Link to Source
Biodiversity
Posts in this category are about Biodiversity which supplies a key part of cultural identity and provides the evolutionary and spiritual context for the human story. It is imperative to maintain biodiversity by establishing a system of connected natural areas, practicing sustainable forestry and agriculture, and reusing and recycling sustainable materials.
(Adapted from ConservationEconomy.net)
Ecuadoreans appeal allowing of Chevron arbitration
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Ecuadorean plaintiffs have appealed a U.S. judge's decision to allow Chevron Corp to seek arbitration of a case of alleged pollution in the Amazon rainforest with a potential $27 billion liability.
Link to Source
Link to Source
(0)
(0)
(0)In pictures: Arctic peril
Populations of many species living in the high Arctic have declined by one quarter, according to a new assessment measuring how the wildlife there is responding to environmental change.
Link to Source
Link to Source
Experts meet to solve southern right mystery
More than 300 southern right whales have been found dead in the last five years in the waters off Argentina's Patagonian coastExperts are meeting this week to try to solve the mystery of the largest ever recorded die-off of great whales.More than 300 southern right whales, most of them young calves, have been found dead in the last five years in the waters off Argentina's Patagonian coast - one of the most important breeding grounds for the species.Possible causes being examined include biotoxins - naturally occurring poisons which include the venom of some snakes and spiders and the "flesh-eating" bacteria Necrotizing fasciitis - disease, environmental factors, and lack of prey, particularly the tiny krill which make up the bulk of the southern right's diet.
Link to Source
Link to Source
