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Monday, June 19, 2006:

Conservation and Environmental News Roundup - 19th June 

Latest News Headlines

UNEP - "Green Protection does not damage Economy"

The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) has urged the world to dispel the myth that protecting the environment is bad for the economy. Achim Steiner, the newly appointed head of UNEP, says "Care for the environment is often portrayed as detrimental to economic growth," and stresses that a shift in economic thought is needed to recognise the "enormous wealth of nature's services"

Read more: UNEP - Green Protection does not damages Economy (Environmental News Network)

US government sued over Peruvian Mahogany

The US government is being sued over the importation of illigally logged Mahogany form Peru. Importation violates two laws, firstly the U.S. Endangered Species Act and secondly the Convention on International trade in Endangered species, a major international treaty. Over 80% of illegally logged Peruvian mahogany ends up in the U.S. and its extraction threatens native communities, wildlife and the future of the mahogany itself.

Read more: US government sued over Peruvian Mahogany (Environmental News Service)

New coral reef discovered in Australia

Scientists in Australia have stumbled across an enormous hard coral reef with a larger area than all the reefs of Barbados put together. The reef is more than 20m deep and in a remote location of the cost of a remote part of the continent which probably allowed it to remain hidden.

Read more: New coral reef discovered in Australia (The Guardian)

 
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