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Nov 05

Weird and wonderful deep sea creatures are under threat from highly destructive bottom trawling fishing on the high seas. Enlarge image

Dangerous year for deep sea life

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.

Sophie Rogers (far left), 16, will join the Greenpeace Solar Generation delegation at the Kyoto meeting in December. Enlarge image

Help cast a clean energy spell

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.

Dr Benbrook tours Australia warning that GE crops need more chemicals, not less. Enlarge image

Herbicide tolerant GE crops a myth

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.

Greenpeace ship, MV Esperanza, leaves Cape Town, South Africa, for the start of our major global oceans expedition. Enlarge image

Together we are an ocean

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!

Anvil Hill (framed through a viewfinder) deserves protection for its endangered animals and plants. Enlarge image

Koalas in a coalmine

Anvil Hill is beautiful and ecologically important.

With the misleading word "Research" painted large on its hull, this Japanese whaling ship will kill and package whales for market. Enlarge image

Whale hunt begins

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.

Victorian farmer, Geoffrey Carracher, had no government support for testing his crop, which is now contaminated. Enlarge image

Ministers bail out biotech bandits

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.

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