http://www.earthtimes.org The Earth Times online newspaper, serving the planet with environmental news that matters. Cover ecology, climate change and news affecting the world's environment en-us PHP/4.4.4 http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/276115,lawyers-of-some-iranian-detainees-have-yet-to-see-their-clients.html Tehran - Lawyers representing some of the more prominent people detained after Iran's disputed June 12 presidential election on Saturday said they had not yet been able to meet with their clients. Saleh Nikbakht, who has been appointed to defend News... Nature,Environment Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:35:36 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/276115,lawyers-of-some-iranian-detainees-have-yet-to-see-their-clients.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/276073,bangkok-introduces-back-to-nature-scheme-for-urban-elephants.html Bangkok - In a bid to rid Bangkok of its elephant population, city authorities have offered to buy the wandering pachyderms from their owners and send them back to the jungle, a media report said Saturday. Under the new project, mahouts have been enc... Nature,Environment Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:47:36 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/276073,bangkok-introduces-back-to-nature-scheme-for-urban-elephants.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275971,three-new-dinosaur-species-found-in-australia.html Sydney - The bones of three new species of dinosaur have been found in the Australian Outback, officials said Friday. One, a carnivore nicknamed Banjo, stood 2 metres tall and had three large claws on each hand. The other two were plant-eaters, Clanc... Nature,Environment Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:41:40 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275971,three-new-dinosaur-species-found-in-australia.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275840,namibia-seal-industry-sources-the-cull-will-go-ahead.html Windhoek - Namibia's seal-hunting season opened on Wednesday despite efforts by South African animal rights activists to stop the annual cull of the Cape Fur seals along the south-west African country's coast, industry insiders said Thursday. While t... Nature,Environment Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:18:30 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275840,namibia-seal-industry-sources-the-cull-will-go-ahead.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275748,report-habitat-destruction-endangering-wildlife.html Geneva - Research has found that habitat destruction and to a lesser extent over-hunting are putting life on earth under a serious threat, according to a new report issued Thursday by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. The analysis... Nature,Environment Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:05:38 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275748,report-habitat-destruction-endangering-wildlife.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275604,scientists-use-dna-to-trace-illegal-elephant-poaching.html Scientists are using DNA to trace illegal ivory from slaughtered elephants to its countries of origin in an effort to nab poachers. Researchers are trying to combat the multi-billion dollar criminal enterprise at its source. Nature,Environment Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:25:19 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275604,scientists-use-dna-to-trace-illegal-elephant-poaching.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275453,thai-wildlife-trafficker-gets-two-years-in-the-pen.html Bangkok - One of Thailand's major wildlife traffickers has been sentenced to two years in jail for trying to smuggle 245 Malayan Pangolins and 63 Black Marsh Turtles into Bangkok three years ago, police sources said Tuesday. The Pangolins, an endange... Nature,Environment Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:53:43 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275453,thai-wildlife-trafficker-gets-two-years-in-the-pen.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275388,australias-great-white-whale-returns.html Sydney - Australia's favourite whale has been spotted on its annual journey from the frigid waters of Antarctica to breeding grounds in the tropical warmth of far north Queensland. The progress of a rare white humpback, nicknamed Migaloo, has generat... Nature,Environment Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:23:33 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275388,australias-great-white-whale-returns.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275271,first-baby-ugandan-rhino-in-decades-raises-hopes-for-future.html Kampala - The first baby rhino to be born in Uganda for decades has raised hopes for the future of an animal that was wiped out during the bloody regime of former dictator Idi Amin, officials said Monday. A 10-year-old female Rhino called Nandi - o... Nature,Environment Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:32:37 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275271,first-baby-ugandan-rhino-in-decades-raises-hopes-for-future.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275268,moose-meander-through-downtown-gothenburg.html Stockholm - Early risers in the Swedish west coast city of Gothenburg on Sunday morning were treated to the rare sight of two young moose meandering in parts of the downtown area, the Svenska Dagbladet daily reported Monday. The two animals were seen... Nature,Environment Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:08:41 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275268,moose-meander-through-downtown-gothenburg.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275034,dutch-welcome-unesco-world-heritage-status-for-wadden-sea.html Amsterdam - The Dutch Wadden Sea Society welcomed Friday's decision by UNESCO to put the Wadden Sea on its World Heritage list. The Wadden Sea, Europe's largest intertidal wetland, is situated between the mainland of the Netherlands, Germany and Denm... Nature,Environment Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:05:41 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275034,dutch-welcome-unesco-world-heritage-status-for-wadden-sea.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/274974,whaling-body-ends-meeting-without-decisions--eu-split.html Lisbon/Funchal - The International Whaling Commission (IWC) on Friday ended its 61st annual meeting without concrete results and with deep splits in its midst. Hundreds of delegates from 85 countries attended the five-day meeting on the Portuguese is... Nature,Environment Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:11:40 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/274974,whaling-body-ends-meeting-without-decisions--eu-split.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/274820,scientists-discover-new-tiny-bat-species-in-comoros.html Geneva - Scientists have discovered a small new bat species weighing just 5 grams on the Comoros island archipelago in the Indian Ocean, the Natural History Museum in Geneva said. Manuel Ruedi, from the Geneva museum and one of the lead scientists in... Nature,Environment Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:53:43 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/274820,scientists-discover-new-tiny-bat-species-in-comoros.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/274801,dutch-godwit-bird-flies-from-netherlands-to-senegal-in-one-go.html Amsterdam - Dutch scientists Thursday reported that one of 15 Frisian godwit birds they had fitted with tiny transmitters had flown from the Netherlands to the West African state of Senegal within 72 hours - a distance of more than 4,600 kilometres. ... Nature,Environment Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:23:42 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/274801,dutch-godwit-bird-flies-from-netherlands-to-senegal-in-one-go.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/274796,greece-sets-up-electrified-highway-barriers-to-protect-bears.html Athens - Greece's environment ministry plans to construct barriers and will make use of electrified wire along sections of a highway in the northern part of the country to prevent road deaths among the local brown bear population, reports said Thursd... Nature,Environment Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:59:43 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/274796,greece-sets-up-electrified-highway-barriers-to-protect-bears.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/274791,whaling-body-postpones-controversial-decisions-on-hunting.html Lisbon/Funchal - The International Whaling Commission (IWC) on Thursday decided to postpone controversial decisions at its 61st annual meeting on the Portuguese island of Madeira, environmentalists said. The sources described the decision as a scand... Nature,Environment Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:29:45 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/274791,whaling-body-postpones-controversial-decisions-on-hunting.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/274784,study-fishing-industry-threatening-sharks.html Geneva - Sharks and rays lack adequate protection, particularly on the high seas, and 32 per cent of open ocean species are threatened with extinction, a new study released Thursday has found. The International Union for Conservation of Nature studie... Nature,Environment Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:47:35 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/274784,study-fishing-industry-threatening-sharks.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/274734,stoned-wallabies-get-into-the-circle-game.html Sydney - Australia's great crop-circle mystery has been solved: wallabies dizzy after eating opium poppies are hopping round and round in the poppy fields of Tasmania forming odd formations in the crop. We see crop circles in the poppy industry from... Nature,Environment Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:05:40 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/274734,stoned-wallabies-get-into-the-circle-game.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/274598,flies-prevent-take-off-of-zapateros-plane-in-africa.html Madrid - A Spanish military plane carrying Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero failed to take off twice from the West African country of Togo after flies blocked its speed sensor, press reports said Wednesday. Zapatero was returning home from... Nature,Environment Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:29:38 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/274598,flies-prevent-take-off-of-zapateros-plane-in-africa.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/274503,whaling-congress-may-fudge-key-decisions-environmentalists-fear.html Lisbon/Funchal - Environmentalists Tuesday expressed concern that the International Whaling Commission (IWC) may shun key decisions as its five-day meeting on Madeira went into its second day. The 61st annual IWC meeting brought hundreds of delegates... Nature,Environment Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:05:46 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/274503,whaling-congress-may-fudge-key-decisions-environmentalists-fear.html