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NEWS ARCHIVE: ecology 2008-10-17 - Senegal - ecology Planting Mangroves to Protect Livelihoods in Senegal Mangrove forests, one of the world's richest ecosystems, are declining in the South of Senegal. In a bid to reverse deforestation, the Senegal-based NGO Oceanium has planted six million mangrove t 2008-05-20 - International - ecology Tasmanian tiger gene brought back to life A University of Melbourne team has broken new ground, extracting genes from the extinct tasmanian tiger and bringing them back to life in another living creature. The researchers extracted the gene, k 2008-05-18 - United Nations - ecology UN liability regime on biosafety challenged International rules on biosafety have been threatened by global biotech companies, Friends of the Earth International warned as an international meeting on the topic opened on 12 May. According to the 2008-04-16 - International - ecology Endangered Salmon: Priceless Last week, the federal government announced it had come to terms with four Indian tribes, agreeing to pay some $900 million to spur the recovery of endangered wild salmon runs across the Pacific North 2008-03-21 - United Kingdom - ecology Nanotechnology is the new 'biodiversity threat' Environmental scientists and policy makers have drawn up a list of the 25 new and most pressing issues likely to affect biodiversity in the UK between now and 2050. As well as highlighting areas where 2008-02-27 - International - ecology Seed vault in Arctic is mankind's 'insurance policy' An airtight vault carved into the Arctic permafrost and filled with samples of the world's most important seeds is an insurance policy for mankind, according to the project leader. "We're 2008-02-02 - Indonesia - ecology Palm Oil Giant Wilmar promises to improve practices after complaints Friends of the Earth: 'The ultimate proof will be the practices on the ground' - After a joint complaint by Friends of the Earth and Indonesian Non Governmental Organisations (NGO’s), pa 2007-11-01 - Japan - ecology Who will end Japan's annual massive dolphin slaughter? The annual slaughter of dolphins off the coast of Japan is underway. Between now and mid-December thousands of dolphins and porpoises will be killed. Heroes star Hayden Panettiere tried to put an end 2007-09-09 - Iceland - ecology Iceland Calls Off Whale Hunt Responding more to economic realities than to political pressure, the government of Iceland last week announced that it is calling off its controversial whale hunt due to lack of demand for the produc 2007-09-09 - International - ecology One in four mammals under threat Thousands of species in danger of extinction in the wild may survive only in captivity. The annual 'Red List' of extinct and endangered species to be published on Wednesday by the World Conser
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