Tag: Biodiversity
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What’s the Cost of Putting Wild-Caught Seafood on the Table? 650,000 Marine Mammals Killed or Injured Annually
In order to put wild-caught seafood on dinner tables, more than 650,000 marine mammals are killed or seriously injured every year in foreign fisheries after being hooked, entangled or trapped in fishing gear, and enforcement of a U.S. law to protect marine mammals could help prevent tens of thousands of these deaths, according to a…
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Documentary Exposes Wildlife Services’ Secret Killings
This month, Predator Defense launches a nationwide film screening tour of their documentary detailing the secretive killings of the Wildlife Services, a department of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), which kills more than one million coyotes, bears, otters, foxes, birds and other animals each year without any requirement to disclose its activities to the public. In…
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New Year’s Resolution: Refuse Disposable Plastics
The Plastic Pollution Coalition launched a campaign this month aimed at reducing single use plastic in 2014. Through Resolve to Refuse, the Plastic Pollution Coalition is urging people to sign a pledge to follow the “Four Rs” of sustainable living—refuse, reduce, reuse and recycle—in the New Year. Disposable plastic items have become so commonplace that they are…
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10 Incredible Plant Facts You Didn’t Know
By Kevin Mathews 1. The earth has more than 80,000 species of edible plants. If you’re ever in the mood to try something new, the good news is that there is certainly food you haven’t tasted yet still growing somewhere in the world. You’ll probably have some trouble finding it, however, because … [caption id="attachment_316756" align="alignnone" width="500"]…
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10 Incredible Plant Facts You Didn’t Know
By Kevin Mathews 1. The earth has more than 80,000 species of edible plants. If you’re ever in the mood to try something new, the good news is that there is certainly food you haven’t tasted yet still growing somewhere in the world. You’ll probably have some trouble finding it, however, because … [caption id="attachment_316756" align="alignnone" width="500"]…