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Inuit to appeal EU seals rulingOttawa (AFP) Oct 29, 2010 Canadian Inuit and sealers will appeal a European court's refusal to suspend a ban on the import of seal products in Europe, they said Friday. The European Parliament endorsed the ban last year after a public outcry over Canada's annual commercial seal hunt, which animal rights activists denounce as cruel. The decision angered Canada and prompted a legal challenge by Inuit groups from Canada and Greenland. On Friday, Canada's national Inuit organization - Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) - an ... read more |
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 Canadian seal hunters lose bid to lift EU import ban A European judge has refused to suspend a ban on the import of seal products in Europe, dealing a blow to Canada's Inuit hunters and fur traders, according to a ruling released on Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Bulgarian parliament allows brown bear hunting Bulgaria's parliament approved changes to the hunting law Thursday to allow the killing of brown bears, although environmentalists had slammed the move as catering to the hunting lobbies. ... more | .. |
  Teen Sailor Meets NASA Team That Helped Saved Her Life It has been almost six months since 16-year-old Abby Sunderland's 40-foot vessel, Wild Eyes, was damaged in a storm, leaving her stranded in the middle of the Indian Ocean. But now, she finally got ... more | .. |
 Introducing The A-Train Mention the "A-Train" and most people probably think of the jazz legend Billy Strayhorn or perhaps New York City subway trains - not climate change. However, it turns out that a convoy of "A-Train" ... more | .. |
 UN starts wheat aid to 500,000 Pakistani farmers The UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation said it had begun large-scale distribution of wheat seed in Pakistan to 500,000 farming families affected by catastrophic floods earlier this year. ... more |
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Vancouver (AFP) Oct 27, 2010Researchers in Canada on Wednesday released the first scientific index designed to measure the impact of fish farming on the environment. Aquaculture has become increasingly controversial because of fears it can harm the environment and use up too many resources. Until now however, there has been no clear way to measure the environmental impact of the practice, said researcher John Volpe ... more  
Rome (AFP) Oct 25, 2010Italy's privacy regulator on Monday announced restrictions on Google's Street View mapping service, echoing privacy concerns aired elsewhere in Europe. Google cars must now "be clearly identifiable by signs and stickers" indicating they will be taking pictures for Street View, the regulator said in a statement. Google must also publish on its website the names of the areas it intends to ... more  
Nagoya, Japan (AFP) Oct 26, 2010Brazil's environment minister warned Tuesday that UN talks on biodiversity hinged on a deal being reached to stop genetic resources and knowledge being plundered in developing countries. Izabella Teixeira said securing a binding pact on ending "biopiracy" was imperative if there was to be a broader treaty at the talks, which are being held in Japan this week, to slow the mass extinction of s ... more |
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Yale Scientist Helps Pinpoint Threats To Life In World's RiversNew Haven, CT (SPX) Oct 26, 2010 The food chain - the number of organisms that feed on each other - in the world's streams and rivers depends more upon the size of the stream and whether the waterways flood or run dry than the amount of available food resources, Yale University and Arizona State University (ASU) researchers report online in the Oct. 14 issue of the journal Science Express. The findings suggest that large predators in river systems will be threatened by increased variability in water flow induced by climate change ... read more |
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