Humanitarian – Worth Knowing
- • Christmas Reindeer Mystery as World’s Largest Herd Plummets: The world’s largest reindeer herd has plummeted in size, with local indigenous people blaming the spread of massive industrial projects in the area. The George River herd, which once numbered 8-900,000 animals, stands today at just 74,000 – a drop of up to 92%...
- • Nation’s Mayors Asked to Stop Spread of Feral Cats: American Bird Conservancy (ABC), the nation’s leading bird conservation organization, has called on the mayors of U.S. cities to stop the epidemic spread of feral cats that threaten national bird populations as well as scores of other wildlife...
- • Oil giant ConocoPhillips ‘pulls out’ of controversial Amazon project: US oil giant ConocoPhillips has reportedly announced it is pulling out of the controversial oil block 39 in the northern Peruvian Amazon. The decision comes after global outrage over the risk oil companies pose to the lives of two uncontacted tribes living in the area...
- • Japanese Minister Thanks U.S. Service Members: Japanese Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa today boarded the USS Ronald Reagan to thank U.S. service members for their help since a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and the tsunami it caused struck Japan on March 11. The...
- • An Endangered Species Success Story: Highlighting a 25-year conservation effort involving a number of federal agencies, the Department of the Interior’s U.S. Fish and Wildlife today announced the Maguire daisy will be removed from the list of threatened and endangered species under the Endangered Species Act...
- • Military, Afghan Leaders Mark Orphanage Opening: “Safe haven” took on new meaning yesterday as hundreds of Afghans gathered to open an orphanage here in Paktika province’s capital. The U.S. military contributed funding and construction oversight for the orphanage, which includes three classrooms and will house and educate up to 100...
- • The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB): The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) study is a major international initiative to draw attention to the global economic benefits of biodiversity, to highlight the growing costs of biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation, and to draw together expertise from the fields of science, economics and policy to enable practical actions moving forward.
