Conservation and environmental news & publications: Japan
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Turning a blind eye to bigeye tuna
Bigeye tuna are under threat because authorities are failing to recognize the dire extent of ...
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Russian salmon figures don’t add up
According to a report from WWF and TRAFFIC, East Asian countries are importing more Russian sockeye ...
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Tuna fishing fleets in the Pacific pose danger to wildlife at sea
Thousands of seabirds and significant numbers of sharks and marine turtles are being caught and ...
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UN wildlife convention gives green light to ivory sale
A limited sale of ivory from Botswana, Namibia and South Africa has been approved by the Convention ...
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Get smart: G8 should promote energy efficiency
A new WWF report shows what each of the G8 plus 5 countries can do to save energy and the climate ...
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Organized crime fuels illegal ivory surge in Africa
A new study shows that Asian-run organized crime syndicates based in Africa are being implicated in ...
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Climate Witness: Katsuo Sasaki, Japan
Katsuo Sasaki, a Japanese farmer from the northern part of mainland Honshu, has been growing rice ...
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Governments fail to stop tuna plunder
Government members of the world’s five tuna regional management organizations, meeting this week in ...
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Tuna in Trouble: Major Problems for the World’s Tuna Fisheries
The world’s tuna fisheries face a number of urgent, common problems that threaten their continued ...
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Supermarket giant launches sustainable seafood products in Japan
Supermarket giant AEON is set to become the first major retailer to introduce sustainably sourced ...
