General Updates from the World Land Trust

General updates and new additions to the website of World Land Trust, an international conservation organisation working to preserve the world's most biologically important and threatened lands.

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Tuesday, June 17, 2008:

Conservation and Environmental news round-up June 16th 2008 

Latest News Headlines

EU to ban Blue Fin Tuna fishing in Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean

Blue fin Tuna numbers have dropped to such a low that EU legislators will move to ban fishing by way of "purse seine", a type of net that floats the top of a long wall of netting on the surface while its bottom is held weighted under the water.
Read more: EU to ban Med blue fin tuna fishing from next week (Environmental News Network)

Basking Shark voyage tracked across Atlantic

A Basking Shark, the second largest type of fish in the ocean, has been tagged and tracked by satellite and has travelled over 5900 miles to Canadian Waters at depths of over half a mile.
Read More: Tag reveals the secret of UK sharks' long winter breaks (Guardian.co.uk)

Polar Bear and Walrus protection law bypassed for oil

The harassment of Polar Bears and the Pacific Walrus has been deemed legal by the US Interior Department; essentially bypassing the Marine Mammal protection act.
Read More: Interior Department OKs Oil-industry Harassment of Polar Bears, Pacific Walrus in Chukchi Sea (Environmental News Network)

World Bank commits to tiger-saving initiative

The world bank has given its public support for a global venture with the aim of reversing the current trend in Wild Tiger population numbers. Celebrities such has Harrison Ford and Bo Derek have pledged their support for the initiative also.
Read more: Experts welcome World Bank's commitment to tiger conservation (Environmental News Network)

 
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