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Monday, October 22nd, 2018
Baltic Sea Harbour Porpoise image © Ecomare/Salko de Wolf Den Hoorn Texel, Wikipedia By tracking the echolocation clicks of the endangered Baltic Sea harbour porpoise population, scientists have discovered...
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Friday, October 19th, 2018
A European court has ruled that the UK has not been properly protecting its declining population of harbour porpoises. EU law requires the UK to create special sites for the protection...
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Thursday, October 18th, 2018
The designation and management of MPAs is frequently not representative, often marginalising local or indigenous people, details this article from The Conversation. Zones of ocean known as Marine Protected Areas...
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Monday, October 1st, 2018
The seas around Hawaii are set to become one of the world’s largest marine protected areas (MPAs), US president Barack Obama has announced. The Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument will be...
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Wednesday, September 26th, 2018
Environment Secretary Michael Gove has today called for a third of the world’s oceans to be protected by 2030. Globally, less than 10 per cent of the world’s seas are...
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Wednesday, September 19th, 2018
Scotland’s woodlands are treated and sprayed every year with hundreds of kilograms of a toxic pesticide blamed for killing bees and butterflies, The Ferret reveals. Their investigation has uncovered widespread...
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Thursday, September 6th, 2018
Ailsa McLellan dons her wellies and waterproofs and heads to the seaweed-covered shoreline near her home in Leckmelm outside Ullapool. Around her, there is nothing for company but the mountainous...
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Thursday, August 30th, 2018
Manuela de los Rios, Snorkelling in Lamlash Bay, Isle of Arran, Scotland © The Sealives Initiative This is the second part of the Sealives Initiative piece on Manuela de los...
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Monday, August 13th, 2018
Meetings in New York and London lay groundwork to protect vast ocean areas beyond national jurisdiction, areas known as the 'high seas', reports this article from The Pew Trusts. After...
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Friday, July 27th, 2018
The remaining wilderness areas, mostly in the remote Pacific and at the poles, need urgent protection from fishing and pollution, scientists say. Just 13% of the world’s oceans remain untouched...
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