“Is it fair for certain species that are not saveable in the long term to get the most money? I would say no.” -Paul Goldstein in a BBC interview Ecological conservation has perhaps always been a losing battle. With the news of actual or impending extinction becoming a part of daily life, many scientists, conservationists, [...]
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Two New Species are Discovered Each Hour as Three Known Species Go Extinct
Two species of rhinoceros have been officially reported extinct in the past two months and another is now listed as “possibly extinct in the wild,” orangutans in Borneo are on the verge of being wiped out, 40% of Madagascar’s reptiles are on the doomsday list, 25% of all mammals are endangered, 5 of 8 species of tuna are threatened, [...]
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The Basel Convention and the Big Business of Hazardous Waste
CARTAGENA- Colombia- “Waste is big business,” spoke Cameroon’s delegate to the tenth meeting of the Basel Convention in Cartagena, Colombia. We were sitting at the breakfast table of a hotel, across from him sat the environmental secretary of Nepal, to his right was the delegate for Cambodia. These men were here with 115 other delegates [...]
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Ecuador Sells No Oil to Preserve Yasuni
Ecuador Sells No Oil for 3.6 Billion Dollars The government of Ecuador has been threatening to damage their Yasuni National Park — which, reputedly, houses the region of highest biodiversity in the entire Western Hemisphere — with oil drilling for many years. Former heads of states, famous biologists, environmentalists, and the usual legion of poster [...]
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