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Cetaceans: Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises - Office of Protected Resources - NOAA Fisheries
Beaked Dolphin White-Sided Dolphins Atlantic White-Sided Dolphin Pacific White-Sided Dolphin Main factors for decline Almost all species of baleen whales were exploited by the commercial whaling industry ... types of fishing gear is a primary threat to several species of cetaceans. For More Information: Kids' Whale Page Fisheries Interactions Program International Whaling Commission Marine Mammal ...
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Pinnipeds: Seals, Sea Lions, and Walruses - Office of Protected Resources - NOAA Fisheries
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has jurisdiction over walruses. Main factors for decline Factors for decline of endangered and threatened pinnipeds include commercial hunting of seals from the 1700s to the early 1900s, coastal development, and competition with humans for prey species. For ...
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Marine Mammals
Its staff identifies research needed to collect appropriate information for management decisions, and manages the marine mammal stranding network. The Region ... for listed species; coordinates and communicates with co-managers and stakeholders on its findings; maintains and makes available records and data on MMPA/ESA status, population health, range, distribution, and factors for decline ...
www.nwr.noaa.gov

Save Our Wild Salmon | Library | Recent Salmon Returns
Recent salmon returns have been a godsend for the struggling northwest economy, providing a much-needed economic influx from increased recreational ... abundance might be only temporary and could mask a failure to address underlying factors for decline." -National Marine Fisheries Service, 2004 Federal Columbia River Power System Biological Opinion, 4-3 ...
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Equity Watch - Global Environmental Government Unit - Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
Sceptics link climate change to these natural factors instead of rising carbon dioxide concentrations from industrial activity. ... sea ice during late summer to early autumn. A slower decline has been observed in case of winter sea ice. ... . Everlasting effects Long-lived GHGs stay in the atmosphere for centuries. For example, several centuries after carbon dioxide emissions occur, ...
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Cooperation : Prospectus Nature and Society : ECNC : The European Centre for Nature Conservation
Protecting nature and biodiversity means dealing with social processes and dynamics: • Sustainable management of biodiversity requires changes in individual and institutional behaviour; • Support for nature conservation varies from group to group and from country to country, and is linked to social, cultural and economic factors; ...
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Friends of the Earth: Briefing: A better quality of investment: Friends of the Earth's Seventh 'Blueprint for a Green Budget'
Tax breaks can help reduce those risks and stimulate ... act on financial criteria to the exclusion of other factors in deciding their investment strategies. If and when environmental threats or poverty relief, for example, are considered, it is usually in the ...
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ASPO International | The Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas
Carlos Morales, the head of exploration and production at Petroleos ... power is thought to be one of the biggest braking factors for economic growth development in Nigeria. "Once the emergency is declared in ... As speculation and price manipulation has been pointed out as major factors behind the steep rise in oil price new harder laws ...
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Headline news | ASPO International | The Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas
Carlos Morales, the head of exploration and production at Petroleos ... power is thought to be one of the biggest braking factors for economic growth development in Nigeria. "Once the emergency is declared in ... As speculation and price manipulation has been pointed out as major factors behind the steep rise in oil price new harder laws ...
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Fixing Failed States: A Framework for Rebuilding a Fractured World - Event hosted by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
Minister of State for International Development, Alexander Douglas. Simon also mentioned that the 2007 Human Security Brief declared that there had been a decline of conflict in Africa due ... the Southern US states since the 1960s civil rights movement. Clare Lockhart noted the critical factors for success that emerged as: • A context-specific design, formed and managed locally ...
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