Thanh Nien News 23 September, 2013 Authorities in the northern Thanh Hoa Province have fined a military-owned pesticide firm more than VND420 million (US$19,900) for discharging toxic waste into the environment and other violations of environmental laws. Nicotex Thanh Thai Joint Stock Company based in Cam Thuy District was also temporarily closed down. The province People’s Committee, Read More…

National Geographic 18 September, 2013 This month, anglers who flock to Montana in search of their own authentic A River Runs Through It experience are out of luck. On September 4, the Blackfoot River, centerpiece of Norman Maclean's beloved story (and its film adaptation that gave the entire fly-fishing industry a boost in the early 1990s), was closed to fishing by officials from Montana Fish, Read More…

Viet Nam Net 18 September, 2013 Vietnam, known as one of the world’s biodiversity centers with rich and diversified natural ecosystems, has seen the biodiversity degrading rapidly. The economic growth and the rapid population growth have generated the high demand for natural resources and land. As a result, the areas with natural ecosystems have been gradually narrowed. Scientists have Read More…

The Malaysian Insider 09 September, 2013 Affected modern gastronomy aside, the concept of feeding the world has changed drastically. It has grown from a romantic, albeit naive, notion into a mortifying epiphany of sorts. A little like when you realise that the extinction of sharks, thanks to our reckless indifference, has opened the doors to the global domination of the rabidly propagative Read More…

Discovery News 9 September, 2013 INTERPOL, the global police network, has issued an alert seeking information on a rogue fishing vessel believed to have been taking fish illegally for over a decade. According to the alert, the vessel – a 70-meter (230 feet) long trawler known as “Snake” - has operated under 12 different names in the past 10 years, and been registered under the flag of Read More…