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Nature, Wildlife & Flora, Apr 24th, 2010,
A ton of shark fins bound for Japan was seized in Brazil on Tuesday. Uncovered by prosecutors from IBAMA’s Fish and Wildlife Division, the frozen shark fins had an estimated value of $17,000. You can bet that the boats responsible for catching the sharks will receive penalties. The owner of the export company was also fined $29,700 (52,000 reales). IBAMA environmental analyst, Rita Barreto, said “careful monitoring” was necessary to “ensure that commercial fishing is not threatening shark species off the Brazilian coast, some of which are endangered.” As for the cargo, the state body said it will all be…
Tags: Brazil, illegal, japan, seized, shark fins, shipment
Climate Change, Politics, Pollution, Jan 22nd, 2010,
On Wednesday the UK began repatriating nuclear waste by shipping 28 half-ton canisters to Japan. The canisters are the first shipment of a cache of 925 tons of foreign radioactive atomic waste that will be returned to various countries of origin from Sellafield nuclear processing site – formerly known as Windscale – in west Cumbria. Besides Japan – Germany, Italy, Switzerland and the Netherlands will also be receiving shipments of the stuff during the ten-year repatriation process, according to an article in the London Times. A Greenpeace spokesperson pointed out the dilemma of the radioactive waste situation in the UK:…
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