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The French government is being sued for failing to outlaw bottom trawling in Marine Protected Areas.

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The French government has been formally asked by the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) and Defense des Milieux Aquatiques (DMA) to address its noncompliance with EU and French regulations pertaining to bottom trawling, one of the most damaging fishing methods. These regulations are obviously broken by allowing this practice to continue in some of France's most biodiverse and endangered marine areas. The NGOs claim that this situation puts the long-term sustainability of the fisheries in jeopardy in addition to compromising the integrity of these places. Legal action will be taken in a French court if the government fails to appropriately respond to this formal request. The request specifically targets two maritime protected areas, Chausey and Bancs des Flandres, where bottom trawling is causing habitat destruction. A major factor in the decline of marine biodiversity is bottom trawling, which is the practice of dragging weighted nets across the seabed. It unintentionally captu

Searching for evidence of the "extinct" Javan tiger, Indonesia

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 Searching for evidence of the "extinct" Javan tiger, Indonesia DNA testing on a single hair strand taken from a West Javan fence inspired a search for a huge cat.                                                                       Source aljazeera.com 26 March 2024 Indonesia is looking for proof that the supposedly extinct Javan tiger may not be completely extinct. An official from the nation's environment ministry disclosed the search for evidence of the big cat's survival on Tuesday. The search will involve the use of camera traps and comprehensive DNA sweeps. It is thought that the 1980s saw the extinction of the species. The National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) proposed in a research published last week that a solitary tiger hair strand discovered in West Java in 2019 matched the traits of the unique species, prompting the start of the inquiry. According to the study, which was released by Cambridge University Press, a local named Ripi Yanur Fajar cla