Environmental News Network

Brazil Amazon Deforestation Jumps, Data Shows
An area of Amazon jungle larger than the U.S. state of New Jersey has been destroyed this year and work on a new highway is mainly to blame, environmental group Friends of the Earth and the government said Wednesday. >> Read the Full Article
Decades of Illegal Logging Blamed for High Death Toll in Philippine Storm
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on Wednesday ordered the military and police to crack down on illegal logging, after flash floods and landslides triggered by rampant deforestation killed nearly 340 people this week. >> Read the Full Article
Environmentalists See Trouble for Air, Wildlife in Bush's Second Term
Environmentalists see some of their worst fears playing out as President Bush moves to cement a second-term agenda that includes getting more timber, oil and gas from public lands and relying on the market rather than regulation to curb pollution. >> Read the Full Article
Future Uncertain for Rare Hawaiian Bird
One of Earth's rarest birds might have gone into extinction following the death of one of the last known po'ouli. >> Read the Full Article
Japanese Aid to Smaller Nations Coincides with Whaling Votes
The only whales seen in Nicaragua are the ones that wash up occasionally on the Pacific beaches. The country has no whaling fleet, no tradition of whaling and certainly no market for whale blubber. >> Read the Full Article
U.S. Virgin Island Fishermen Voice Concerns about Proposed Ban on Fishing of Several Species
Local fishermen met with federal regulators Tuesday night to discuss their concerns about proposed bans on the fishing of several popular species. >> Read the Full Article
Bush Administration Proposes Cuts in Federally Designated Areas to Save Salmon from Extinction
The Bush administration has proposed large cuts in federally designated areas in the Northwest and California meant to aid the recovery of threatened or endangered salmon. Protection would focus instead on rivers where the fish now thrive. >> Read the Full Article
At Least 55 Whales Die in New Zealand Mass Stranding, Officials Say
Rescuers were working feverishly Tuesday to float two whales stranded for two days on a North Island beach, where 55 pilot whales carcasses litter the sand, conservation officials said. >> Read the Full Article
Anglers Want to Remove Black Bass from List of Threats to Japan's Ecosystems
Industry groups and lawmakers have begun lobbying to remove black bass from a list contained in a new law that targets nonindigenous species believed to be damaging the country's native species and ecosystem. >> Read the Full Article
Sperm Whale Found Dead in Contaminated Waters off Puerto Rico
A sperm whale beached itself on a coral reef and died in contaminated waters in Puerto Rico on Sunday, officials said. >> Read the Full Article