GREEN: Connect to conserve
By Aneeta Sundararaj
Saving turtles by recycling unwanted phones? Aneeta Sundararaj finds out more.
Tired of your old phones? Don’t throw them away. Recycle the phones instead. Thirty-two, Tunku Abdul Rahman University College (TAR UC) students recently collaborated with Nokia’s Sustainability Division (SEAP) to run a campaign recycling mobile phones.
This three-day campaign held last month was in support of WWF-Malaysia’s efforts to conserve sea turtles. For each phone recycled, the division will donate US$1 (RM3) to WWF-Malaysia for its conservation work …
New Straits Times – 10 August 2013 | last updated at 08:21 PM
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In science terms, Japan has no need at all to kill whales
by Rowan Hooper
Final arguments from the defence and prosecution were heard in mid-July, and the world court is now considering its judgment. At issue is Japan’s right to conduct its seasonal “scientific” whaling program in Antarctic waters. But the case has involved arguments about how to define science itself …
The Japan Times – 10 August 2013
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Faroe Islanders May Soon Need Licenses to Participate in Traditional Whale Hunts
by Helene Hesselager O’Barry
New hope for pilot whales, or a political move aimed at silencing criticism?
The Minister of Fisheries in the Faroe Islands, Jacob Vestergaard, has proposed a new rule that affects Faroese pilot whale hunters: In order to participate in the island’s traditional whale slaughter – called grindadráp in Faroese – they must first undergo training in proper killing techniques. If Vestergaard’s proposal is accepted, whale hunters will then have to carry a license to participate in the hunts starting May 1, 2015 …
Earth Island Journal – August 9, 2013
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