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Species survival plans crucial at CITES

Feature story | 4 November, 2002 at 1:00

Theories abound for dinosaurs' dramatic exit from the planet millions of years ago. Now another mass extinction is underway on Earth, but this time the cause is amply clear: humans. It's time to stop trading Earth's biodiversity for profits, and...

Bad cafeteria food takes on new meaning in Japan

Feature story | 2 August, 2002 at 2:00

The results of Japan’s latest whaling “research” expedition go on sale this week. To combat the dwindling appetite for whale meat among Japanese people, the government is cutting prices and giving a few hundred tonnes of whale meat for school...

Marine mammals protest inaction on climate change

Feature story | 31 July, 2002 at 2:00

Marine mammals are fed up with Bush’s inaction on climate change, and his latest announcement that he will not attend the Earth Summit in Johannesburg has prompted protest on both coasts.

Wake-up call for the world - Whales protection goes beyond IWC

Press release | 22 June, 2006 at 2:00

St Kitts arrest and court charges update: The ten activists and crew from the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise arrested yesterday following a peaceful protest held after the International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting in St Kitts were released...

Hostile takeover threatens whaling commission

Press release | 23 June, 2005 at 16:40

Greenpeace today sounded the alarm over the future of the world's whales. Despite the pro-whaling countries failing to win key votes to increase whaling, the Japanese Government has announced it will press ahead and double its hunt in Antarctic...

Berlin Initiative breaks IWC deadlock

Press release | 16 June, 2003 at 2:00

In an inspiring move the 55th meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) in Berlin today passed a resolution that makes conservation central to the work of the IWC and will help protect the World’s whales, dolphins and porpoises.

Greenpeace challenges 'research' whalers to tell the truth.

Press release | 9 June, 2004 at 2:00

The fleet of 'research' whalers expected to depart Japan June 10th is sailing under false pretences Greenpeace said today.Last year the 'research' whalers marketed 3,000 tonnes of whale meat for 52 million dollars.

Greenpeace rounds up 'wall of death' fishing nets in the Mediterranean sea

Press release | 23 June, 2006 at 2:00

Greenpeace activists aboard the Rainbow Warrior early this morning confronted Italian fishing pirates in the Mediterranean sea, some 65 kilometres south of the Italian island of Ponza, confiscating a section of the 8 kilometre long and 12 metre...

Ten football pitches worth of ocean floor devastated every four seconds

Press release | 7 June, 2006 at 2:00

As the kick-off to the football world cup approaches, Greenpeace has revealed the shocking fact that every four seconds, marine life in an area of ocean floor the size of ten football fields is wiped out by high seas bottom trawlers. Tomorrow has...

Marine reserves for the Mediterranean Sea

Publication | 15 June, 2006 at 2:00

This Greenpeace report sets out the argument for the urgent establishment of a network of marine reserves across the Mediterranean Sea to safeguard its productivity, its marine life and its ecosystems for the many millions of people who rely on...

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