Human beings are an integral part of “the environment” and yet our elected leaders continue to regard Nature as some distant and separate endless cornucopia, existing merely to serve our wants and needs. Ever since we moved from the waters to the land, we have regarded those who remained behind as an unending source of food, with little regard for our own responsibilities for the preservation of Life on this planet.
Near the North and the South Poles, two important conferences on the oceans are now occuring, in Norway and Chile. Both are devoted to fisheries, for although the lands may divide us, the Seas unite us.
Greenpeace and the WWF are caling for our urgent attention to the problems of overfishing, stressing the fact that we must act before it is too late.
Near the North and the South Poles, two important conferences on the oceans are now occuring, in Norway and Chile. Both are devoted to fisheries, for although the lands may divide us, the Seas unite us.
Greenpeace and the WWF are caling for our urgent attention to the problems of overfishing, stressing the fact that we must act before it is too late.
The problems of those engaged in the fishing industry must also be addressed. Although governments tend to vacillate between protection of fish and protection of fishers, the two necessarily go hand in hand, for both are part of the ecological whole.
The European Union has proposals to retrain fishermen but others still lag far behind.
Here follow a notice from Greenpeace and a brief analysis from WWF.
The European Union has proposals to retrain fishermen but others still lag far behind.
Here follow a notice from Greenpeace and a brief analysis from WWF.