Good news and bad for the wonderful creatures living in our deepest oceans. This week, the United Nations General Assembly met and discussed the destructive fishing practice of bottom trawling, with some positive, but agonisingly slow, results.
The fairytale so far: To avoid climate change, 156 countries ratified the Kyoto Protocol. The two ugly stepsisters, the US and Australia, refused to ratify.
A top agricultural policy adviser to the US government Dr Charles Benbrook reveals there is no foundation to claims that growing herbicide tolerant genetically engineered (GE) plants benefits the environment.
A voyage of one year. Four oceans. One million ocean defenders. That's our response to the growing crisis our oceans face. We are launching our most ambitious ship expedition ever, to respond to the threats and highlight the wonders of our marine world. It will be an amazing journey and we’re taking you with us!
The world's second largest whale will die this year. A Japanese fleet has left for the Southern Ocean, where it will hunt and kill endangered fin whales. The fleet departed from Shimonoseki, Japan, for the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, south west of Western Australia, to kill almost 1000 whales.
Last week's decision by State and Federal Agriculture Ministers to adopt a GE contamination threshold is a major setback for Australia’s GE free status.
