Green Options » eco-housing http://greenoptions.com/tag/eco-housing Posts tagged 'eco-housing' Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:45:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Conservation Accolades for Medina Palms, East Africa’s Latest Eco-housing Development http://ecoworldly.com/2008/07/28/conservation-accolades-for-medina-palms-east-africas-latest-eco-housing-development/ http://ecoworldly.com/2008/07/28/conservation-accolades-for-medina-palms-east-africas-latest-eco-housing-development/#comments Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:45:14 +0000 Sam Aola Ooko http://ecoworldly.com/2008/07/28/conservation-accolades-for-medina-palms-east-africas-latest-eco-housing-development/ The developers of Medina Palms, an eco-friendly residential development, have determined to set eco-standards in Africa and are donating a percentage of its income to the international wildlife charity, Born Free Foundation, to help preserve marine life.

Medina Palms also supports a billfish tagging initiative to monitor fish populations in the Indian Ocean by The Billfish Foundation, a non profit dedicated to conserving and enhancing billfish populations around the world.

The Foundation claims that over 90% of marlin mortality is the result of bycatch in commercial fisheries outside the US yet tremendous pressure continues to be placed on oceans from fishing fleets trying to meet the demands of a hungry world.

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