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Indigenous leaders want to protect whales by granting them legal personhood
"What we're trying to achieve here is to provide whales with certain rights," Takoko told Morning Edition. "Those rights include the right to freedom of movement, natural behavior, development, cultural expression – which includes language – to a healthy environment, healthy oceans, and indeed the restoration of their populations."
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https://www.npr.org/2024/04/03/1242451885/whale-personhood-climate-change-polynesia-maori-new-zealand
Celebrity elephant seal relocated from Greater Victoria to remote Vancouver Island beach
Emerson the elephant seal was transported from the Gorge Waterway in a van.
It’s the fourth time that the stair-climbing, road-crossing northern elephant seal has been relocated by fisheries officers.
Perhaps he just really likes road trips?
Crabs, kelp and mussels: Argentina’s waters teem with life – could a fish farm ban do the same for Chile?
While the ecosystem is thriving off the coast of Argentina, the proliferation of salmon farms in Chile’s waters is threatening marine life, say critics
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/09/crabs-kelp-and-mussels-argentina-waters-teem-with-life-can-a-fish-farm-ban-do-the-same-for-chile
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A sea turtle looks through a window of a tank at the Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation's Turtle Conservation Centre, where they rescue and rehabilitate them, at the V&A Waterfront, in Cape Town, South Africa. REUTERS/Esa Alexander
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Feeding time
A worker feeds a turtle hatchling at the Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation's Turtle Conservation Centre, where they rescue and rehabilitate turtle hatchlings after hatchlings were stranded during the recent storms and intense winds on South Africa's coastline, at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town, South Africa. REUTERS/Esa Alexander
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👍 HarperCollins made a tiny tweak to its book design—and has saved thousands of trees as a result
In an effort to reduce the carbon footprint of each book, they’re tweaking fonts, layout, and even the ink used. The goal is to pack more into each page, while ensuring that the pages are as readable as ever. And so far, these subtle, imperceptible tweaks have saved 245.6 million pages, equivalent to 5,618 trees.
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https://web.archive.org/web/20240403054930/https://www.fastcompany.com/91071102/harper-collins-made-a-tiny-tweak-to-its-book-design-and-has-saved-thousands-of-trees-as-a-result
HarperCollins made a tiny tweak to its book design—and has saved thousands of trees as a result - Fast Company
The publisher is reducing the number of pages in its books by tweaking their fonts and layout. With the clever use of fonts and layout, Harper Collins' designers have saved millions of pages without the reader even noticingElizabeth Segran (Fast Company)
