May 28th, 2009 Climate change is having an enormous effect on our planet. If no action is taken, coral reefs will disappear from the Coral Triangle by the end of the century. This will greatly influence the region’s ability to feed it’s people and the livelihoods of these people will be either lost or severely damaged.
April 19th, 2009 Major oil and gas companies are currently threatening the dwindling population of gray whales around Sakhalin Island in East Russia. Companies BP, Exxon and Rosneft (another Russian petroleum company) have failed to respond or participate in any way. The panel, convened by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) requested a suspension on oil and gas development after population counts for North Western Pacific (Russian) gray whales were extremely low.