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...wide-ranging protections ever put in place for a major commercial marine species. "This announcement could be a real turning point in the fight to protect the tuna," says Susan Lieberman, director of international policy at the Pew Environment Group and a veteran of the CITES process. "This will help ensure the future of this endangered fish." (See pictures of the tuna trade in Asia...
...worldwide bluefin tuna catch is eventually eaten in Japan - with the main fishing nations being Italy, France and Spain - a global trade ban should significantly reduce pressure on the fish population, which is now at less than 15% of its estimated historical high. "This step will help fix a management system that is broken," says Mark Stevens, senior program officer for fisheries at the World Wildlife Fund. "First of all, we have to stop the overfishing pressure...
...create our own Pandora here on earth? -Julie Patrick, Manhattan Beach, Calif. Go for a walk in the forest. Go snorkeling in a coral reef. Appreciate the nature we have. I think that from a respect for nature comes action. The best thing people can do right now to help the planet is to understand how we've got to make a fairly rapid transition to alternative energy...
Keeping “pretty busy” by pursuing an MBA at the MIT Sloan School of Management and an MPA at the Kennedy School, Cheung said he had the help of student volunteers in mobilizing the community during his campaign...
...Union rush to stop the Greek problem from spilling over into the rest of the EU, we urge them to take heed of popular sentiment and not shore up Greek debt with taxpayer money from Germany and France—the only two eurozone economies in a position to help. Doing so would constitute forcing a stronger political union on eurozone and, more broadly, EU member-countries where such a union does not exist and is not wanted by their citizens...