The Earth Island Institute was founded in 1982 by environmentalist David Brower.It organizes and encourages activism around environmental issues and provides public education. Funding comes from individual members and supporting organizations.
Through fiscal sponsorship, it provides the administrative and organizational framework for many individual projects that would otherwise be duplicating administrative requirements. Some of the projects have enjoyed significant success: a consumer-led boycott resulted in 100% of American tuna becoming "dolphin safe".
Chinese vessel fined USD 1 million for illegal fishing Ghana
Owners of the Chinese fishing vessel, Lu Rong Yuan Yu 956 will have to pay a USD1 million fine for illegal fishing in Ghana and additional USD 22,700 (GHS 124,000) for having fish onboard.
The Chines...
Reports show EU countries have not enforced fish discard ban European Union
Three major European countries have not enforced the EU ban on fish discards, threatening the sustainability of European fish stocks.
Environmental lawyers from ClientEarth have released three report...
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