http://www.mangroveactionproject.org daily 1 2007-04-09T18:20:24Z http://www.mangroveactionproject.org/news/action-alerts/tell-the-un-now-united-nations-must-order-aid-be-allowed-inside-burma Send a message to the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon today urging him to take action to ensure that international aid reaches the people of Burma. (7 May 2008) US Campaign for Burma No publisher elaine 2008-05-08T20:02:18Z News Item http://www.mangroveactionproject.org/news/action-alerts/please-sign-on-to-the-stop-ge-trees-campaign Industry is moving rapidly forward with plans to commercially release GE trees. The Campaign to stop them is building and we are going to the United Nations in May to demand a ban on the release of GE trees into the environment. It is critical that we show widespread support for the campaign to bolster this effort. (21 Apr 2008) Global Justice Ecology Project No publisher elaine 2008-04-26T20:22:59Z News Item http://www.mangroveactionproject.org/news/action-alerts/action-alert-a-letter-of-protest-to-the-fao-concerning-shrimp-farming-in-niger-delta Please write letters of protest to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN expressing your concern about the FAO’s current policies which are actively promoting shrimp aquaculture in the Niger Delta area of Nigeria. (17 Apr 2008) CEHRD No publisher elaine 2008-05-04T15:53:04Z News Item http://www.mangroveactionproject.org/news/action-alerts/help-win-historic-case-to-save-pristine-mangroves-and-coral-reefs-in-the-virgin-islands The Virgin Islands Environmental Council (VIEC) needs your help to win a groundbreaking legal case to save the British Virgin Island's (BVI's) Hans Creek Fisheries Protected Area from certain destruction at the hand of a pending mega resort development. (11 Mar 2008) VIEC No publisher elaine 2008-03-21T00:21:47Z News Item http://www.mangroveactionproject.org/news/action-alerts/bimini-island-under-a-new-and-added-attack Letters Needed To Protest Additional Mangrove Clearing On Bimini Island. (7 Jan 2008) No publisher elaine 2008-01-10T00:53:22Z News Item http://www.mangroveactionproject.org/news/action-alerts/bangladesh-cyclone-sidr-appeal Special request for assistance to help cyclone victims to survive, recover, rebuild, and for rehabilitation of the coastal environment. (8 Dec 2007) CCEC No publisher elaine 2007-12-11T18:12:27Z News Item http://www.mangroveactionproject.org/news/action-alerts/redmanglar-internacional-in-solidarity-with-fishworkers-of-the-gulf-of-fonseca-honduras Take action in support of the struggle in Honduras. (3 Dec 2007) CODDEFFAGOLF No publisher elaine 2007-12-10T23:01:49Z News Item http://www.mangroveactionproject.org/news/action-alerts/emergency-action-stop-gas-flaring-nigeria Since 1979 the government of Nigeria has been setting deadlines for oil companies to stop their wasteful and toxic practice of gas flaring. The current deadline to stop gas flaring is January 1, 2008. (1 Dec 2007) Global Response No publisher elaine 2007-12-13T18:13:54Z News Item http://www.mangroveactionproject.org/news/action-alerts/take-action-tell-the-corps-to-dump-the-yazoo-pumps Some of the richest natural resources in the nation are in the heart of the Mississippi River flyway. The Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) wants to spend $211 million of your tax dollars on a project that could drain and damage more than 200,000 acres of the wetlands in this area. (26 Nov 2007) ED No publisher elaine 2007-11-27T22:00:52Z News Item http://www.mangroveactionproject.org/news/action-alerts/how-to-help-bangladesh-storm-victims Aid agencies are accepting contributions to help those affected by the cyclone in Bangladesh. (19 Nov 2007) AP No publisher elaine 2007-12-11T18:07:14Z News Item http://www.mangroveactionproject.org/news/action-alerts/stop-port-construction-save-ridley-sea-turtles-sept-oct-2007 Environmental organizations and fishing unions in Orissa urge us to help them stop construction of the Dhamra port by sending letters to TATA Steel and Orissa government officials. (4 Nov 2007) Global Response No publisher elaine 2007-11-18T22:10:35Z News Item http://www.mangroveactionproject.org/news/action-alerts/lampung-declaration-against-industrial-shrimp-aquaculture Outcome of meeting in Lampung, Indonesia, to address the continuing expansion and associated impacts of industrial shrimp aquaculture. (6 Sept 2007) WAHLI No publisher elaine 2007-09-30T05:14:00Z News Item http://www.mangroveactionproject.org/news/action-alerts/support-dalits-call-against-aquaculture-india Support the struggle of the Dalit community for immediate closure of illegal shrimp pond. (20 August 2007) PCSF Secretariat No publisher elaine 2007-08-21T19:05:49Z News Item http://www.mangroveactionproject.org/news/action-alerts/sign-on-to-letter-from-brazilian-social-organizations-concerning-aquaculture-certification Sign on to product of one-day workshop to discuss the aquaculture certification process in preparation of the FAO Expert Workshop in Fortaleza, Brazil. (30 July 2007) Instituto Terramar No publisher elaine 2007-08-07T22:42:29Z News Item http://www.mangroveactionproject.org/news/action-alerts/support-brazilians-blamed-for-loss-of-ypioca-cachaca-organic-certification Sign on to letter of support and protest (29 July 2007) MAP No publisher elaine 2007-08-11T16:30:22Z News Item