities of indigenous organizations.
All of these efforts help local communities to function autonomously while managing resources sustainably, and improving their quality of life. As economic development encroaches on previously undisturbed wild places across the globe today, conservation groups must increasingly assist impacted communities organizationally while engaging local people as stewards of biodiversity. Our work in Yasuni shows that these collaborations are essential and achievable.