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...numbers, by the sheer power of the headcounts and the wide-angle copter shots that still couldn't capture the whole crowd, they were there to remind Americans that even in a time of conservatism and backlash, the business of racism and inequality will not be ignored. The National Park Service initially estimated that the Million Man March drew 400,000 demonstrators to the National Mall, then later conceded the count may have been higher. March organizers say it was more like a million and promise they will go to court to prove it. Whatever the number, it was more...
Last winter machete-wielding locals protested a government ban on sea-cucumber fishing by blocking the entrance to the Charles Darwin Research Station in Puerto Ayora and the headquarters for the national park that encompasses 97% of the islands' land area. The invaders held workers captive for four days, harassed scientists and threatened to kill tortoises. In a more serious uprising last month, the headquarters and research station were occupied for two weeks, along with the airport in the provincial capital of Puerto Baquerizo Moreno--this time by residents angry about the government's refusal to consider their demands...
Efforts to protect this natural laboratory began as early as 1934, when some islands were set aside as wildlife sanctuaries. The national park was created in 1959; in 1986 more than 27,000 sq. mi. of ocean in and around the archipelago was designated a Marine Resources Reserve, and four years later the inland waters also became an International Whale Sanctuary. The Galapagos have also been designated a unesco World Heritage Site and a Man and the Biosphere Reserve...
...hand. Dozens of fishing boats appeared, drawn by the high price the sluglike creatures fetch in Asia. According to Jack Grove, a Florida-based naturalist and photographer and founder of the nonprofit group Conservation Network International, many fishermen bought their registrations on the black market. By December, park officials estimated, as many as 7 million sea cucumbers had been harvested, far more than the authorized limit of 550,000. There are reports that boats coming to collect the sea cucumbers arrive with prostitutes and drugs from the mainland, and some prostitutes are said to be paid in bags...
Sports are something people participate in because they enjoy it (at least through the collegiate level, for the most part). Go to a park on a weekend afternoon when the weather is good, and chances are that people will be out there playing some type of sport...