The world's fisheries are in crisis. Their catches are declining, and the stocks of key species, such as cod and bluefin tuna, are but a small fraction of their previous abundance, while others have been overfished almost to...
Conservation
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Author:Pauly, D.Summary: - Author:Westoll, AndrewSummary:
A heart-warming story of thirteen rehabilitated chimps and the woman who saved them. In 1997, Gloria Grow started a sanctuary for apes retired from biomedical research on her farm outside Montreal. Here her charges can recover and begin...
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Author:Owens, MarkSummary:The Owenses recount their efforts from the early 1990s to 2005 to conserve wildlife in and around North Luangwa National Park in Zambia by offering villagers alternatives to poaching ivory. They describe befriending an orphan elephant,...
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Author:Montgomery, Sy.Summary:On remote Codfish Island off the southern coast of New Zealand live the last 91 kakapo parrots on earth. Originally this bird numbered in the millions before humans brought predators to the islands. Now on the isolated island refuge, a...
