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Our Ocean, a statewide coalition of Oregon conservationists, scientists, ocean users, local and business leaders, applauded Governor John Kitzhaber for signing landmark conservation legislation that designates three marine reserves and protected areas off Cape Falcon, Cascade Head, and Cape Perpetua, creating Oregon’s first system of marine reserves. Combined with new sites that were implemented in… [Continue Reading]

Yasuni National Park in Ecuadorian Amazonia is one of the most biodiverse places on earth, more plant species in its million hectares of swamps, jungle and marshes that the whole of North America combined.  The Pygmy Marmoset — the world’s smallest monkey — sloths and giant otters are among the threatened species in the park.… [Continue Reading]

In 2004,, under the auspices of University College, London, Open Street Map (OSM) was lauched with the lofty ambition of creating a world map that anyone could use and to which anyone could contribute. A network  of volunteers and enthusiasts works on the map to ensure that it remains dynamic and up to date.  Growth… [Continue Reading]

Recent efforts to resolve an impasse at the International Whaling Commission (IWC) have come up very short.  The proposed compromise released recently by the IWC fails to respect both the 1994 declaration of the Southern Whale Sanctuary as well as their 28-year old moratorium on commercial whaling. The Southern Ocean, the environmentally sensitive waters around Antarctica,… [Continue Reading]

The European Commission failed to reach an unqualified decision on the proposal to prohibit international trade of Atlantic bluefin tuna at the upcoming meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). Monaco proposed a CITES Appendix I listing for the Atlantic bluefin tuna because the species is in dire straits.  This is… [Continue Reading]