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#920132013-02-05
India and Nepal begin Royal Bengal tiger census
Forest and nature protection officials from Nepal and India have started their first ever joint survey of tigers.
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#919372013-01-29
Rare pygmy elephants 'poisoned' in Borneo
Ten endangered pygmy elephants have been found dead in a reserve in Malaysia, with officials saying they may have been poisoned.
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#918972013-01-24
Study: Endangered monkeys doing better
JAKARTA, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- A study of critically endangered black macaques in an Indonesian nature reserve shows their numbers have stabilized after years of decline, researchers say.
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#918602013-01-22
Spike in Indian rhino deaths triggers worry
The premature death of at least 50 one-horned Indian rhinoceroses in the northeast Indian state of Assam has triggered concern among activists who call for improved conservation efforts.
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#918412013-01-21
Spoon-billed sandpipers threatened by trapping in China
Endangered spoon-billed sandpipers arriving at their wintering grounds in China are being threatened by nets designed to trap shorebirds.
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#917322013-01-10
Critically Endangered Parakeet Population Grows on Predator-Free Island Reserve
Few people have ever seen a critically endangered Malherbe’s parakeet (Cyanoramphus malherbi) in the wild.
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#917012013-01-08
An avalanche of decline: snow leopard populations are plummeting
The trading of big cat pelts is nothing new, but recent demand for snow leopard pelts and taxidermy mounts has added a new commodity to the illegal trade in wildlife products, according to the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA).
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#917062013-01-08
West African lions on verge of extinction, report says
Conservation group LionAid says as few as 645 lions remain in the wild in western and central Africa
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#916452012-12-19
Endangered Bird Falls Prey to Royal Hunting Games
KARACHI, Dec 19 2012 (IPS) - Every year, between November and January, the Indus Flyway bears witness to a migration of an endangered bird species – the houbara bustard – from Central Asia to the deserts of Pakistan.
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#915122012-12-07
Last Christmas? Partridges and turtle doves face risk of extinction in UK
Birds in popular carol The Twelve Days of Christmas are disappearing from countryside at alarming rates, scientists say
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#914832012-12-06
Google cash buys drones to watch endangered species
Drones could soon be helping protect rhinos, tigers and elephants in Africa and Asia, thanks to cash from Google.
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#914302012-12-04
Bats, snakes among species in danger in Canada: COSEWIC
VANCOUVER -- As the 10th anniversary of the federal Species At Risk Act approaches, dozens of animals and plants have been added to the list considered at-risk.
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#912482012-11-23
Galapagos' extinct tortoise species could come back to life
A species of giant tortoises from the Galapagos Islands could be brought back from extinction despite the death earlier this year of the famed "Lonesome George," a tourist magnet and conservation icon who was the last of his kind.
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#912352012-11-22
Bornean Elephant: Genomics Helps With Conservation
Studying the genetic variability of endangered species is becoming increasingly necessary for species conservation and monitoring. But, endangered species are difficult to observe and sample, and typically harbour very limited genetic diversity.
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#911562012-11-15
Operation Hirola - Saving Africa's Rarest Antelope
A group of conservationists, pastoralists and Chinese funders have joined forces to save the hirola antelope, the last living representative of a three-million-year-old lineage.
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#911462012-11-14
Mountain gorilla population up by over 20 percent in five years
A mountain gorilla census in Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable National Park has a population that continues to rise, hitting 400 animals.
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#910452012-11-06
Brazil Embarks On Cloning Of Wild Animals
Brazilian scientists are attempting to clone animals in danger of extinction, like the jaguar and maned wolf, although the potential impact on the conservation of these threatened species is still not clear
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#909312012-10-24
Extent of Range is a Key Factor in Extinction Risk for Ocean Animals
What makes some ocean animals more prone to extinction than others? A new study of marine fossils provides a clue.
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#908522012-10-22
Threatened species listing for polar bears contested in U.S. court
Polar bears' designation as a threatened species was challenged in a U.S. appeals court on Friday, with a lawyer for Alaska and other parties arguing that regulators had failed to back up the listing.
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#2536COP 11
2012-10-18
Collaborative Partnership on Wildlife Conservation
A presentation by the CIC and a discussion with attendees on the potential themes to be included in a future Collaborative Partnership on Wildlife Conservation. For further details on the topic see additional information.
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#2640COP 11
2012-10-17
Seven Wonders of Conservation presented by the Alliance for Zero Extinction
The purpose of this event will be to raise awareness of some of the globe’s most threatened species through the Seven Wonders of Conservation campaign. Presentations will include national governments sharing their succesful experiences combating species extinctions through the protection of the ...
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#2656COP 11
2012-10-17
Turning the corner on tiger conservation
The event will showcase progress the 13 range state governments and other important stakeholders have made on following up to the commitments made at the International Tiger forum in St. Petersburg (the Tiger Summit) in 2010. The event will highlight the positive examples from the field, and r ...
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#2520COP 11
2012-10-17
Securing Wildlife Corridors as an avenue to halt the loss of biodiverstiy
Securing wildlife priority corridors and habitat linkages to enable natural migration and genetic exchange is an important conservation element for successful implementation of the CBD Strategy 2020. At the side event success factors and challenges of examples from India and Southern Africa wil ...
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#907172012-10-15
Experts name 25 most endangered primates
Many of man's closest living relatives - apes, monkeys, lemurs and other primates - are on the brink of extinction, according to a new report released at the UN's Convention on Biological Diversity meeting this week in the Indian city of Hyderabad.
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#2519COP 11
2012-10-12
Wildlife rescue, rehabilitation and Welfare as an essential wildlife conservation tool
The value of rescuing, rehabilitating and releasing individual wild animals back into their ecosystem is often undervalued in the conservation debate. At the side event some outstanding examples contributing to the conservation of biodiversity will be presented and participants are invited to di ...
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#2777COP 11
2012-10-11
Endangered wetlands: comparative experiences on participatory strategic management to tackle socio-environmental conflicts.
This side event seeks to exchange valuable experiences regarding threatened wetlands and the use of environmental strategic tools (territorial planning, environmental impact assessment, strategic environmental assessment, public participation and litigation) as a means of preventing or putting a ...
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#2860COP 11
2012-10-10
The South Asia Regional Vulture Recovery Programme
Over the last 20 years, South Asia has witnessed the precipitous decline of three vulture species: the white-rumped vulture (Gyps bengalensis); the Indian vulture (Gyps indicus); and the slender-billed vulture (Gyps tenuirostris). Once numbering in the tens of millions, the combined population o ...
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#2585COP 11
2012-10-09
Conserving Critically Endangered Gyps vultures in Asia
The event includes presentations from various organizations on conservation initiatives taken by various organizations called Saving Asia's Vultures from Extinction (SAVE). Critically Endangered Gyps vultures have suffered a 99 per cent decline in Asia over the last 20 years, attributed to th ...
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#904852012-09-27
Cheetahs being driven to prey on livestock
TEHRAN, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- Asiatic cheetahs, an endangered species, have to kill and eat livestock in regions where their normal prey is in decline, a team in Iran has found.
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#904982012-09-27
Migratory sharks inch closer to extinction
Almost a fifth of the world's sharks are endangered. That's prompted many nations to enact protection measures but several Asian countries are lobbying hard for continued shark hunting.
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#904612012-09-25
New website highlights the plight of the pangolin
Scaly, insect-devouring, nocturnal, and notoriously shy, pangolins are strange mammals who remain unknown to many.
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#904632012-09-25
Could Viagra help save tigers?
Conservationists are hoping that advances in Western medicine may persuade some people to stop using parts from exotic and endangered animals to cure various ailments.
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#904222012-09-21
Ethiopia: Rescuing Endangered Wildlife Calls for Urgency
Ethiopia is a country endowed with precious, endemic wildlife, tremendous and marvelous natural resources, cascades, a range of tangible and intangible assets, among others.
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#903632012-09-19
End is near for vulnerable SA species
Cape Town - Some experts say the world is heading for the "sixth extinction". Unlike the five separate mass extinctions millions of years ago, this one will be caused not by natural events, but by a single species: humans.
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#902262012-09-17
Saving the Top 100 Threatened Species – a Question of Valuing Life
JEJU, South Korea, Sep 15 2012 (IPS) - The Red River Giant softshell turtle (Rafetus swinhoei) is the stuff of legend in Vietnam. The fabled turtle in Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem Lake is popularly known by the name Kim Qui or Golden Turtle God, and it made its first historical appearance in 250 BC.
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#901252012-09-11
100 most endangered species in the world
The Zoological Society of London has compiled a list of the 100 species in the world most likely to go extinct, from Bulmer's fruitbat to the Asian unicorn.
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#900932012-09-10
Continuing management needed for most threatened and endangered species
The Endangered Species Act (ESA) -- the key US law protecting species listed as threatened or endangered -- focuses on boosting species' numbers until they reach recovery thresholds and so can be taken off the ESA list. Almost 1400 species are now listed.
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#900732012-09-07
Javan rhino clings to survival in last forest stronghold
There are only 35 rhinos left in one wild population, and none in captivity. But conservationists hope they can increase the numbers of what is possibly the rarest large mammal on Earth
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#900532012-09-06
Asian species said at extinction risk
NEW YORK, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- The U.S-based Wildlife Conservation Society says Asian governments must take action to protect Asian species that are at a conservation crossroads.
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#900622012-09-06
Controlled inbreeding could save the kiwi - research
Endangered species like the kiwi could be saved by controlled inbreeding, new research has found.
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#900172012-09-04
One-fifth of invertebrate species at risk of extinction
One in five of the world’s invertebrate species are threatened with extinction, according to the latest report from the Zoological Society of London (ZSL).
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#899862012-08-31
Biodiversity faltering: 20% of invertebrates threatened with extinction
Twenty percent of invertebrates are at risk of extinction, according to a new report that looks at the 12,621 invertebrates assessed by the IUCN Red List to date.
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#899722012-08-30
'Spineless' animals under threat of extinction
A fifth of animals without backbones could be at risk of extinction, say scientists.
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#898542012-08-21
Bumblebee species endangered in Canada
TORONTO, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- A bumblebee species is disappearing in Canada and researchers say they've been unable to determine what turned it from a common sight to an endangered species.
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#898632012-08-21
Long-billed vulture population stabilising in Pakistan
Banning cattle drug diclofenac and increased awareness of role of vultures in ecosystem halts decline of critically endangered species
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#898502012-08-20
Lack of prey said threatening Indian tiger
NEW DELHI, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- The population of the famous Bengal tiger is falling in India due to dwindling prey animals in India's tiger reserves, studies by environmental groups suggest.
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#898172012-08-17
Citizens know best when it comes to animal protection
Citizen science is alive and well. Species nominated for legal protection by US citizens face higher levels of biological threat than those identified by the US Fish and Wildlife Service. The finding looks set to silence critics who question citizens' motivation for nominating species for protec ...
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#898202012-08-17
Triage for plants: NYBG scientists develop and test rapid species conservation assessment technique
To speed up the process of identifying threatened and endangered plant species, a team of New York Botanical Garden scientists has developed a streamlined method for evaluating the conservation status of large numbers of plant species, using information from plant research collections and Geogra ...
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#897712012-08-14
China announces dolphin protection, study
BEIJING, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- China says is has set up a research institution in South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region to protect rare endangered Chinese white dolphins
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#897252012-08-10
Threatened shark species turning up in US restaurants
WASHINGTON — Threatened shark species are being used to make shark fin soup, a delicacy in Chinese cuisine, in several US cities, according to an unprecedented study based on DNA testing.