Year 13 - Biodiversity Under Threat

Found by Kayla, good info on the threats with videos.

Under Canadian leadership, the Arctic Council focused on issues of domestic Canadian concern, especially maritime and telecommunications issues. Those issues are important, but the inward focus might have undermined the council's international status. 

Thanks to HS for finding this one!

Who owns the Arctic oil?

Arctic at risk of alien species due to new shipping routes

Good overview of Thermohaline conveyer

The expansion of no-fishing zones across the Great Barrier Reef has allowed fish numbers to rebound in some places to levels not seen since European arrival in Australia, a long-term study of the ecosystem has shown.

You report that the US Department of Interior is likely to give the go-ahead this week for Shell drilling in the Arctic this year (23 March). On the basis of the detailed inquiries that various US regulatory authorities have undertaken on Shell's record in the Arctic, including the Kulluk incident two years ago, I am not going to tell the interior department how to do its job.

Illegal fishing is a global problem. Between €9 - €23 billion is lost every year to illegal fishing and often as a result of international organised crime. Previously, imports of illegal fishing products into the EU were estimated at €1.1 billion.

Millions of years ago, one area of reefs managed to survive a major coral extinction. The Coral Triangle in the Western Pacific is still the most biodiverse region in the world. And that is why leading marine scientists are deploying the latest in 3D mapping technology to uncover the secrets of what allowed the coral in this unique area to survive.