ConocoPhillips & Conservation International launch 'Biodiversity Action Plan' in Venezuela
Working to protect one of the Caribbean's two most important regions for marine species, Conservation International and ConocoPhillips have launched a 'Biodiversity Action Plan' (BAP) to promote environmental protection and regional economic development as part of the company's oil production strategy in Venezuela's Gulf of Paria. ... ...Home to over 200 species of mollusks, 50 species of crusta...Washington, DC, August 28, 2003 - Conservation International (CI) announced today the discovery of a tiny fish with a blood red tail in Venezuela's Upper Caura River. Previously unknown to science, the bloodfin tetra (Aphyocharax yekwanae), is described in the March 2003 edition of the journal, "Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters." ...... The two-inch-long (50.7-mm-long) tetra is only one...