Sounds like the Brazilian government is taking a step in the right direction. The Brazilian environment minister has come to an agreement with the grain industry to stop buying soy farmed on deforested land in the Amazon rainforest. The same kind of deal is planned for timber and beef industry.

I really hope this will slow down the deforestation of the Amazon as the deforestation has picked up this year after a few years of declining. In April 434 square miles of trees were cut down in the Amazon rainforest so something need to be done ASAP.
The current food crisis in the world will make it hard to protect the rainforests..

Today Online stock trading is a very popular way of investing money. One way of trading is Contract for Difference (CFD) and a company that offer online brokering of cfds is One Financial. This company, based in London, offer a wide variety of energy commodities that is available on the marked. By using One Financial you get access to all major forex crosses, international indices, ETFs and soft commodities.

To learn more about Contract for Difference you can read a section on their website called cfd for beginners where you can read their FAQ (frequently asked questions) about cfds and other helpful information about this kind of trading. You can also get extensive help from their online support team, including live help via chat, phone or email. Since One Financial have an international profile they are able to provide support in the Arabic language.

One aspect that makes the company One Financial different from other cfd providers is that they offer various types of customer services to their individual clients. The services are tailored to best fit the needs of each client.

This type of trading is considered to have a high degree of risk to it so it is not recommended for everyone. To participate you should have a bit of knowledge about Contract for Difference.

EU seems to have somewhat come to it’s senses and are finally banning fishing of bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Ocean. The EU fishing regulators believe that the stock would collapse if the fishing was to be continued and will stop it June 16th, 2 weeks prior to the official ending. This ban will affect boats from Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal and Spain, but for some reasons boats from Spain can fish for another week.
Last year the EU fishing float caught 25% more tuna than their quota and researches believe that the population of bluefin tuna would go extinct if nothing was done.

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) welcomes the ban, but is concerned that Spain get an extended week of fishing. In the future WWF want more extensive protection like a total ban on fishing in June which is the key spawning month for the bluefin tuna. They are also proposing a drastic reduction on the fishing capacity and a drastic reduction in the quotas or even a total ban for some years so the population is able to recover. The extensive illegal fishing need to be stopped immediately!
Sounds like it is time to cut out tuna, caught in this area, from our diet.

A friend of mine that runs afishblog.com has written several times about the bluefin tuna that is facing extinction. Check out his bluefin tuna section on the blog for more information about the issues. You can also find some amazing pictures of fishing of bluefin tuna at the Norwegian coast. Here is one example:

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According to this article on news.bbc.co.uk a new study where the researchers used notes and archives from fishermen shows us that the population of sharks living in the Mediterranean Sea has declined at a rapid rate. Some shark species has declined by astonishing 99%!
The reason for this is the extensive fishing in this area hitting sharks and rays very hard since they grow slowly and are not fast reproducers.
One species that has been hit very hard is the hammerhead which has dropped by an estimated 99.99% over the last 200 years.

The sharp decline of top predators has given us some unforeseen results like the rise of jellyfish that has been seen in several oceans. It is believed that the lack of tuna and turtles are the reason for this. Who knows what will happen to ecosystems when we remove more species.

Conservationists are hoping to ban the cruel finning to help stop the extinction of the top predators in the ocean. I can’t believe this is still not in place. The politicians need to get off their fat a**es and do something now!

Investing into a franchise business can be very profitable if you find the franchise that suits your needs perfectly. Finding the right franchise can be hard to find on your own as there are a myriad of sources for franchises.

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According to an article from newscientist.com it can take up to 4000 years for rainforests to fully regenerate.
The Federal University of Paraná studied different parts of the Brazilian Atlantic forest. Sadly this rainforest used to cover 1.2 million square kilometers, but only a measly 100,000 square kilometers of forest remain today. Researchers at the university looked at different parts of the rainforests to see how is was able to cope with human activity.
The good news is that certain aspects of this forest could recover in just 65 years, but it will probably take up to 4000 years for it to fully regenerate.
The rainforests need protection now!

Related to this news is this series of images on boston.com of Amazon Indians protesting plans to build a hydroelectric dam that will destroy their living grounds. These images are truly remarkable and we should really support these natives in their fight against the big corporations/government.