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Reuters, 2010-09-03
(Reuters) - A website launched on Friday will help track whether rich countries are keeping a pledge to come up with $30 billion in climate aid for the poor, seen by the U.N. as a "golden key" to progress in talks on global warming.
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USA Today, 2010-09-03
Human-caused climate change threatens to flood Jamestown, the first permanent European settlement in what became the American colonies and the United States, says a report Wednesday by environmental groups.
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Mongabay.com, 2010-09-03
More than 80 percent of agricultural expansion in the tropics between 1980 and 2000 came at the expense of forests, reports research published last week in the early online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
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Science Magazine, 2010-09-03
A nose full of biting ants can really spoil your appetite. Especially if your nose is 3 meters long.
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The Economist, 2010-09-03
Governments have mostly failed to protect Africa’s wildlife. But other models— involving hunters, rich conservationists and local farmers—are showing promise
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National Geographic, 2010-09-03
The discovery on Madagascar of the new species-given away by its flat snout-is a "Tarzan yell for conservation," a new study says. Madagascar - Tarzan - Africa - Species - Environment
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Guardian (UK), 2010-09-03
Scientists say desertification of the mountain grasslands of the Tibetan plateau is accelerating climate change.
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Inter Press Service News Agency, 2010-09-03
ACCRA, Sep 2 (IPS) - As one major meeting on agriculture ends, another begins: farming is truly back on Africa's agenda.
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Guardian (UK), 2010-09-03
Researchers at Columbia University have demonstrated that a layer of plants and earth can cut the rate of heat absorption through the roof of a building in summer by 84%.
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Agence France-Presse, 2010-09-03
GENEVA — Millions of Africans may lose a key source of livelihoods as a fifth of freshwater African species are threatened with extinction, the updated Red List of endangered species showed Thursday.
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Sify (India), 2010-09-03
China's giant pandas remain still an endangered species despite the birth of 23 cubs in zoos across the country in the past two months, panda researchers have said.
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Mongabay.com, 2010-09-03
The number of threatened vultures in Cambodia is on the rise according to a new survey by Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and other members of the Cambodia Vulture Conservation Project.
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BBC News, 2010-09-03
A species of acacia tree found in Eastern Africa seems to be protected from elephant damage - by the ants that live on it.
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El Mundo, 2010-09-03
Las hormigas protegen las acacias de kenia de los elefantes. Se introducen en su trompa si se atreven a acercarse. Leer . Escuchar
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Mongabay.com, 2010-09-03
21 percent of African freshwater plant and animal species are threatened with extinction, according to a five year assessment of 5,167 freshwater species by 200 scientists.
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National Geographic, 2010-09-03
Dams, wetland destruction, and overfishing threaten to wipe out more than 20 percent of Africa's freshwater species, many unique to the continent. Africa - Wetland - Overfishing - Species - Plants
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Intellectual Property Watch, 2010-09-03
The third attempt at concluding negotiations on a draft protocol text on international biodiversity access and benefit-sharing will take place in Montreal on 18-21 September, according to official sources. Delegates at the meeting will try to agree on the text, before the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) meeting in Nagoya, Japan, in October. [...] Related Articles: Biodiversity Negotiators Seek To Finalise Draft Access, Benefit-Sharing Regime Hopes Fading For Concluding Biodiversity Access And Benefit Sharing Negotiations? UN Biodiversity Talks Resume, Last Chance For Agreement Before October Deadline
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BBC News, 2010-09-03
A growing number of New York sky-scrapers are switching off their lights to help reduce the number of birds hitting the high-rise buildings.
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eGov Monitor, 2010-09-03
WIPO Director General Francis Gurry has welcomed the adoption by member states of the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) of a new legal instrument that seeks to protect African traditional knowledge and folklore.
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US News & World Report, 2010-09-02
LEETOWN, W. Va.—A distinct decline in horseshoe crab numbers has occurred that parallels climate change associated with the end of the last Ice Age, according to a study that used genomics to assess historical trends in population sizes.
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National Geographic, 2010-09-02
The barbastelle bat has lowered its voice to evade detection by moths with keen hearing, a new study says. Bat - Wildlife - Recreation - Outdoors - Organizations
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National Geographic, 2010-09-02
A skink species lays eggs on the coast but births babies in the mountains, giving a rare glimpse at how placentas evolved, scientists say. Evolution - Lizard - Species - Biology - Squamata
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SciDev.net, 2010-09-02
A centre for Indonesian biodiversity has been set up with funding from the US, as part of a science partnership between the two nations.
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Project Syndicate, 2010-09-02
BOSTON – Biodiversity is essential for the functioning of ecosystems – from forests and fresh waters to coral reefs, soils, and even the atmosphere – that sustain all life on Earth. The ongoing and escalating disappearance of that diversity will harm society in myriad ways.
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Ratio Magazine, 2010-09-02
Could Kenya generate non-tourism revenues from its biodiversity? Peter Munyi analyses Kenya’s legal and regulatory framework to develop and commercialise pharmaceutical, agricultural, industrial, or chemical end products from genetic material
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SciDev.net, 2010-09-02
African bioenergy projects must focus on new technologies and receive stronger political support, says biofuel expert Emile van Zyl.
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Mongabay.com, 2010-09-02
Although the mining consortium, United Khmer Group, has been drawing up plans to build a massive titanium mine in a Cambodian protected forest for three years, the development did not become public knowledge until rural villagers came face-to-face with bulldozers and trucks building access roads.
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Christian Science Monitor, 2010-09-02
Kenyan conservationists ask celebrities to adopt local endangered animals in order to provide much-needed wildlife preservation funding.
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El Mundo, 2010-09-02
Se ha registrado un descenso a la mitad del las zonas deforestadas de la selva amazónica. Leer . Escuchar
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Cyberpresse, 2010-09-02
Un cinquième des espèces africaines d'eau douce sont menacées d'extinction, mettant en danger la...
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