Oceans emptying out as 85% of fish species suffer severe decline
By Gaia Vince / BBC News Global fish stocks are exploited or depleted to such an extent that without urgent measures we may be the last generation to catch food from the oceans. It has been some time...
View ArticleChina allows landowners to sell 15% of giant panda habitat to corporations
By Mongabay China’s decision to open up collective forest for sale by individuals to outside interests will put 345,700 hectares or 15 percent of the giant panda’s remaining habitat at risk, warns a...
View ArticleStudy finds 19% of reptile species in danger of extinction
By John Vidal / The Guardian Nearly one in five of the world’s estimated 10,000 species of lizards, snakes, turtles, crocodiles and other reptiles are threatened with extinction, according to a study...
View ArticleIvory cartels have killed 62% of all forest elephants in Africa in 10 years
By Mongabay More than 60 percent of Africa’s forest elephants have been killed in the past decade due to the ivory trade, reports a new study published in the online journal PLOS ONE. The study warns...
View ArticleClimate change expected to devastate common plants and animals
By University of East Anglia More than half of common plants and one third of the animals could see a dramatic decline this century due to climate change – according to research from the University of...
View ArticleSoco oil corporation planning to devastate Congo gorilla reserve
By John Vidal / The Guardian The Virunga national park, home to rare mountain gorillas but targeted for oil exploration by a British company, could earn strife-torn DR Congo $400m (£263m) a year from...
View ArticleJonah Mix: Why I Fight — A Personal Essay
By Jonah Mix / Deep Green Resistance Salish Sea Their blind gaze, the diminutive gold disc without expression and nonetheless terribly shining, went through me like a message: “Save us, save us.” I...
View ArticleIvory traders have killed 65% of world’s forest elephants in 12 years
By Jeremy Hance / Mongabay Forest elephants have suffered unprecedented butchery for their ivory tusks over the past decade, according to new numbers released by conservationists today in London....
View ArticleIndustrial civilization forcing 41% of amphibians, 26% of mammals to extinction
By Robin McKie / The Observer A stark depiction of the threat hanging over the world’s mammals, reptiles, amphibians and other life forms has been published by the prestigious scientific journal,...
View ArticleThe ‘Nation’s Biggest Mall’ Slated to Kill One of the Largest Prairie Dog...
By Deanna Meyer / Deep Green Resistance Colorado Recently I heard the news that our county was getting one of the nation’s biggest malls. The news simultaneously sunk my heart and angered me. Why the...
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