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Canada, Nunavut and Greenland Sign Polar Bear Pact

polarbearcubsENS - October 30, 2009 - A polar bear conservation and management agreement between Greenland, Canada and Nunavut was signed today at Kangerlussuaq, Greenland. The pact caps months of work by all three parties to protect bears in hunting areas shared by the Canadian territory of Nunavut and Greenland, including Baffin Bay and Kane Basin.

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What are coral reef services worth? $130,000 to $1.2 million per hectare, per year: experts

coral reefEurekAlert - Oct 15, 2009 - Experts concluding the global DIVERSITAS biodiversity conference today in Cape Town described preliminary research revealing jaw-dropping dollar values of the “ecosystem services” of biomes like forests and coral reefs – including food, pollution treatment and climate regulation.

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Freezer plan' bid to save coral

coral reefBBC - October 25, 2009 - The prospects of saving the world's coral reefs now appear so bleak that plans are being made to freeze samples to preserve them for the future.

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Trade curbs sought for sharks, corals, bluefin tuna

coralreefReuters, October 15, 2009 - Tuna popular in sushi, colourful corals used in jewellery and sharks whose fins make soup have been proposed for international trade restrictions overseen by the United Nations, a spokesman for the treaty said on Thursday.

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For necitesbanner2arly 20 years, the staff of The Humane Society of Canada have actively participated in the administration and enforcement of CITES, an United Nations treaty to which 175 nations, including Canada (which was a founding member) are signatories. CITES stands for the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species and is the most important wildlife treaty in the world.

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Alaska Sea Otters Gain 5,855 Square Miles of Habitat Protection

sea otterEnvironmental News Network, Oct 8, 2009 - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Wednesday designated 5,855 square miles of nearshore waters along the Aleutian Islands, Bering Sea, and Alaska Peninsula as critical habitat for threatened sea otters in southwest Alaska.

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Read more: Alaska Sea Otters Gain 5,855 Square Miles of Habitat Protection

  1. World will miss 2010 target on biodiversity, experts warn Tuesday
  2. Icelandic Whaling Condemned by 26 Countries
  3. The World's Troubled Oceans: Unsustainable Fisheries
  4. Feeding Birds Benefits Everyone Says The Humane Society of Canada
  5. Conference on the International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES)
  6. Annual Meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC)

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