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Japan, detractors trade barbs on eve of tuna debateDoha (AFP) March 17, 2010 Japan threw down the gauntlet Wednesday ahead of a key debate over bluefin tuna, saying that if the species were truly facing extinction its defenders should seek a halt to all fishing rather than just cross-border commerce. Monaco, meanwhile, also worked the corridors at the 175-nation Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in Doha, seeking votes for its proposed trade ban on bluefin caught in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean. When the issue comes to a vote next w ... read more |
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Paris, France (ESA) Mar 15, 2010Marking another significant step in the GMES initiative, ESA and Thales Alenia Space recently signed a contract worth euros 270 million to build the second Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-3 satellites. Led by the European Commission in partnership with ESA, the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) programme will provide a unique tool to monitor the environment. This initiative wi ... more 
Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Mar 12, 2010Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company has been selected by GeoEye, Inc. to build the company's next-generation, high-resolution Earth imaging satellite system known as GeoEye-2. Financial terms are not being disclosed at this time. Lockheed Martin has begun start-up activities and procurement of long-lead components to support the earliest possible launch date for GeoEye-2. This effort wil ... more  
Taldykorgan, Kazakhstan (AFP) March 12, 2010At least 30 people were killed and thousands evacuated from their homes in southern Kazakhstan Friday when two burst dams unleashed massive flooding, officials said. Flood waters from rivers swollen by unusually heavy winter snowfalls and an early spring spilled over the walls of a dam in the southern Aksuisky district and washed away a second in the nearby Karatalsky district. By Friday ... more |
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Overfishing prompts Brazil sardine curbsRio De Janeiro (UPI) Mar 9, 2009 Overfishing is threatening to decimate Brazil's seafood resource and the latest danger concerns the country's sardine catch, which has led officials to speed up plans for conservation of the species. Sardine is part of the staple diet in Brazil's coastal areas and most of last year's catch of 100,000 tons was unloaded in the states of Rio do Janeiro, Santa Catarina and Sao Paulo, MercoPress reported. However, overfishing blights some 80 percent of marine species in Brazilian waters and ... read more |
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