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To Ban or Not to Ban: is That the Question?

11/04/2018

The tiny Mediterranean country of Malta is often on the news for the trials and tribulations involving birds, hunters and conservationists. After a 2015 national referendum on Spring hunting ended with a very (very) narrow victory for the hunting camp, there are now discussions around the possibility of a second referendum on the same issue. … [Read more…]

Posted in: In the popular press Tagged: ban, Bird, Conservation, Hunting, isles of the left, Malta, migratory, NGO

Scientific Evidence Supports a Ban on Microbeads

03/09/2015

Microplastic has been reported in every major open ocean and many freshwater lakes and rivers. Its small size makes it bioavailable to thousands of species across nearly all trophic levels. Because of the difficulty of large-scale cleanup, environmental managers, scientists, and environmentalists have stressed that the best solution to microplastic pollution is source reduction. Recently, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Publications Tagged: ban, bead, Biodiversity, Conservation, David H Smith, Environment, microbead, ocean, plastic, policy, pollution, Publication, sea, Smith Fellows, trash

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