Contributor ReportsTuna quota disappoints conservationists
Source: United Press International
Recife :: Brazil | updated Mon Nov 16 16:14:04 -0800 2009 | green-news
Conservation groups said lower quotas for Atlantic tuna fishing set in a meeting in Brazil would encourage illegal fishing and diminish long-term gains. The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas in Recife, Brazil, set the quota for the...
Brazilian power cut leaves 60 million in the dark
Source: The Guardian
São Paulo :: Brazil | updated Sun Nov 15 16:11:19 -0800 2009 | green-news
It was a typical Tuesday night in South America's largest nation. In Sao Paulo, maids and security guards made their way home after another day's grind. In Rio, samba musicians began taking to the stage, their faces glazed in sweat...
France, Brazil agree on climate policy
Source: Sify News
São Paulo :: Brazil | updated Sun Nov 15 15:49:22 -0800 2009 | green-news
France and Brazil have agreed on a policy to deal with climate change ahead of a UN summit on the subject in Copenhagen, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said. 'We want the Copenhagen to be a success, we won't accept an...
Brazil Spreads Concrete Through the Rainforest
Source: Scoop
Rio de Janeiro :: Brazil | updated Sun Nov 15 16:01:20 -0800 2009 | green-news
While land development, human settlement, and logging are the main sources of deforestation , the bedrock of this global ecocide is the construction of roads which tear through the rainforest habitat, laying down concrete in every direction with each newly...
National › Atlantic, Mediterranean bluefin tuna catch quota cut by ...
Source: Japan Today
Recife :: Brazil | updated Sun Nov 15 18:56:22 -0800 2009 | green-news
Brazil — An international tuna conservation body decided Sunday to cut the annual catch limit for bluefin tuna by around 40% in 2010 from its 2009 level in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, where most of the...
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Telêmaco Borba :: Brazil | updated Sun Sep 27 08:43:55 -0700 2009 | green-news
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Peruíbe :: Brazil | updated Sun Aug 30 16:24:22 -0700 2009 | green-news
When full grown, the green iguana with black stripes is usually between four and fix feet, including the tail, which makes up about half the body length. Their skin is rough, with pointy scales along its back. Iguanas have long...
Outdoors notebook
Source: Miami Herald
Recife :: Brazil | updated Sat Nov 21 22:25:21 -0800 2009 | green-news
Fisheries has published a new rule that prohibits recreational anglers from selling snapper and grouper caught in federal waters of the South Atlantic, effective Dec...The rule also prohibits charter and headboats from selling snapper and grouper caught by their customers...
Lights out
Source: BBC
São Paulo :: Brazil | updated Fri Nov 20 09:22:01 -0800 2009 | green-news
A dark street in Sao Paulo, where a power cut left millions without electricity Several Latin American countries have recently been hit by major power shortages, raising concerns that the region is facing a serious energy crisis. In some countries,...
Brazil airline company to test sugar-based aviation fuel
Source: Sify News
Campinas :: Brazil | updated Thu Nov 19 00:27:01 -0800 2009 | green-news
Brazil's Azul Airlines will conduct a demo flight by 2012 to test a sugar-based aviation fuel manufactured by a US firm, the company has announced. The flight will mark the culmination of a project to evaluate the technical and sustainability...
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