On Friday, reports were filed that the countrys outgoing Fisheries Minister has issued a whaling quota for 150 fin whales and 100 minke whales a year, to run from 2009 until 2013.2. Iceland has spat in the face of marine conservationists around theworld with their extremist announcement that they wish to slaughter 150endangered fin whales and replica cariter Tank Francaise watches 100 minke whales this year, the SeaShepherd Conservation Societys Paul Watson said in a L.A. Times blog.3. Yesterday, reports came in that the Sea Shepherd Society is within seven miles of three Japanese whaling vessels, raising the chance for an open-sea battle.4. Soon after, the Sea Shepherds boat caught up with the whalers and a battle ensued. The crew claimed the whalers used sound guns to disorient and harm them.5. Today, the AP filed a report that the Sea Shepherd boat hurled rancid butter and paint at the Japanese whaling vessel and that the Japanese vessel fired back with water cannons and possibly metal balls.--Ivan Miller
The controversy over the polar bears inclusion into the endangered species list has been followed by a proposal for a new national park in the Canadian archipelago and western Greenland. The park, still in the discussion phase, would be the first area protected as a response to climate change.It is a region that may end up offering habitat to replica cariter Tank Francaise Chronograph watches roughly two thirds of the world’s polar bears. Of course, protecting land is never as as just ecosystem health. Ice melting in the north will open up vast troves of resources including oil and diamonds. The United States Geologic Survey estimated that 90 billion barrels of oil could be extracted north of the arctic circle. Beyond the huge resource potential, there are other challenges to creating a new park.
Inuit hunters might need to approve a plan that would restrict them from hunting on their traditional lands. Multinational ownership issues would have to be ironed out. Proponents of the park plan to present the concept to government officials from Greenland, Canada and representatives of Inuit communities this year. If the idea replica cariter Tank Style Watches Tank Divan watches does comes to fruition, USGS biologist Steven Amstrup warns that protecting sea ice is only meaningful if “humans get their act together and reduce greenhouse gases so that the ice will come back.” --Kyle Dickman This story was amended from an earlier post courtesy of an email from the World Wildlife Fund. The WWF is not calling for the creation of a new arctic national park at this time. Photo courtesy of the Hunting Society.
