THE DAILY TIMES
Common dolphins, once a frequent sight in the Mediterranean, may soon be extinct in Greece’s Ionian Sea due to overfishing, environmentalists have warned. WWF and a dozen other environmental organisations said research showed numbers of dark grey, white bellied dolphins had decreased from 150 to 15 in 10 years in protected areas in [...]
Entries from July 2009
July 21, 2009
Greek dolphins to disappear in absence of urgent steps
July 21, 2009
Buffaloes face extinction in far-west
MY REPUBLICA.COM – NEPAL
DADELDHURA, May 18: Animal scientists have warned that buffaloes will be extinct in the far western hills within five years if the current trend of export of buffaloes to India was not immediately halted.
Animal scientists issued the alarm at a review meeting organized by Regional Animal Services Directorate in Dadeldhura.
Chief of Community [...]
July 21, 2009
3 Pacific Bird Species in Danger of Extinction
SOLOMON TIMES ONLINE
The three bird species are part of the 2009 Red List compiled by the Birdlife International and the International Conservation Union.
The Marquesas Kingfisher, the Nightingale Reed-Warbler of the Marianas and the Crow Honeyeater of New Caledonia all face extinction, according to the list, mostly due to environmental threats like introduced predators and deforestation.
The [...]
July 20, 2009
BRITISH FIRM ACCUSED OF BANKROLLING INDONESIAN RAINFOREST DESTRUCTION
PRESS RELEASE
Tuesday 23rd June 2009
A coalition of environmental groups has accused a British company of funding the imminent destruction of a critical area of Indonesian rainforest. The groups claim that, if allowed to proceed, the process would destroy a fragile tsunami buffer zone (1) as well as accelerate global climate change.
The Scottish firm Jardine Matheson [...]
July 19, 2009
Deforestation pushes Enriquillo’s crocodiles to the brink of extinction
DOMINICAN TODAY
Santo Domingo.- The Environment Ministry (Semarena) aims to study Enriquillo Lake’s crocodiles to determine their current population and the possibilities of surviving the almost total loss of their habitat, which experts blame on the deforestation and encroaching desertification.
Protected Areas vice minister Eleuterio Martinez the lake’s rising waters buried the croc’s reproduction areas along its [...]
July 19, 2009
TIGER BONES FOUND
VIETNAMNET
VietNamNet Bridge – Two men were arrested Thursday for transporting a dead endangered tiger from a central province to Hanoi, according to police in the capital.
Hoang Van Su, 36, and taxi driver Nguyen Trung Phong, 32, were found driving with a 60-kilogram frozen tiger and 11 kilograms of tiger bones in the trunk of Phong’s [...]
July 19, 2009
Brantas River at risk of drying up as deforestation takes its toll
ACHMAD FAISAL – JAKARTA POST
The condition of the Brantas River in East Java is under serious threat of drying up, officials warn, with 54 of its 111 watershed areas damaged or destroyed, mostly due to deforestation.
East Java Governor Soekarwo recently called on all concerned parties, including state-owned water operator Jasa Tirta and state-owned forestry company [...]
