New figures show that three quarters of the sharks caught by Western Australia's shark baiting were undersize. All the more reason to halt the program, writes Elizabeth Claire Alberts - and to end similar programs elsewhere in Australia
… Australia's shark baiting - cruel, dangerous, … quarters of the sharks caught by Western Australia's shark baiting were undersize. All … - and to end similar programs elsewhere in Australia To say that people are angry about …
Australia recently opened one of its largest marine reserves in the hopes that increased fishing will stimulate the economy. However, human contact with this previously untouched reserve could greatly affect the health of the ecosystem and species in it, argues EMILY FOLK
… Will opening Australia’s marine reserves to fishing wreck … | 6th April 2018 Comment Great Barrier Reef Australia Fishing marine-2102425_1280.jpg Australia recently opened one of its largest …
It’s a critical time for the Tarkine, the last great wilderness in NW Tasmania, and former Senator Bob Brown is still fighting hard to protect it
… Bob Brown: Australia's first leader of the Greens … 19 years as a senator and the leader of the Australian Greens Party, Bob Brown announced … Tasmania. Bob and I met a week after former Australian Environment Minister Mark Butler …
Following the ruling by the International Court of Justice that Japan's whaling in the Antarctic is illegal, Elizabeth Claire Alberts examines the legal, financial and practical challenges of a continued whaling program - with some help from Sea Shepherd's Captain Paul Watson.
… Rothwell, Professor of International Law at Australian National University, says that … the injunction went into effect, Sea Shepherd Australia has taken over the whale defence … the Southern Ocean. Even though Sea Shepherd Australia is now in charge, Japanese lawyers …
Hawaii's salt-water aquarium trade is lucrative - but depends on the constant, scarcely regulated collection of wild fish, writes Elizabeth Claire Alberts. With 98% of fish in the trade taken from the wild, and high mortality rates from the moment of collection, Hawaii's coral reefs are experiencing a daily massacre.
… display aquariums. Western Europe, Japan, and Australia are the other primary importers. … and environmental journalist based in Sydney, Australia. To learn more about her, visit …
Lack of access to clean water has during the coronavirus crisis been highlighted in developed countries like the United States in ways not previously noticed.
… Oppress As a case study, Melbourne, Australia, has accomplished an exemplary feat. …
Aerial surveillance is a proven and effective technique in tackling wildlife crime, writes Elizabeth Claire Alberts - so the arrival on the scene of a new wildlife organization dedicated to providing air reconnaissance services to frontline environmental defenders couldn't come too soon.
… journalist currently based in Sydney, Australia. In April 2015, she's leading a …