Sustainable Wellington Net

Introduction

Kia ora, Hello, and welcome to Sustainable Wellington Net at http://www.sustainable.wellington.net.nz/ — the environmental channel of the Wellington Community Net.

Our mission is to utilise the communication and information sharing potential of the Internet to promote and facilitate sustainable development in Wellington, New Zealand. Our aim is to provide an environment/conservation electronic community network to encourage activism and motivate individuals and communities to work to achieve development that is truly sustainable. Read more

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Somalia - Pirates or Environmental Victims? (New 2009-06-18)

I recently came across an article from Al Jazeera which gives an interesting new insight into the rise in piracy off the coast of Somalia.

A key reason for the fishermen turning to piracy is the destruction of their fishing grounds as a result of over-fishing by fleets from developed countries in Europe and Asia and the dumping of toxic wastes off the coast of Somalia.

List last updated 2009-06-18. New items in the preceding 30 days are (marked) as such. For suggestions or corrections, please contact the web master.

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Sustainability Web Ring

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