Archive for November 18th, 2008
Aussie Farmers: Not Beaten by Salt, But Drought and Government Policies
Posted by jennifer, November 18th, 2008 - under News, Opinion.
Tags: Food & Farming, Murray River, Water
Comments: 26
REMEMBER the stories about how the Murray Darling Basin, the food bowl of Australia, was going to be lost to salt? Headline after media headline told of imminent ruin from rising water tables bring salt.
The Riverina, a once rich farming area in south western New South Wales, was considered most affected by this “scourge of [...]
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Chinese Arrested with Ivory
Posted by Charlotte Ramotswe, November 18th, 2008 - under News.
Comments: none
An undercover investigation of the illegal wildlife trade in five African nations led to the seizure of about a ton of ivory along with hippo teeth and cheetah, leopard and python skins. Read more here.
Japanese Whaling Fleet Departs for Antarctica
Posted by Charlotte Ramotswe, November 18th, 2008 - under News.
Tags: Whales
Comments: 9
Greenpeace says it witnessed the main whaling ship the Nisshin Maru depart from a port near Hiroshima in Western Japan thought to be heading for the Southern Ocean. Read more here.

