News
Earthquake
and Tsunami in Japan
Arctic
Safety at Sea
Ship demolition
Probo Koala
Waste
Animals
Radioactive
Other subjects ...
ICCAT
2011 -- 11th - 19th November,
Istanbul --
International
Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas and its adjacent seas
Space
Waste 
Robin
des Bois published a 62 page report on “Space Waste” including
illustrations and maps (pdf). This report is the first inventory to be
published by an environmental NGO on space waste, the associated risks for
space activities, for Earth and the interplanetary environment.
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Press Release, Plutonium for Martians, November 25th 2011
Earthquake
and Tsunami in Japan
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The waste from the Japanese earthquake and tsunami, Progress
report - September 2011, with map of provisional storages of contaminated
ash and sludge in the prefectures.
- Press
Release n°16, Millions
of Stowaway Passengers Circling Around the Pacific Ocean (Marine
Litter, with map), May
31st 2011
- Press
Release n°15, The
After Shock, April
15th 2011
- Press
Release n°14, A
stream of Information, April 7th 2011, 16.15pm
- Press
Release n°13, France
is to Blame, March 31st 2011, 16.00pm
- Press
Release n°12, The
Disaster Domain Expands. March 30th 2011, 9.00am
- Press
Release n°11, A disaster for dolphins and whales too. 29 March 2011. 12.00pm
- Press
Release n°10, Stress test and crash test. 28 March 2011. 2.45pm
- Press
Release n°9, The radioactive contamination of fish.25 March 2011. 11.30am
- Press
Release n°8, Rich in nukes, poor in radiation detectors. 24 March 2011.
12.30pm
- Press
release n°7, Franco-Japanese nuclear entente, March 22nd 2011
- Press
release n°6, Radioactive cows, March 19 th 2011
- Press
release n°5, Irreparable Cooling Systems, March
18th 2011
- Press
release n°4, The death of the nuclear energy, March 16th 2011
- Press
release n°3, Mox. March 14th 2011
- Press
release n°2, Contamination of sea resources. March 13th 2011
- Press
release n°1, Nuclear
reactors and outside threats. March 12th 2011
There is movement in the Arctic. July 22nd 2011
Oil Spill in the North Sea, August 17th 2011
Robin des Bois and the Arctic at Consoil, Salzburg. September 2010.
A
new contaminated site in Arctic ?, September
2nd, 2010
Cleaning
up the Arctic all together, March
26th 2010
Polar
Star n#2. Information bulletin on the Arctic.
Special issue: 2750 contaminated sites in Arctic
Polar Star n#1. Information bulletin on the Arctic.
Treaty for the Arctic Ocean. The Arctic needs a treaty and a precautionary international approach. Robin des Bois presented at Grenelle de l’environment an environmental round table a proposition concerning the Arctic.
New
Zealand : Forewarning of the Big One, October
13 th 2011
Oil
spill in the North Sea, August 17th 2011, Information
Bulletin August 17th 2011
Note of information : substandard ship Ocean Pearl, August 12 th 2010
Hunting
down the Onyx (6) - END, May
19 th 2010
Hunting down the Onyx (4), March,
12 th 2010
Hunting down the Onyx (1, 2, 3) & the Margaret Hill, February 2010
No to traffic from North to South of rotting car ferries, January 13th 2010
=> Below are Robin des Bois' press releases and all Ship-breaking.com information and analysis bulletins on end-of-life ships are available HERE.
SNCF
exporting waste to India,
November 10th, 2011
A
nuclear waste to be broken up in Belgium,
June 7th 2011
An ex nuclear cargo carrier to be demolished in Alang, January 29th 2010
The
End of the last French three-masted ship,
January
27th 2010.
Global
statement 2009 of vessels sent to demolition : The threshold of 1,000
vessels is reached
Global Statement 2008 of Shipping Vessels Sent to Demolition, February 3rd , 2009
Around the Ship dismantling world in 18 pages, September 29th 2008.
An Alang scheme, September 10th 2008.
Round Robin # 1. A typical French scandal: breaking up in Bangladesh.July 22 nd, 2008
Press release- Asbestos aboard. June 19 th, 2008
Press release - Europe is exporting wastes to Bangladesh, May 9th, 2008
Press release - Oil slick Queen demolished in Bangladesh ?, April 21st, 2008
Press release -Global Statement 2007 of Shipping Vessels Sent to Demolition, January 24th, 2008
Paranoia and Ghost Fleet , October 25 th, 2007
Avoid at all costs the scuttling of the MSC Napoli, July 11th 2007 and the right to reply, July 13th 2007
To-be scrapped vessel stolen in Liberia, May 21st 2007
Shipwreck of an aircraft carrier in the United States, May 3rd 2006
The Love Boat, 13th of January 2006 (Subject: Norway / Clémenceau)
Another way of looking at the Clemenceau, 30th of December 2005
In the port of Amsterdam, 12th April 2005
Latest
news : ex-Probo Koala. Press Release 3rd,
June2011
Probo
Koala To Bangladesh: Refused. Press release 28th May 2011-
11:40 pm
Probo
Koala : The Death Boat heading to the Cemetery. May
17th 2011 -13:45 pm.
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Non exhaustive list of hazardous substances onboard or likely to be onboard.
18 May 2011. (pdf)
Trafigura captured by Mercaptan and Hydrogen Sulphide. July
23, 2010.
Trafigura
lies - Probo Koala and Trafigura's trial in Amsterdam.
June 28, 2010
Probo Koala, the book. May 2010
Wastes returning to Europe, Nov 7, 2006
Ivory Coast Waste: Return to Sender, September 29, 2006.
Notice #4: Toxic wastes in the Ivory Coast and fires of repetition in France, September 19, 2006
Notice #3: French businessmen stuck in Abidjan’s toxic mixture, September 14, 2006.
Call
for a waste charter, September 12, 2006.
Notice
#2: Ivory Coast Pollution, September 12, 2006
Notice
#1: Pollution in the Ivory Coast,
September 10, 2006
For the whole story
(only available in French):
http://www.robindesbois.org/dossiers/probo_koala/page_probo_koala.html
Red
Mud in Hungary: A Predictable, International and Major Disaster,
October 6th 2010.
Red
Mud. Press
release n°2. October 20th 2010.
Round Robin # 4. Petrol traps on the Isle of Er. October 3rd 2008
Round Robin # 2. After the "old ploughs" from Carhaix, don’t miss the old railway line sleepers from Carnac. July 23rd 2008
Carbon dioxide (CO2): Open letter to Mel Gibson, September 2007.
IWC
2011
- International
Whaling Commission. 11th -14th July, Channel Island Jersey.
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July 8th 2011, Impacts on whales from radioactive inputs and debris following
the tsunami
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July 13th 2011,
Fish Eat Whales
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July 14th 2011 - 8:45 p.m.,
Japan Harpoons the International Whaling Commission
Libya still Manages their Embassy in Sète, April 12th 2011
Massive falls of the Robin in the North Sea, March 8th 2011
ICCAT
International
Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas and its adjacent seas
-- 17th
- 27th November, Paris --
=> Press
release. November 16th 2010
=> Not
the Same Old Tuna #1, November 19th 2010.
=> Not
the Same Old Tuna #2 : Robin des Bois Opening Statement, November 24th
2010.
=> Not
the Same Old Tuna #3 : Where Are They Now ?, November 26th 2010.
=> Not
the Same Old Tuna #4 : ICCAT in its lifeboat, November 26th 2010.
=>
Not the same Old Tuna #5: Bigeye Tuna
is in the Red,
November 27th 2010.
Whales, Nagoya Blabla, 29th October 2010
IWC
2010 -
International Whaling Commission.
Go to the special page.
CITES
2010 - Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
of Wild Fauna and Flora.
Go to the special page.
Of
Whales and their Usefulness, Jun 2009, update April 2010 (pdf)
Endangered Bluefin Tuna in the Spotlight,
14 th January 2010
Beijing 2008 : rings made of ivory, 31 st July 2008
The Heat is on the Elephants, 6 th June 2007, The Hague, Netherlands (14 th meeting of the Washington Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora)
Baleineafric, 23th Jun 2005, Ulsan, Korea (57th session of the International Whaling Commission)
Harpoon II, June, 20 th Jun 2005, Ulsan, Korea (57th session of the International Whaling Commission)
Sinking trees, November 26, 2004 (Goro Nickel project in New Caledonia)
Whales in the mud, 19th November 2004, (Goro Nickel project in New Caledonia).
The Samaratin whale, Sorrento, Italy, 20thjuly 2004 (56thsession of the International Whaling Commission).
Condemn or condone ?, Sorrento, Italy, 19th July 2004 (56thsession of the International Whaling Commission).
Caribbean and African states say no to conservation, Sorrento, Italy, 15th July, 2004 (56th session of the International Whaling Commission)
The Whale Advantage, Berlin, Germany, 15th June 2003 (55th session of the International Whaling Commission)
Toothfish below the law, Santiago, Chili, 9th November 2002 (12th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species on Wild Fauna and Flora)
Nuclear Power Plants Floating Around the World, September 10th 2010
Forest Fires : Beware the Radioactive Fallout, August 3rd 2010
French Russian Joint Venture at all Costs, August 10th 2010
Following "Forest Fires ; Beware the Radioactive Fallout", August 13th 2010
Robin des Bois summary of the OSPAR Convention - London 20-24th June 2011
More breathing space for the Burrup needed, July 5th 2007
Industry Rocking the Burrup, Feb 21, 2007
Teak, a colonial tic, April 28, 2006
Optic 2000 (New harbour Port 2000 in Le Havre), 29th March 2006
Beaujolais: a torrent of pollutions, Novembre 19, 2003 (abstract in English)
A 700 millions euros botch-up (new harbour Port 2000 in Le Havre), October 29, 2003 (abstract in english)
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Presentation
of Robin des Bois, Non Governmental Organisation for protection of Man
and the
Environment
, since 1985.
All pictures © Robin des Bois except Arctic (b29keebird.net) and Safety at Sea (Abeilles).
