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May 06, 2009
Welcome to Jellyfish du Jour Café offering
a look at the future of seafood cuisine.
While snapper and shellfish are part of New Zealand
culture a report, released today, warns that unless
retailers take responsibility for the seafood they
sell these dishes may disappear. In a worst case
scenario jellyfish may be all that are left.
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March 24, 2009
As the reality of climate change continues to outstrip
research findings, it is becoming clear that reaching
the 'tipping point' is a far more immediate threat than
we imagined and the window of opportunity for
avoiding runaway climate change is rapidly and
inexorably closing.
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March 13, 2009
What does sustainable mean? Which criteria defines if a fishery is sustainable?
In simple terms, a sustainable fishery is one whose practices can be maintained indefinitely without reducing the targeted species’ ability to maintain its population at healthy levels, and without adversely impacting on other species within the ecosystem – including humans – by removing their food source, accidentally killing them, or damaging their physical environment.
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November 27, 2008
NZ – a wolf in sheep’s clothing
A large delegation will represent New Zealand at the UN Climate Talks in Poznan, Poland (December 1-13, 2008). These talks are a crucial next step on the road to Copenhagen (December 2009), where 190 nations will meet to decide on a historic deal to reduce global emissions. What needs to come out of Poznan, and what is New Zealand's role in it all?
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November 01, 2008
Agro-chemical companies like Monsanto systematically conceal the truth about how much is understood about the risks and benefits of genetic engineering to farmers and consumers. In this briefing we deconstruct Monsanto’s ‘pledge’ to the world (copied from its website), and expose the reality.
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October 22, 2008
Half of New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions come from agriculture. Yet there are ways to bring these emissions down without hurting farmers’ bottom lines.
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September 07, 2008
"There are two things people like to have. Some call them luxuries, but really, they're just what we've come to expect. One is time and one is choice. The challenge with climate change is that we have increasingly less of both. The science is clear, by 2015 we need to have stabilised the world's carbon emissions. By 2050 we should be operating a zero carbon economy. Can we do it?"
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August 27, 2008
It is a matter of serious concern that the oceans are being systematically degraded and are in decline. The most immediate and significant threat to the oceans is overfishing and destructive fishing practices like bottom trawling. But, global warming is also having a huge impact on the health of the oceans. We have a tendency to think of climate change in terms of its impacts on land, but it also has multiple negative effects on the oceans, affecting their ability to maintain their food webs and natural ecological functions. Can the oceans survive the onslaught of global warming?
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August 18, 2008
Oceans cover three quarters of our planet; they drive
our weather systems, are a ready made food source
for billions on land and at sea and give sanctuary to a
staggering 80 per cent of life on Earth. Lying beneath
the waves are the highest of the world’s mountains
(taller than any conquered by Sir Ed!) and the tallest
waterfall. From great creatures such as the majestic
blue whale, to the largest living thing on Earth – the
Great Barrier Reef – to billions of tiny bacteria, our
oceans are teeming with life.
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