Experts estimate that recent sightings indicate there are between 10 and 13 individuals remaining, a figure similar to the 2021 expedition. Specialists…
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MEXICO CITY.- Mexico’s Environment and Natural Resources Secretariat pledged Thursday to do more to protect the vaquita, a critically endangered porpoise, in…
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The vaquita marina (Phocoena sinus), also known as the Gulf of California porpoise. The vaquita is the smallest and rarest cetacean (whale,…
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CITES sanctions Mexico after not doing enough to prevent vaquita porpoise from extinction
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) sanctioned the Mexican government after it failed to…
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The last eight vaquitas in the Gulf of California are to be saved
New strategy: Semar places concrete block walls to define the fishing zone. (La Jornada) In a new strategy to avoid the extinction…
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The critically endangered vaquita porpoise — a beautiful dolphin about four to five feet long with dark circles around its eyes and an upturned,…
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Leonardo DiCaprio criticizes the AMLO government for abandoning the Vaquita Marina
MEXICO, (August 06, 2021).- American Academy Award-winning actor Leonardo DiCaprio launched a very strong tweet against the government of Mexico headed by President Andrés…
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AMLO’s administration to reduce the Vaquita Marina protection areas
The Mexican government said on Saturday, Feb. 27th, it is considering reducing the protection area for the vaquita marina in the upper…
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In the azure waters of the Gulf of California a small, gentle species of porpoise is engaged in a desperate struggle to…
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DiCaprio’s Nat Geo thriller exposes truth about vaquita marina’s extinction
When Richard Ladkani said yes to filming Sea of Shadows with Academy Award-winner Leonardo DiCaprio, exposing how Mexican drug cartels and Chinese traffickers are bringing the rare…