SOUTH AFRICA: Rock lobster stock to be rebuilt
By Natalia Real
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Tina Joemat-Pettersson met with representatives of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) in Cape Town this week to talk about rebuilding the west coast rock lobster stock …
FIS – Tuesday, April 16, 2013, 23:30
www.fis.com/fis/worldnews/worl…
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WWF: Illegal Russian Wood Destined for U.S., Europe
A World Wildlife Fund (worldwildlife.org/) report says illegal logging destroying forests of the Russian Far East supplies wood largely to Chinese furniture and flooring manufacturers.
According to WWF-Russia, widespread timber theft is endangering the long-term survival of the endangered Amur tiger, while providing a conduit for illegal timber to find its way into the United States, Europe and Japan …
Home Furnishings Business – April 16, 2013
www.hfbusiness.com/article/ill…
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Environmental group says seismic testing could risk Florida’s economy
Written by
Jim Waymer
FLORIDA TODAY
Oil searching airguns that blast sound pulses 100,000 times more intense than a jet engine every 10 seconds, around the clock, could injure and possibly kill an estimated 138,500 dolphins and whales in the Atlantic Ocean, according to a new report …
Florida Today – Apr. 16, 2013 10:22 AM
www.floridatoday.com/article/2…
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New Zealand to testify in Japan whaling case at ICJ
by Ida Torres
New Zealand‘s Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully confirmed that they are joining the case against Japan’s whaling practices at the International Court of Justice. Australia brought the case to the ICJ in May 2010, but public hearings are about to start this June at The Hague in Netherlands …
The Japan Daily Press – April 16, 2013
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