Sharks have been around for over 400 million years, but their numbers have declined over the last 60 years due to overfishing. It’s estimated that 38 million sharks are killed each year by fishermen and sold as ingredients for shark fin soup. That’s more than 100,000 killed daily! At this rate, over 200 species of […]
UNEP: Safeguarding our Future
UNEP Mission Statement: “To provide leadership and encourage partnership in caring for the environment by inspiring, informing and enabling nations and peoples to improve their quality of life without compromising that of future generations.” The many mandates of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) have been ably tended to by a sizable group including several United Nations agencies, 850 individuals and 30 environmental […]