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Archive for January, 2010

Establish a Marine Reserve in the Chagos Islands

The Chagos Islands, located near the centre of the Indian Ocean, are a UK Overseas territory and by far the richest marine ecosystem under British jurisdiction. They are a very special and rare place, a relatively unpolluted and undisturbed part of the world, with reefs and oceans still teeming with life.

Yet marine life almost everywhere – including fish, invertebrates, mammals, seabirds and turtles – is suffering massive losses as a result of over-exploitation, bycatch and pollution. Combine these with the effects of acidification brought about from rising carbon dioxide emissions, and the very survival of many marine species is in doubt.

With your help, we can protect the reef and ocean ecosystem of the Chagos for present and future generations – but we only have until 12 February 2010 to convince the UK government! Please sign our petition urging the British government to declare the world’s largest marine protected area and give protection to one of the best coral reefs left on this planet.

via Establish a Marine Reserve in the Chagos Islands – The Petition Site.

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Save the Rainforests

Jan-10-2010 By derek

The Rainforest Site is dedicated to the preservation of rainforests around the world. Your daily click funds the purchase of rainforest land by The Nature Conservancy, The Rainforest Conservation Fund, World Land Trust-US, and Rainforest2Reef. These organizations work to preserve rainforest land in Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Paraguay and other locations worldwide.

On average, over 35,500 individuals from around the world visit the site each day to click the green “Click Here to Give – it’s FREE” button. To date, more than 150 million visitors have preserved more than 66,400 acres of land.

If you sign up on the remember to click link on left hand side, it will email you with a reminder each day

10 seconds of your time each day with just 1 click will really help

The Rainforest Site provides a feel-good way to help promote awareness and prevent deforestation every day — through easy and quick online activities.

With a simple, daily click of the green “Click Here to Give – it’s FREE” button at The Rainforest Site, visitors help to preserve rainforest land. Visitors pay nothing. Critical habitat is preserved by our charitable partners.

Please remember to click every day to save important ecosystems and give hope to future generations. Every click counts in the battle to save our rainforests.

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Every year, more than 50 million animals are raised and slaughtered on industrial factory farms or trapped in the wild so that their skins can be turned into frivolous fashion items.

Clothing and trim made of real fur can be found on sale in UK High Streets and, with advances in quality of fake fur and the low cost of real animal fur, consumers may be buying real fur without even knowing it. Investigations have revealed that many designers and retailers have sold unlabelled or mislabelled fur-trimmed jackets.

Judy Mallaber MP has introduced an Early Day Motion (EDM 253) calling on the government to introduce a measure to ensure that products made from real animal fur are clearly labelled.

A labelling system would require manufacturers to clearly state if an item contains real fur, and would help shoppers make an informed choice — allowing compassionate consumers to choose not to support a cruel and unnecessary industry.
Please ask your MP to sign the Fur Labelling Early Day Motion today.

The Early Day Motion calls upon the government to immediately introduce this consumer-protection and create a labelling order requiring all real fur on sale to carry a label that clearly states that the item is made using real animal fur, whether or not it has been dyed, and the country of origin of the fur.
Join us: Please ask your MP to support clear fur labelling for UK consumers.

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