Issues & Trends

	Small fish said vital to seas; lower catches urged OSLO, July 21 (Reuters) - Small fish play a big role in the oceans and catches should be cut sharply to safeguard marine food chains from plankton to blue whales, an international team of experts said on Thursday.
	Melting Arctic ice releasing banned toxins, warn scientists Unknown amount of trapped persistent organic pollutants poses threat to marine life and humans as temperatures rise
	UN official warns climate change could lead to conflicts over resources -- 'There can be little doubt today that climate change has potentially far-reaching implications for global stability and security,' he says Climate change could result in "sudden and abrupt" shocks to countries around the world and have "far-reaching implications for global stability and security," a senior United Nations' official has warned.
	2010 Global Recap: A Year of Continued Growth PARIS -- Renewable energy continued its global surge in 2010, accounting for about half of the 194 gigawatts of new installed capacity, according to the REN21 Renewables 2011 Global Status Report.
	Maria Damanaki unveils EU fishing reforms European fisheries chief hopes phasing out 'discarding' and agreeing plans with member states will preserve Europe's fish stocks The biggest shake-up of European fisheries regulation in four decades was unveiled on Wednesday in Brussels, intended to preserve dwindling fish stocks.
2011-06-30	Scripps Study Finds Plastic in Nine Percent of 'Garbage Patch' Fishes SEAPLEX researchers estimate tens of thousands of tons of debris annually ingested by fish in middle ocean depths of North Pacific Ocean
	Global poverty rate falling, says UN Annual progress report on the millennium development goals shows the world is on track to end extreme poverty, but hunger target is proving more difficult to achieve
	Geo-engineering: green versus greed in the race to cool the planet Critics fear that manipulating weather patterns could have a calamitous effect on poorer countries
	Report: Shipping emissions to rise in Arctic Climate change in the Arctic is not likely to spark an immediate boom in oil and gas exploration, according to a new study published in the journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. But it will increase shipping there, and shipping-related emission of greenhouse gases will intensify in the region.
2011-04-18	40 Mediterranean fish species could vanish A new study suggests that more than 40 fish species in the Mediterranean could vanish in the next few years.