Week in Review: Can We Control Climate Change with a 29 Page Document?
1. Can We Control Climate Change with a 29 Page Document? Ok, a whole week has passed since our last update. You may be wondering- what’s the big news from the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties (COP21), aka the Paris Conference on Global Climate Change? Good news, we have your […]
Week in Review: Who May Be Considered Public Shark Enemy #1?
1. Who May Be Considered Public Shark Enemy #1? Last week, Costa Rican President Luis Guillermo Solis was nominated for the Shark Enemy of 2016 by the conservation NGO Sharkproject International. Solis has been a potential candidate since February when the government signed off on the export of two shipments of shark fins […]
Week in Review: World Leaders Gather in Paris For Climate Change Conference and More!
1. World Leaders Gather in Paris For Climate Change Conference On Monday, 150 world leaders will be in Paris for the United Nations climate change summit, also known as COP21. The goal of the summit is to achieve a legally binding agreement to keep global warming at a threshold. China, India, and the United […]
Week in Review: Can a Biotech Bid to Take Shark Off the Menu? and More!
1. Can a Biotech Bid to Take Shark Off the Menu? A start up company in San Francisco has come up with a new way to try to combat the trade of shark fins. The company, named New Wave Food, developed a genetically modified yeast to produce collagen. This collagen can be duplicate […]
Week in Review: World’s Largest Ocean Cleanup Operation One Step Closer to Launch and More!
1. World’s Largest Ocean Cleanup Operation One Step Closer to Launch The Great Pacific garbage patch, floating between eastern Japan and the seas north of Hawaii and west of California, has now been estimated to be around 5.8 square miles. Scientists have spent years researching how to clean up the mass of plastic waste and […]
Week in Review: Costa Rica’s Year Long Commitment to Hammerhead Sharks and More!
1. Costa Rica’s Year Long Commitment to Hammerhead Sharks Last month Luis Guillermo Solis, the president of Costa Rica, states that the government will “not propose or support” protecting shark species with commercial value, including threatened or endangered species. This message preceded the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and […]
Week in Review: Say it Isn’t So, Only 4% of the Ocean is Protected?!
1. Say it Isn’t So, Only 4% of the Ocean is Protected?! This week, an article was published in Oryx reveals that only 4% of the world’s ocean is protected. In 2010, representatives from nearly 200 countries met in Japan and adopted the United Nations’ Aichi Targets to stem the rapid loss of biodiversity. The […]
Week in Review: Is Ocean Protection on the Rise?
1. One Million Square Miles of Ocean Protected in 2015 This week, it was announced that the Pacific island of Palau will become a protected marine reserve. This nation covers 193,000 square miles of marine area and is home to thousands of unique fish and 700 species of coral. The country will protect 80% of […]
Week in Review: Will Costa Rica Set a New International Tone for Shark Protection?, More Than 3 Tons of Shark Fins Seized in Mexico, and More!
1. Will Costa Rica Set a New International Tone for Shark Protection? This article serves as an informative follow up to the shocking news from Costa Rica last week. In 2012, Costa Rica banned shark finning and closed private docks notorious for not abiding by fishing regulations. Recently, Costa Rica proposed the inclusion of two species of hammerhead […]
Week in Review: Costa Rica Says it Will Not Protect Any Shark Species of “Commercial Interest” and More!
1. Costa Rica Says it Will Not Protect Any Shark Species of “Commercial Interest” This week Luis Guillermo Solis, the president of Costa Rica, states that the government will “not propose or support” protecting shark species with commercial value, including threatened or endangered species. This message precedes the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna […]
