Browsing BusinessWorld by Subject "threatened species"

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    • African livelihoods at risk as species threatened: IUCN 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (BusinessWorld, September 3, 2010, on page S1/1)
      Millions of Africans may lose a key source of livelihoods as a fifth of freshwater African species are threatened with extinction, the updated Red List of endangered species showed Thursday. Scientists conducting a survey ...

    • IBP, fisherfolk groups ask high court to order gov't to enforce laws protecting West Philippine Sea 

      Villegas, Van Marlo M. (BusinessWorld, April 17, 2019, on page S1/12)
      Members of farmers and fisherfolks groups, together with the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP), have asked the Supreme Court (SC) to direct the government to enforce laws protecting the country’s territories in the ...

    • In the name of conservation: Eavesdropping on fish sex 

      (BusinessWorld, June 16, 2017, on page 6/S3)
      Scientists recently unveiled a unique new method for counting stocks of threatened fish — eavesdropping on their love calls when the fish gather in massive mating throngs. Using underwater microphones and mathematical ...

    • Tuna nets $37,000 in Tokyo auction 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (BusinessWorld, January 6, 2015, on page S1/9)
      A giant bluefin tuna sold for more than $37,000 in the first auction of the year at a Tokyo fish market on Monday, as Japan faces growing pressure to cut back on consumption of the threatened fish. The 180.4 kilogram (380) ...

    • Whales under threat as climate change impacts migration 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (BusinessWorld, December 4, 2015, on page S3/4)
      The sight of thousands of whales surfacing, jumping and playing off the coast of South America as they migrate toward their breeding grounds is one of nature's most majestic displays. But global warming is killing off their ...