| May 15, 2012 |
Governments Take Weak Stance on the Ocean
Susan Lieberman, director of international policy at the Pew Environment Group, issued the following statement today in response to the lack of necessary action on high seas biodiversity conservation at the United Nations BBNJ (Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction) meeting, which concluded Friday.
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| May 10, 2012 |
Critically Depleted Fish Lose Protection
Holly Binns, a project director for the Pew Environment Group, issued the following statement today in response to the U.S. Commerce Department’s final approval of a plan to reopen fishing for six species in water deeper than 240 feet along the southeast coast, from North Carolina to Florida.
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| May 09, 2012 |
Pew Applauds Action by Honduras and Costa Rica to Protect Hammerhead Sharks
The Pew Environment Group praised the governments of Honduras and Costa Rica today for taking the initiative to propose a CITES Appendix II listing for scalloped hammerhead sharks.
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| May 02, 2012 |
USDA Issues New Colorado Roadless Forest Plan
Jane Danowitz, director of the Pew Environment Group’s U.S. public lands program, issued the following statement regarding an Obama administration plan that would replace the national Roadless Area Conservation Rule in Colorado’s national forests.
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| Apr 22, 2012 |
More than 2,000 Scientists Worldwide Urge Protection of Central Arctic Ocean Fisheries
More than 2,000 scientists from 67 countries urged Arctic leaders, in an open letter released today by the Pew Environment Group, to develop an international fisheries accord that would protect the unregulated waters of the Central Arctic Ocean.
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| Apr 19, 2012 |
Increased Protection for Kimberley Marine Life Welcomed
The world's largest nursery ground for humpback whales and globally significant reefs have been protected for the future, according to the Pew Environment Group. This decision was announced today by the West Australia Government to finalise its plans for a marine park at Camden Sound on the Kimberley coast.
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| Apr 18, 2012 |
Shark-Dive Tourism in Fiji Worth US$42.2 Million a Year
A new analysis by the Australian Institute of Marine Science and the University of Western Australia concluded that in 2010, shark-related diving contributed $42.2 million ($73 million Fijian) to the economy of Fiji. Shark-diving operations generated $4 million that year for Fijian communities through salaries and local levies.
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| Apr 17, 2012 |
Quebec Moves Forward to Protect Boreal Region as Large as France
Mathew Jacobson, manager of the Pew Environment Group’s International Boreal Conservation Campaign in Quebec, issued the following statement today after the Quebec government introduced legislation to protect half of northern Quebec – nearly 600,000 square kilometers, an area about the size of France – from all industrial activity.
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| Apr 11, 2012 |
Pew Report: Global Clean Energy Investment a Record $263 Billion in 2011
Global clean energy finance and investment grew to $263 billion in 2011, a 6.5 percent increase over the previous year, according to new research released by The Pew Charitable Trusts. Among Group of Twenty (G-20) nations, the United States reclaimed the top spot from China, which led the global clean energy race since 2009.
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| Apr 10, 2012 |
Pew Applauds Announcement of Bill to Safeguard Northern New Mexico Wilderness
Jim Mathews, policy manager of Pew’s Campaign for America’s Wilderness, issued the following statement praising Senator Jeff Bingaman’s (D-NM) decision to sponsor a bill to designate as wilderness more than 40,000 acres north of Taos, New Mexico.
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