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daily12007-04-09T18:20:24ZStop Exploitative Land Transformations in Mozambique http://mangroveactionproject.org/news/action-alerts/stop-exploitative-land-transformations-in-mozambique No publisherjuliec2012-01-17T19:32:10ZNews ItemAct Now to Protect the Mekong http://mangroveactionproject.org/news/action-alerts/act-now-to-protect-the-mekong No publisherjuliec2011-12-27T22:56:49ZNews ItemShrimp Farming – An Ecological and Social Disaster http://mangroveactionproject.org/news/action-alerts/shrimp-farming-2013-an-ecological-and-social-disaster No publisherjuliec2011-10-10T22:43:40ZNews ItemKenya and the World Stand Against Plans for Second Port http://mangroveactionproject.org/news/action-alerts/kenya-and-the-world-stand-against-plans-for-second-port No publisherjuliec2011-08-18T20:16:19ZNews ItemWashington State Residents - Help Halt Fish Farming in Our Coastal Waters http://mangroveactionproject.org/news/action-alerts/washington-state-residents-help-halt-fish-farming-in-our-coastal-waters No publisherjuliec2011-08-02T17:23:45ZNews ItemUpdated Information - Shrimp Aquaculture Dialogue "Standards" Create Concern - Your Comments Are Needed http://mangroveactionproject.org/news/action-alerts/shrimp-aquaculture-dialogue-standards-create-concern-your-comments-are-needed Faulty standards are being readied to hand over to the newly formed Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) sometime after April. We feel the situation is rather urgent, and urge our members and associates to send their own comments stating your concerns about the shrimp standards setting process and its ill-derived standards to Corey Peet, who is the new executive director of the Shrimp Aquaculture "Dialogue."No publisherjuliec2012-01-10T21:29:48ZNews ItemOldest Rainforest in the World to Become a Palm Oil Plantation http://mangroveactionproject.org/news/action-alerts/oldest-rainforest-in-the-world-to-become-a-palm-oil-plantation No publisherjuliec2011-06-27T18:05:07ZNews ItemDefend Honduran Environmental Efforts http://mangroveactionproject.org/news/action-alerts/defend-honduran-environmental-efforts No publisherjuliec2011-06-20T21:18:29ZNews ItemSave the Sundarbans - Stop The Phulbari Coal Mine http://mangroveactionproject.org/news/action-alerts/save-the-sundarbans-stop-the-phulbari-coal-mine The Phulbari Coal Mine Project would establish one of the world’s largest open pit coal mines in northwest Bangladesh, forcibly displacing as many as 130,000 people, including more than 2,200 indigenous households.No publisherjuliec2012-01-10T21:53:31ZNews ItemProposed Rail-line in the Adjacent Areas of the Sundarbans http://mangroveactionproject.org/news/action-alerts/proposed-rail-line-in-the-adjacent-areas-of-the-sundarbans Recently, from some of the daily newspapers, we have come to know that the Government of Bangladesh is going to set up rail-line from Navaran of Jessore District to Munshiganj of Satkhira District which is very adjacent to the Sundarbans. According to the news, there are deep forests and shrimp farms on the designed rail-line and hundreds of the mangrove trees will be subjected to clear-cut for installation of the infrastructures. The news also said that the wildlife may be hampered due to high decimal sound of the railway and environment and ecology will be threatened for regular operation of the rail coaches.No publisherjuliec2011-02-22T22:07:40ZNews ItemThe UN Has Declared 2011 as the International Year of Forests http://mangroveactionproject.org/news/action-alerts/the-un-has-declared-2011-as-the-international-year-of-forests No publisherjuliec2011-02-24T20:36:53ZNews ItemSave India’s Olive Ridley Sea Turtles from New Port Construction http://mangroveactionproject.org/news/action-alerts/save-india2019s-olive-ridley-sea-turtles-from-new-port-construction The construction of a proposed port along one of India’s critical Olive Ridley nesting beaches jeopardizes the future of this unique sea turtle population. The South Korean steel maker POSCO plans to construct the port at Jatadhar in Orissa that would introduce bright lights, massive vessels, and consistent dredging into sensitive habitat for these threatened sea turtlesNo publisherjuliec2012-01-10T21:34:44ZNews ItemBalikpapan Bay http://mangroveactionproject.org/news/action-alerts/balikpapan-bay Balikpapan Bay in East Kalimantan, Indonesia, sustains a remarkable variety of forest and estuarine ecosystems, including diverse tropical dipterocarp rainforest, mature mangrove forests, shallow bay waters, important sea-grass habitats, and coral reefs. These unique coastal environments have been severely reduced and degraded throughout much of the rest of East Kalimantan. Balikpapan Bay and its adjoining forest ecosystems provide critical habitat for a variety of rare and threatened wildlife species.No publisherjuliec2010-10-13T19:47:50ZNews ItemDon't Let Experimental Genetically Engineered Salmon Reach Your Plate http://mangroveactionproject.org/news/action-alerts/dont-let-experimental-genetically-engineered-salmon-reach-your-plate The FDA is trying to approve GE salmon as a new animal drug, but the truth is U.S. Food agencies don't have a way to fully evaluate the impacts of GE salmon on human health or the environment.No publisherjuliec2010-09-23T21:55:18ZNews ItemThe World Bank is Wrong: Oil palm plantations cannot be 'sustainable' http://mangroveactionproject.org/news/action-alerts/the-world-bank-is-wrong-oil-palm-plantations-cannot-be-sustainable Oil palm monoculture plantations are not and will never be sustainable” say environmentalist organizations such as Biofuelwatch, Rainforest Rescue, Ecologistas en Accion and the World Rainforest Movement, after the review process –more formal than real- of the World Bank investments in oil palm.No publisherjuliec2010-09-23T21:44:53ZNews Item