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  • Oceans' fish could disappear in 40 years: UN

    Ken Cole

    $27 billion in subsidies for $85 billion in catch. The article points out that the worldwide fleet capacity is about 50% to 60% larger than it should be and that there is little to no effort to conduct sustainable fishing. There are few refuges and there is little attempt at recovery of depressed fish populations.…

  • A Monumental Decision George W. Bush becomes the conservation president, at least at sea

    Ralph Maughan

    “The Conservation President?” That’s a joke, but he did do one good last-minute thing- A Monumental Decision. George W. Bush becomes the conservation president, at least at sea. Washington Post editorial. Bush has declared about 333,000 square miles of ocean, including scattered rocks and islets to be national monuments. This is an important innovation, especially…

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‎”At some point we must draw a line across the ground of our home and our being, drive a spear into the land and say to the bulldozers, earthmovers, government and corporations, “thus far and no further.” If we do not, we shall later feel, instead of pride, the regret of Thoreau, that good but overly-bookish man, who wrote, near the end of his life, “If I repent of anything it is likely to be my good behaviour.”

Edward Abbey

“The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans.”

Jim Fowler

“Our forests offer much more than just beautiful landscapes and wildlife. Each one has a different story to tell.”

Raveena Tandon

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