Captive Marine Mammals: IFCNR Says NO!
Posted 2/27/10
David Wills speaks out on the moral imperative of ending marine mammal captivity. [more...]

Sustainability: Conclusion or Prelude? Building the Future
Posted 5/2/07
The final installment in IFCRN's four-part series on Sustainability. [more...]

Sustainability Part 3: Of Africa and Island Nations
Posted 4/13/07
The third in IFCNR's series on Sustainabaility. [more...]

Sustainability Part 2: What is it?
Posted 4/10/07
The second in the series on IFCNR's views of sustainability [more...]

Sustainability: Who Defines the Terms?
Posted 4/3/07
Sustaniability has finally become a concept more and more commonplace among global traders. In this series IFCNR looks at the pros, the cons, the pitfalls. [more...]

Careless Science Costs Lives
Posted 2/22/05
A must read article by Britain's Lord Dick Taverne. [more...]

HUNTERS SHOOT SELVES IN THE FOOT (YET AGAIN)
Posted 8/26/04
A guest editorial on why public bickering among hunters provides anti-hunting organizations aide and comfort. [more...]

The Food Industry's Challenge: Brand Loyalty or Credibility
Posted 5/13/04
Factors that affect agriculture have a direct bearing on the existence or destruction of wild habitat. [more...]

PEW PCB Study Reveals NGO Strategies for 2004 & Beyond
Posted 1/28/04
PEW Charitable Trusts is the new 800-pound gorilla in the NGO neighborhood. The New Year introduction of the PEW-paid PCB study in farmed salmon is a preview of the intensity of NGO campaigns to be expected from this point on. [more...]

PROTECTED AREAS COVER 11.5 PERCENT OF EARTH’S LAND
Posted 9/11/03
The UN Report on the Earth's protected areas is quite impressive. The desire to add marine areas in equal proportion to terrestrial reserves has many implications. Not all are positive. [more...]

IFCNR to Attend 19th Meeting of CITES' Animals Committee
Posted 7/4/03
Why IFCNR's presence at CITES is important. [more...]

IFCNR's Opinion: A Plea For Help for Deer & Elk
Posted 6/25/03
In our opinion, the community of cash flush animal and environmental NGOs should step up to the bar and tithe themselves to enable researchers to solve the Chronic Wasting Disease afflicting deer and elk. [more...]

Tomorrow Pork! The Day After...Everything Else.
Posted 6/13/03
News analysis! From hunting to riding horses, fishing and gamebird breeding, activities involving humans and wildlife will meet their fate if the NGO strategy aimed at humbling "Big Pork" succeeds. [more...]

JUDGE RULES FEDERAL SALMON PLAN IS TOO VAGUE
Posted 5/8/03
The federal court ruling on the Snake and Columbia Rivers salmon recovery plan bodes ill for ethical environmental action. [more...]

SEA TURTLE FOR EASTER DINNER POSES QUESTIONS FOR U.S. POLICY
Posted 4/17/03
Wildcoast, an NGO in Baja California, says 35,000 sea turtles are eaten by Mexico and U.S. residents annually. Doesn't that suggest U.S. policies on sea turtles are failing? [more...]

GUESS WHO’S TRAPPING ANIMALS IN WASHINGTON STATE!
Posted 4/4/03
Trapping's utility to society is little understood by the public at large. In Washington State, it's loss is bringing the truth about trapping home. [more...]

JAPAN'S POINT IS WELL TAKEN: WHALES ARE PART OF THE OCEANS TOO!
Posted 3/26/03
Decades of Japanese research into cetaceans were ridiculed until eco-system management came into vogue. Now marine biologists worldwide are taking another look at the Japanese data. [more...]

EPA’s Methymercury Report: Lawyers, Liability & Politics
Posted 2/27/03
Methyl mercury exists throughout the environment. The on-going controversy about its consumption and human health problems will not be resolved until facts replace fantasy. [more...]

Proposition 65 Action Against Grocers: a Case of NGO Ingenuity
Posted 1/24/03
NGOs already brought Proposition 65 legal action against the ammunition industry. Guaranteed they will think of another way to use it against hunters. [more...]

Maryland Black Bear Hunt Recommendation Raises Key Issues
Posted 1/3/03
How does an Eastern state manage a growing black bear population? Maryland's situation raises important points for consideration. [more...]

CITES Set to Target Major Commercial Industries
Posted 12/2/02
CITES intends to exercise regulatory might over major commercial resource based industries. [more...]

Timber Views:
Posted 11/25/02
Issues dealing with forestry and timber. [more...]

Reports from CITES - CoP12 Conclusion
Posted 11/19/02
Commercial sustainable use interests left CITES CoP12 as the clear losers. [more...]

Reports from CITES - No. 8
Posted 11/15/02
Key items are under final debate at CoP12's Plenary. Today is the final day. [more...]

Reports from CITES - No. 7
Posted 11/14/02
Votes cast at the Plenary sessions, today and tomorrow, decide whether Committee decisions stand or fall. [more...]

Reports from CITES - No. 6
Posted 11/13/02
Three African nations got the Okay while two did not in their bid to open sales in government stores of ivory. [more...]

Reports from CITES - No. 5
Posted 11/12/02
The final week of CoP12 brings key issues to the fore. [more...]

Reports from CITES - No. 4
Posted 11/11/02
CITES' Secretariat is trying to bring the convention around to a viable proponent for sustainable use. Delegations from the U.S., the EU and elsewhere appear to be trying to thwart that goal. [more...]

Reports from CITES - No. 3
Posted 11/8/02
The first skirmish over marine animals was defeated in Committee. Factions are waiting for the Plenary to cause sparks to fly. [more...]

Reports from CITES - No. 2
Posted 11/7/02
Elephants, ivory, sea turtles and the definition of sustainable use were topics of discussion during days 3&4 at CITES CoP12. [more...]

Reports from CITES - No. 1
Posted 11/5/02
Summaries of the actions and decisions that take place at the 12th Conference of the Parties to CITES in Santiago, Chile 3-15 November. [more...]

NEW SCIENTIST Calls for Global Cooperation, Not Name-calling
Posted 10/7/02
The world's environmental and social problems will only be solved through cooperation, so says NEW SCIENTIST magazine. [more...]

Real Winners & Potential Losers at the World Summit
Posted 9/5/02
IFCNR's look at the importance of the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, South Africa. [more...]

Playing Fast and Loose with Ethics While Forests Burn
Posted 8/7/02
What happened to sustainable forest management? [more...]

Does Proposed Listing on ESA Put Sturgeon on Path To Extinction?
Posted 8/2/02
The U.S. wants to list beluga caviar on its Endangered Species Act. Is this wisdom or folly? [more...]

Thoughts on the Lacey Act, Snakehead Fish & Upland Game
Posted 7/24/02
With media attention focused on the Lacey Act and the snakehead fish, could upland game be next? [more...]

Prelude to CITES & RIO+10 Brings Talk of a "6th Extinction"
Posted 7/23/02
Human activities affect every aspect of the Earth. To determine if they are postive or negative influences, use and "non-use" human behavior alike must be examined dispassionately. [more...]

The Good News: Alien Species Spawn Fear-filled U.S. Headlines
Posted 7/14/02
The good news is that North American journalists are taking a hard look at the potential effects of invasive alien species thanks to the Chinese northern snakefish. [more...]

Elephants, Fish & Turtle Shells Promise a Lively CITES
Posted 7/9/02
At the core of the most controversial issues facing delegates at the 12th Conference of the Parties to CITES is the UNEP goal of conserving resources and reducing poverty. [more...]

National Wasting Disease Plan Sent to Congress
Posted 7/3/02
A joint panel from the Departments of Interior and Agriculture hope the national plan they devised will control the outbreak of chronic wasting disease in western and mid-western states. [more...]

Feds Blame NGOs, NGOs Blame Everything Else for Wildfires
Posted 6/27/02
Lawsuits by environmental groups contributed to the devastation of the wildfires spreading throughout the Western U.S. according to Agriculture Secretary Veneman. [more...]

Potomac River Dumping Infuriates Western Lawmakers
Posted 6/21/02
Entire communities can be devastated when the federal wildlife and environmental officials set off to preserve clean water and wild animals. In Washington DC, those same officials are doing the polluting. [more...]

Ivory is it Africa's Wasted Resource?
Posted 6/17/02
The upcoming conference of the parties to CITES promises yet another major clash between animal rights groups and African Nations over stockpiled ivory. [more...]

On Saving Whales and Whaling Cultures
Posted 5/20/02
The International Whaling Commission, meeting this week in Japan, has an obligation both to the world's whales and its whaling cultures, an obligation that has gone lacking. [more...]

Meditations on the Ethics of Hunting
Posted 5/3/02
Conservation and protection of wildlife and wild places is a complex task. Part of humankind's acceptance of that mission is the preservation of the "wild" itself. [more...]