Whaling Quotas Renewed

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Wednesday May 30, 2007 · 8:24 AM PDT

2007/05/30 · 08:24

The International Whaling Commission has renewed a 5 year whaling contract allowing continued subsistence hunting of bowhead whales.

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Thursday May 17, 2007 · 11:20 AM PDT

2007/05/17 · 11:20

In Hawaii, five environmental groups are suing the Navy for its use of high-intensity sonar during anti-submarine training exercises, that are heavily harmful to whales, dolphins and marine mammals. The lawsuit plans to "stop the Navy from doing its sonar exercises until it complies with environmental laws they are violating," confirmed Paul Achitoff, the Earthjustice attorney representing the coalition comprising of the Ocean Mammal Institute, the Animal Welfare Institute, KAHEA (the Hawaiian Environmental Alliance), the Center for Biological Diversity and the Surfrider Foundation.

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Friday May 11, 2007 · 12:26 PM PDT

2007/05/11 · 12:26

A solar photovoltaics (PV) pilot project in India has transformed the lives of approximately 100,000 people living in poverty-stricken rural regions by providing several hours of uninterrupted lighting every night. The goal of the $1.5 million project, led by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), was to facilitate household financing for solar home systems. Its success has inspired satellite programs to improve energy access in Algeria, China, Egypt, Ghana, Indonesia, and Mexico.

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Tuesday May 01, 2007 · 8:57 AM PDT

2007/05/01 · 08:57

In an effort to protect its dwindling polar bear populations, Russia is planning to partially lift its five-decade ban on hunting the bears in the northern Arctic, the New York Times reported recently.

Full article for the Worldwatch Institute can be found here.

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Saturday April 28, 2007 · 7:39 AM PDT

2007/04/28 · 07:39

Accusing international activists of painting an unnecessarily bleak picture of Orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus), the Malaysian government said it deplores such seeming propaganda that undermines the national oil palm industry.

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Friday April 27, 2007 · 12:23 PM PDT

2007/04/27 · 12:23

A year ago, I left my field site in Sumatra, Indonesia with a rather dreary conclusion. It was one that was feed for many presentations, seminars, group discussions with my students who, already tired from their bi-weekly dose of international conservation, could only think about why the minute hand wouldn't move faster. All talk... every time... let to an unresolved-dilemma, a large question mark on the concluding slide of each presentation... What should one do? Will it be too late?

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Whaling Quotas Renewed

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Russia to Legalize Polar Bear Hunting.

Malaysia Unhappy with Overseas Doomsdaying of Orangutans

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