Positive news from Venezuela
Venezuela Ends Shark Finning, Creates Protected AreaVenezuela set forth a series of measures this week to protect sharks within its waters including the banning of shark fishing in 3,730 square kilometers (1,440 square miles) of the Caribbean Sea.
"Combined with the breeding ground safe haven in Los Roques and Las Aves, this is the latest step in the growing global movement to save these magnificent animals."
- Jill Hepp, manager of global shark conservation at the Pew Environment Group |
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More positive news from Venezuela
Venezuela Ends Shark Finning, Creates Protected AreaVenezuela set forth a series of measures this week to protect sharks within its waters including the banning of shark fishing in 3,730 square kilometers (1,440 square miles) of the Caribbean Sea. |
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Photos: From London to Timbuktu—in a flying carLondon, England, UK - British adventurer and pilot Neil Laughton poses in his Parajet Skycar in London on Tuesday. |
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Cavity-fighting candy helped cut tooth decayChicago, Illinois, USA - Most children are told to stay away from chewy candies to keep their teeth cavity-free, but children in Venezuela who ate a special cavity-fighting candy had 62 percent fewer cavities than those who brushed their teeth regularly, researchers said yesterday. |
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ENVIRONMENT-VENEZUELA: Farewell, Trawl-Fishing
CARACAS, Apr 8 (IPS) - Trawl-fishing is on its way out in Venezuela, amid
demonstrations by artisanal fisherfolk who support the new law as
amended by President Hugo Chávez.
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Huge kite helps container ship across AtlanticBerlin, Germany - Oil at more than $90 a barrel is concentrating minds in the shipping industry. |
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Skies to be swept for alien lifeHat Creek, California - The switch has been thrown on a telescope specifically designed to seek out alien life. |
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Al Gore & IPCC Share Nobel Peace Prize For 2007Oslo, Norway - The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 is to be shared, in two equal parts, between the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change. |
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Both Cuba, Venezuela reap benefits from medical programHavana, Cuba - Roberto Andrade sat in a hospital waiting room beside rows of patients, each with a bandage on one eye, and explained why he considers himself a diplomat of sorts. |
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Piranha Among 13 New Species of Venezuelan FishScientists have found a new type of piranha and a ray among 13 new species of freshwater fish in an area of Venezuela where pollution from gold mines is emerging as a threat, a conservationist said on Thursday. |
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Venezuela’s chocolate revolutionVenezuela - Deep inside Venezuela's tropical forest a quiet revolution is taking place. |
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- Brazil says Amazon deforestation at record low
- new mammal menagerie uncovered in remote Peruvian cloud forest
- Brazil humpback population on the rebound
- Human Rights Court Rules in Favor of Community Over Ecuadorian Government
- Venezuela Ends Shark Finning, Creates Protected Area
- Peru Aims To End Child Labour
- Indigenous group and NGO establish crucial corridor in vanishing Atlantic Forest
- Peru is latest developing nation to adopt climate change initiative
- GM crops banned in Peru
- New rainforest and indigenous reserve established in Peru