The Great Barrier Reef off the Queensland coast of Australia is home to a wealth of marine life. The reef is home to 400 types of coral and 1,500 species of fish.
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Environmentalists File Charges Against National Marine Fisheries Service
Environmentalists file a lawsuit against the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) over their naval training exercises off the West Coast involving sonar that they say harms endangered marine animals in the Pacific Ocean including killer whales.
Raising The Aquaculture Standard In The Propagation Of Tilapia
Environmentalists argue that unregulated tilapia farming is damaging ecosystems in poor countries.
Philippine Reclaimed Area In The 70’s Become A Bird Sanctuary Under Threat
In a twist of fate, Josephine Castro, assistant manager for reclamation of the Philippine Reclamation Authority, pointed out that the lagoons themselves where they became the bird’s sanctuary were on land that was reclaimed from the bay in the 1970s but never developed as originally planned.
Solar Power Projects Threaten To Encroach Imperiled Desert Animals
The Quechan Indian Tribe sued the United States government over its approval of a second Tessera power plant, contending that the 709 megawatt Imperial Valley Solar Project would harm the flat tailed horned lizard, an animal proposed for endangered species protection.
Peru – Haven For Still To Be Discovered Species
Peru is the home to one of the biggest forest lands about 700,000 square kilometers (270,270 square miles). It has been known for its Andes mountain range and the Amazon area that covers 60 percent of the country’s territory.
Garbage Can Be Recycled Back To Agriculture
Environmentalists are unanimous that organic matter should be kept out of landfill, rivers and oceans. Organic wastes should be segregated from other wastes.
Is Genetically Modified Fish Safe For Consumers?
Have you heard a salmon fish that can grow at twice as the normal rate and can grow to market size in half the time as a non modified fish?
Planting Of Forest Trees In Urban Areas, To Mitigate Air Pollution Urged
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Environmentalists say that existing trees in cities cannot ease the air pollution emitted by vehicles, factories and other industrial establishments.
Can We Stop Climate Change?
Environmentalists had always call for a dramatic and drastic measures to mitigate impending scenarios of danger that our planet is currently experiencing due to the effects of global warming.