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One Solution to Global Overfishing FoundA study by the Wildlife Conservation Society, ARC Centre for Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, and other groups on more than 40 coral reefs in the Indian and Pacific Oceans indicates that 'co-management' -- a collaborative arrangement between local communities, conservation groups, and governments -- provides a solution to a vexing global problem: overfishing.
"We found clear evidence of people's ability to overcome the 'tragedy of the commons' by making and enforcing their own rules for managing fisheries, This is particularly encouraging because of the perceived failure of many open-access and top-down government-controlled attempts to manage fisheries around the world. More importantly, we have identified the conditions that allow people to make co-management successful, providing vital guidance for conservation groups, donors, and governments as to what arrangements are most likely to work."
- team leader Dr Josh Cinner of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies and James Cook University, Australia |
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Tokyo Embraces Renewable EnergyTokyo, Japan - Renewable energy has a bright future in Japan's largest city. On Monday, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government issued its Renewable Energy Strategy in an attempt to go beyond the level of pilot projects and increase renewable energy use in the city to 20 percent of all energy supplies by the year 2020. |
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Bank of America and its customers support forest conservation programs with pledge of up to $500,000Charlotte, NC - Bank of America will donate $1 per account to The Nature Conservancy's "Save A Tree, Conserve a Forest" program when customers elect to stop receiving paper versions of checking or savings account statements and decide to view them online instead. The total donation will be up to $500,000. |
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The Nature Conservancy Protects More than 300 Acres in North Stonington and PrestonMiddletown, CT - The Conservancy recently purchased 302 acres in North Stonington and Preston. The property, located next to Pachaug State Forest, the state's largest, was owned by the Noyes family for several generations, and family members wanted to see it preserved. |
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Mexican Industry Takes Voluntary Action Against Climate ChangeMexico City - Mexico's environment ministry (SEMARNAT) recognized fifteen major companies today for publicly reporting their greenhouse gas emissions through a voluntary public-private initiative known as the Mexico Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Program. |
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Partners Protect 1,800-acre City ForestDuluth, MN - The largest contiguous tract of ecologically significant City-owned land has been permanently protected, ensuring wildlife habitat and public access, partners in the project announced today. |
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Major Victory for the Arctic RefugeWashington, DC - Thanks to support from World Wildlife Fund activists, the U.S. Senate voted on Dec. 21, 2005, to strip a provision allowing oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from an unrelated bill appropriating funding to the Defense Department. |
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Fossil Find: ‘Godzilla’ Crocodile Had Head Of A Dinosaur, Fins Like A FishBuenos Aires, Argentina - Researchers have discovered evidence of an ancient sea creature that would have made Tyrannosaurus rex, think twice before stepping into the ocean. |
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Three Nations Announce Plan to Protect World’s Largest and Most Endangered Marine TurtlesSoutheast Asia - Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon's Islands announced an agreement on October 26 to jointly develop a plan to protect Western Pacific Leatherback turtles, which migrate thousands of miles to feed in the waters off California. |
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Tenth Planet Has A MoonPasadena, CA - The newly discovered 10th planet, 2003 UB313, is looking more and more like one of the solar system's major players. It has the heft of a real planet (latest estimates put it at about 20 percent larger than Pluto), a catchy code name (Xena, after the TV warrior princess), and a Guinness Book-ish record of its own (at about 97 astronomical units-or 9 billion miles from the sun-it is the solar system's farthest detected object). And, astronomers from the California Institute of Technology and their colleagues have now discovered, it has a moon. |
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The Nature Conservancy Applauds Congressional Support for Oregon’s Bandon Marsh Wildlife RefugePortland, Oregon - The Nature Conservancy today applauded Congressional action to fund the Bandon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge project with $4.2 million from the Safe, Affordable, Flexible and Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users. The House of Representatives and Senate gave final approval to the transportation bill on Friday. |
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History’s greatest comet hunter discovers 1000th cometBologna, Italy - On 5 August 2005, the ESA/NASA SOHO spacecraft achieved an incredible milestone - the discovery of its 1000th comet! |
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Conservancy partners to preserve more than 850 acres in SkylandsChester, NJ - The Nature Conservancy in New Jersey recently partnered with a consortium of nonprofit conservation and local government groups including the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and the New Jersey Conservation Foundation (NJCF) to protect 852-acres known as the Culvermere Property in Frankford and Hampton townships, Sussex County. The Conservancy contributed funds from a grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. The property will be managed by NJDEP as part of the 2,000-acre Bear Swamp Wildlife Management Area. |
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Transportation bill funds go to protect key land in Santa Monica MountainsLos Angeles - The Nature Conservancy today applauded Congressman Henry Waxman's vital role in securing funding for the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (SMMNRA) in the recently approved Safe, Affordable, Flexible and Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users. |
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Method Removes Gas Additive MTBE From Tainted WaterWestville, Indiana - A Purdue University chemist has developed an experimental method that could be used to remove the gasoline additive MTBE from polluted ground water. |
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Two new lemur species discoveredChicago, IL - German and Malagasy primatologists have discovered two new species of lemurs, naming one of them after Steve Goodman, a Field Museum scientist who has devoted nearly two decades to studying the animals of Madagascar. |
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New Study On Link Between Lobbying And Corporate ResponsibilityWashington, DC - WWF and SustainAbility launch a ground breaking report that reveals the strength of links between the corporate responsibility practices and government lobbying and public policy activities of 100 major global corporations. |
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