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Air China enacts ban on transportation of shark fins

Jan 10, 2017

Air China became the first airline in China to ban the transportation of shark fin cargo on its flights, announcing the ban on Friday. The move has been celebrated as a victory for shark conservation advocates....

President Obama creates Atlantic Ocean’s first protected marine monument

West Side Story

Sep 22, 2016

Environment, Policy, Science

President Barack Obama has announced the creation the first US marine national monument in the Atlantic Ocean. Called the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, the area includes 12,725 sq...

Report finds wildlife in UK are increasingly pressured towards extinction, by agriculture and climate change

West Side Story

Sep 14, 2016

Environment, Science, World

A recent ‘State of Nature’ report, assembled by a coalition of over 50 environmental organizations, has identified some grim realities when it comes to the status of wildlife in the United Kingdom. The report f...

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