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Western Australia's shark cull faces legal challenge from conservationists
2014-01-20 08:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The Greens and animal welfare groups are formulating a legal challenge to the Western Australian government's shark cull, claiming the move would fall foul of state, federal and international obligations. Lawyers for a loose-knit coalition of groups, including the Greens, the Conservation Council and Western Australians for Shark Conservation, are looking at whether the plan to trap and kill large sharks is legally possible. At a state level, the cull policy could run contrary to the Wildlife...
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Conservationists respond to ISC's Gila River report
2014-01-14 18:18:12| Real Estate - Topix.net
SILVER CITY >> The Interstate Stream Commission released its much-anticipated final report late Friday on what potential Gila River diversion projects might mean to local residents and the state of New Mexico.
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NSW bushfires: conservationists hopeful for healthy recovery wildlife
2013-12-10 05:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Conservationists are hopeful that wildlife coped better with the NSW Blue Mountains fires than first feared after a koala was spotted in the upper reaches of the mountains for the first time in 70 years. The koala was seen crossing the Great Western Highway near Wentworth Falls, which is 900m above sea level. The sighting is the first of its kind in the upper Blue Mountains since the 1940s. It is thought that the koala, and others, managed to escape October's fierce bushfires, which burned...
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Queensland draft ports strategy greenwash, say conservationists
2013-10-17 06:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The Queensland government has pledged to allay UN concerns about the Great Barrier Reef by preventing any major new ports until 2022, but environmentalists have accused it of conducting a greenwash that will do little to protect the vast coral ecosystem. A draft Queensland ports strategy, released on Thursday, prohibits deepwater port facilities and seabed dredging outside five priority port development areas Brisbane, Mackay, Gladstone, Townsville and Abbot Point over the next decade. ...
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Conservationists Call For Quiet: The Ocean Is Too Loud!
2013-07-28 22:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: Just about everything that we do in the water makes noise. When we ship goods from country to country, when we explore for oil and gas and minerals, when the military trains with explosives or intense sonar systems the noise travels. But these man-made noises are making it impossible for sea creatures to communicate with themselves, something that is integral to their survival. Michael Jasny, the director of the Marine Mammal Protection Project for the Natural Resources Defense Council, says we...