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#5252Council of the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV)
24 October 2013, Geneva, Switzerland
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#525410th World Wilderness Congress (WILD10)
4 - 10 October 2013, Salamanca, Spain
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#943012013-06-18
Diamond Mining Could Push Angola’s Antelope to Extinction
DUBAI, Jun 18 2013 (IPS) - Environmental campaigners are urging the Angolan government to halt plans to mine diamonds inside a national reserve that is home to the world’s last wild population of a rare antelope, the Giant Sable.
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#942682013-06-14
Hope for Endangered Butterfly Species
Newly collected eggs give the Schaus butterfly a chance
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#942362013-06-13
A Critically Endangered Beauty: The Passion Flower Passiflora Kwangtungensis
June 12, 2013 — Passiflora is a genus of beautiful plants commonly known as the passion flowers or passion vines.
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#942152013-06-12
Syrian bald ibis may be down to a single bird
The eastern population of northern bald ibises (Geronticus eremita) has likely fallen to a single breeding bird, reports conservationists monitoring the dwindling flock.
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#940982013-06-04
Sheepdogs Save Australia's Endangered Penguins
Penguin-snatching foxes are no match for Maremma sheepdogs, bred to guard against wolves in Italy's mountains.
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#939402013-05-27
Rwanda: Kamanzi Calls for Protection of Endangered Species
More efforts are needed to preserve endangered animal and plant species in the country, the Minister for Natural Resources, Stanislas Kamanzi, has said.
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#939232013-05-24
China reports rise in humans encountering wild Siberian tigers
Villagers in rural Hunchun have mixed feelings about initiative's initial success in boosting population of endangered big cat
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#937252013-05-16
Leonardo DiCaprio raises record $38.8M for endangered species
Leonardo DiCaprio raised a record breaking $38.8 million from a charity art auction on Monday. The 38-year-old actor requested specially-made work from 33 artists - including the elusive Banksy - as well as offering one of his own paintings by Andreas Gursky to sell at his 11th Hour auction at C ...
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#937312013-05-16
World's most distinct mammals and amphibians mapped
Scientists have developed the first map of the world's most unique and most endangered mammals and amphibians.
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#936352013-05-13
Sumatran tigers may go extinct in 10 years
JAKARTA, May 11 (UPI) -- Conservationists said the critically endangered Sumatran tiger may go extinct from the Jambi province on Sumatra, Indonesia, in a decade.
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#935412013-05-06
Lemur has unexpectedly wide range, diversity of color variations
An endangered lemur has a larger range than originally believed but is still at risk due to forest fragmentation and land clearing, reports a study published in the journal Primate Conservation.
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#935302013-05-03
Endangered primates and cats may be hiding out in swamps and mangrove forests
What happens to animals when their forest is cut down? If they can, they migrate to different forests. But in an age when forests are falling far and fast, many species may have to shift to entirely different environments.
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#933342013-04-19
Draft regulations on endangered species published
Cape Town - Changes to regulations governing threatened or protected species (ToPS) have been published, and the public invited to comment on them.
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#933372013-04-19
Wildlife scientists urge less focus on endangered species
NEW YORK, April 18 (UPI) -- A paper by U.S. scientists takes the international conservation community to task for ignoring abundant wildlife, treating them as environmental "stepchildren."
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#933122013-04-18
Extinction debt suggests endangered species are doomed
From dragonflies to bears, when it comes to lost species we ain't seen nothing yet.Biologists are getting rattled about growing evidence of "extinction debt" – the idea that there is a delay of decades or even centuries between humans damaging ecosystems and the demise of species that live there.
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#933182013-04-18
Resurgence of Endangered Deer in Patagonian ‘Eden’ Highlights Conservation Success
Apr. 16, 2013 — The Huemul, a species of deer found only in the Latin American region of Patagonia, is bouncing back from the brink of possible extinction as a result of collaboration between conservationists and the Chilean government, says a new study.
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#932952013-04-17
Threatened iconic deer in Chile on the way back to recovery
SANTIAGO, Chile, April 16 (UPI) -- Conservationists say a resurgence of Chile's iconic but endangered Huemul deer represents a victory for environmentalists and the Chilean government.
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#932972013-04-17
Lead bullet fragments poison rare US condors
Conservationists in the United States say that fragments of lead ammunition continue to take a desperate toll on one of the country's rarest birds.
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#932002013-04-11
Rare Malaysian orangutans to be protected
KUCHING, Malaysia, April 10 (UPI) -- A U.S. group says it applauds the government of the Malaysian state of Sarawak for its efforts to protect a globally significant population of rare orangutans.
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#931792013-04-10
Amur leopard population rises to 50 animals, but at risk from
In the remote Russian far east, amid pine forests and long winters, a great cat may be beginning to make a recovery.
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#931282013-04-08
Zoos evolve to protect endangered species
There are more than 10,000 zoos worldwide. In the U.S., there are more than 200.And like the animals they hold, they're evolving to survive.
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#930812013-04-04
Eat it to Save it
When most people think of endangered species, images of giant pandas or snow leopards likely come to mind.
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#930232013-03-28
Endangered garden birds continuing to decline in the UK, RSPB survey shows
House sparrow and starling numbers dropping at alarming rate, but prolonged winter brings new species to backyards
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#928952013-03-26
Butterflies and Bombs
The St. Francis’ Satyr is small, brown, and fabulously rare. Once found across North Carolinian sedge meadows, the federally endangered butterfly is now restricted to a few square miles.
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#929482013-03-26
Genome study to aid Madagascar lemurs
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., March 25 (UPI) -- Scientists who've sequenced the genome of a type of endangered lemur living in Madagascar say it will help guide conservation efforts for the species.
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#927932013-03-18
Facing extinction, conservationists call emergency summit to save Sumatran rhinos
With the number of Sumatran Rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) now under 200 and declining rapidly, a group of conservationists have organized an emergency summit to discuss courses of action to save the world's smallest remaining rhino from extinction.
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#927542013-03-15
It’s our responsibility to protect endangered sharks: ESO
MUSCAT The Sultanate is party to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) and is under international obligation to protect the world’s most threatened shark species such as the oceanic whitetip and porbeagle, three types of hammerhead sharks and two manta ray species, ...
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#927612013-03-15
Wildlife Trade Meeting Endorses DNA Testing of Seized Ivory
Protection for elephants, rhinos, sharks and trees was extended by states party to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
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#927452013-03-14
Hammerhead sharks are winners of wildlife trade meeting
IT LOOKS like it will be good news for sharks but bad news for polar bears at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).
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#927102013-03-13
Deadly poison threat to tigers
Poison is emerging as the latest and most dangerous threat to the survival of the last remaining wild tigers in Thailand.
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#927162013-03-13
Turtles upend population thresholds
A study of an endangered turtle population suggests that a commonly used generic estimate for the smallest sustainable population of a species — 5,000 adults — is far too high.
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#926962013-03-12
Hope for Threatened Tasmanian Devils
Mar. 11, 2013 — New research paves the way for the development of a vaccine for the Tasmanian devil, currently on the brink of extinction because of a contagious cancer.
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#927002013-03-12
New protection for endangered trees against rampant logging trade
178 nations at the world's biggest wildlife summit agree to strictly regulate trade in mahogany and rosewood timber
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#926622013-03-11
Lanka urged to vote for sharks, manta rays
A crucial proposal on protecting sharks and manta ray species has stirred debates and discussions ahead of a vote at the ongoing Bangkok conference on the Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
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#926642013-03-11
'Historic' day for shark protection
Three types of critically endangered but commercially valuable shark have been given added protection at the Cites meeting in Bangkok.
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#926722013-03-11
Turtle 'victory' at wildlife meeting
Some of the world’s most endangered turtles have been given additional protection at the Cites conservation meeting in Bangkok.
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#926732013-03-11
Will Cloning Ever Save Endangered Animals?
Right now, cloning is not a viable conservation strategy. But some researchers remain optimistic that it will help threatened species in the future
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#926192013-03-07
International conference debates fate of endangered species
From polar bears and butterflies to the West African manatee and all manner of stingrays, the fate of many creatures is being debated in Bangkok this week, as the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) updates its list of endangered animals.
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#926202013-03-07
International ban on polar bear trade rejected
A major meeting of governments on threats to endangered species on Thursday rejected a ban on international trade in polar bears amid fears it would distract from the bigger threat of global warming.
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#926212013-03-07
How CITES can better protect endangered species
Undoubtedly, the Convention on Trade in Endangered Species' (CITES) greatest achievement to date has been putting an end to the international ivory trade.
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#926302013-03-07
Protection urged for shark, ray species
BANGKOK, March 6 (UPI) -- An endangered species conference under way in Bangkok should extend protection of sharks and rays being threatened by overfishing, a U.S. wildlife group says.
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#925992013-03-06
How your fuel bills are subsidising deforestation
On Monday DEFRA (Department of Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs) launched ”If They’re Gone.......”, a new year-long campaign to raise awareness about the threats facing four iconic endangered species – orangutans, elephants, tigers and rhinos.
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#926022013-03-06
South Africa: SA Puts Rhino On Cites Agenda
South Africa is one of 178 countries gathered in Bangkok this week to decide how to improve the world's wildlife trade regime, and to ensure the survival of threatened species.
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#926032013-03-06
Countries meet to save endangered species
PRETORIA: South Africa is part of 178 countries gathering in Bangkok this week to decide how to improve the world's wildlife trade regime, and ensure the survival of the threatened species.
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#925632013-03-04
Stop extinction of species for "our children" urges Prince William
Father-to-be Prince William has called on world leaders to stop illegal trade in animal parts so “our children have the same opportunity” as this generation to experience wildlife.
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#925712013-03-04
International conference aims to protect endangered species
A UN environment expert has warned that trafficking has put several species of plants and animals in danger of extinction. A conference under way in Bangkok aims to protect polar bears, rays and sharks.
Meeting
#500516th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
3 - 14 March 2013, Bangkok, Thailand
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#925352013-02-28
COMBS: Preserving endangered species the Texas way
Remember the northern spotted owl? Once it was a symbol of environmental protection. Today, it symbolizes how regulatory decisions driven by ideology rather than science can devastate local economies without helping the species they were intended to protect.