Kaua'i
Sep 10 2008, Suman Arya

The remote islands of the earth, which are still far away from the jaws of modernization, are being victimized by our laxity towards our environment. Million tons of garbage continuously floats to the islands from the so-called civilized nations. The...

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This May 22, 2006 photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shows the endangered puaiohi in the Alakai Wilderness Preserve on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. The San Diego Zoo, along with federal and state wildlife officials, plans to release 23.