Jon Ungoed-Thomas
News Reporter at The Observer
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2 weeks ago |
observer.co.uk | James Tapper |Jon Ungoed-Thomas
Conservationists call for action after tracking hundreds of vessels they suspect of harmful deep-sea fishing More than 300 trawlers have been tracked fishing in some of the most vulnerable marine areas in European waters, where destructive bottom trawling is banned. The trawlers carried out 3,500 hours of suspected fishing activity in protected waters off the coasts of Ireland, France, Spain and Portugal.
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2 weeks ago |
observer.co.uk | James Tapper |Jon Ungoed-Thomas |Rachel Sylvester
As the BBC’s most recognisable voice, David Attenborough has walked a fine line between informing viewers and advocating for the environment. Yet aged 99, the naturalist has managed the extraordinary campaigning feat of taking an often overlooked environmental issue and, barely a month later, forcing global leaders to act.
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2 weeks ago |
observer.co.uk | Jon Ungoed-Thomas |James Tapper
As David Attenborough warns of the damage being wreaked on the oceans by seabed trawling, the role of an army of mystery boats is in the spotlight The Ghanaian flag that droops from the mast of the Meng Xin 10 is one of the few African things about the fishing boat. The deckhands are Ghanaian, and officially it is owned by a company in Accra.
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1 month ago |
observer.co.uk | Jon Ungoed-Thomas
Civic organisations working in Israel opposing the ground offensive in Gaza and the forcible displacement of Palestinians face what has been described as a “death blow” from a proposed 80% tax on their foreign income. Senior figures in the Jewish community in the UK are concerned the Israeli government is trying to silence civic organisations with the planned tax as it launches an intense new ground offensive in Gaza.
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1 month ago |
observer.co.uk | Jon Ungoed-Thomas
Poultry industry insists that phosphate-rich manure is not to blame, as 3,000 people join one of the biggest environmental legal cases ever seen in the UK Photographs by Francesca JonesIn the summer of 2020, conservation groups noticed that the once crystal-clear waters of the River Wye had turned into a “pea soup”, choking the wildlife and flora.
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More than 3,000 species are caught by bottom trawlers and at least 10% are critically endangered, endangered or vulnerable, including hawksbill turtle and Patagonian seahorse, reveals new research. In today's Observer.
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RT @ObserverUK: Issue #12,183 Deep Trouble Buy your copy of The Observer, available across the country, tomorrow morning. Get the newspap…
RT @ObserverUK: As David Attenborough warns of the damage being wreaked on the oceans by seabed trawling, the role of an army of mystery bo…