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#4815Second World Biodiversity Congress (organized by The Century Foundation Bangalore, India)
8 - 12 September 2011, Kuching, Malaysia
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#817882011-09-07
Woodland birds join extinction danger list
Both the woodpecker and the willow tit were widespread 40 years ago, but every year since 1970 their populations have declined so they are now in grave danger.
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#817392011-09-06
Stem cells may save rhinos from extinction
The odds aren't great for male northern white rhinos looking for love. Only two females are left on the planet, and imminent extinction does not seem to make rhinos particularly horny: the last time this captive population produced a baby was in 2000. Now, there may be a way to save this and oth ...
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#817412011-09-06
First Stem Cells from Endangered Species
Starting with normal skin cells, scientists from The Scripps Research Institute have produced the first stem cells from endangered species. Such cells could eventually make it possible to improve reproduction and genetic diversity for some species, possibly saving them from extinction, or to bol ...
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#816142011-09-01
Grey wolf hunt is on again
LIFE must be confusing for the grey wolves of Montana and Idaho. Last week those states' annual hunts were declared back on, despite a judge's ruling in 2010 that made them illegal.
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#816372011-09-01
Long-lost ladybird species discovered breeding in UK
The rare 13-spot ladybird was found breeding in Devon for the first time in the UK for nearly 60 years
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#815992011-08-30
Alaska Files Notice Of Appeal On Polar Bear Listing
The state of Alaska filed notice on Friday that it will appeal a federal judge's ruling upholding the listing of polar bears as a threatened species.
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#816132011-08-30
China Struggles to Protect Dwindling Panda Population
Chinese efforts to save the world-famous bear have had little success, but the government is launching an ambitious new plan
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#815712011-08-29
Famine threatens Australia's gentle sea cows
Extreme weather has destroyed the dugong's feeding grounds – just the latest menace facing this already endangered species
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#814472011-08-23
Call for skates to be listed under Endangered Species Act
ENVIRONMENTAL NGOs, WildEarth Guardians and Friends of Animals have submitted a petition to the United States National Marine Fisheries Service to list four skate species as “threatened” or “endangered” under the Endangered Species Act.
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#813962011-08-22
Iberian lynx 'not doomed' by low genetic diversity
One of the world's most endangered cats, the Iberian lynx, may not be doomed by its tiny population size.
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#813352011-08-18
UK animals back from the brink of extinction
Habitat protection, hunting controls and captive breeding have led to significant successes for Britain's threatened species
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#813542011-08-18
Endangered Animals: Better Looking, Better Protected?
Ah, the loggerhead sea turtle. It may not be the most cuddly creature to hit the beaches of South Carolina, but it certainly boasts a degree of reptilian cuteness. And soon, this species may be one of the few that makes the grand leap from threatened to the Endangered Species List.
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#813192011-08-17
UN-backed meeting seeks to clamp down on poaching of elephants, rhinos
16 August 2011 – Faced with increased poaching and illegal trade in ivory and horns of elephants and rhinoceroses, 300 government and civil society experts worldwide are seeking to strengthen conservation with new financial mechanisms at a United Nations-backed meeting in Geneva this week.
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#813332011-08-17
Mekong River dolphin population on the brink of extinction - WWF
Entanglement in fishing nets and high calf mortality thought to be behind decline in the small numbers of Irrawaddy dolphins in the Mekong
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#813342011-08-17
After EU Threat, Sweden Halts Hunting of Endangered Wolves
After a threat of legal action from the European Union, Swedish Environmental Minister Andreas Carlgren says the government has decided to put a halt to its licensed wolf hunts.
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#812532011-08-15
Britain urges Asia to act over surging trade in rhinoceros horn
Britain is to ask China, Vietnam and other Asian countries to tell their citizens that rhino horn has no medicinal value, in an attempt to halt a wave of rhino poaching that may drive the endangered animals to extinction.
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#477061st Meeting of the CITES Standing Committee
15 - 19 August 2011, Geneva, Switzerland
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#812102011-08-11
UK's rarest spider moves house in a plastic bottle
Ladybird spider to be released into new areas by conservationists
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#811422011-08-09
Tiger population increases in Sathyamangalam forest
The tiger population in Sathyamangalam forest has increased from 10 to 18 in the past two years, Conservator of Forests, Erode District, has said.
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#811282011-08-08
Fish farm breakthrough that could save the bluefin
The prospect of farming the endangered bluefin tuna from eggs to fully mature adults has come a step closer with the first natural mass spawning of the species in captivity.
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#810302011-08-03
Move to halt Pacific bird extinctions
Two of the region's leading conservation organisations have made a renewed pledge to stop any more bird species from becoming extinct.
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#809732011-08-01
Researchers Map Long-Range Migrations and Habitats of Leatherback Sea Turtles in the Pacific Ocean
Endangered leatherback sea turtles migrate and forage across vast areas of the Pacific Ocean and Indo Pacific seas and require greater international collaboration for their protection, according to a recent study conducted by NOAA Fisheries Service and western Pacific research and conservation s ...
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#809822011-08-01
House Strikes Proposed Ban on Endangered Species Listings
The House of Representatives voted down yesterday legislation which, critics say, would have effectively hamstrung endangered species protection in the United States.
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#809212011-07-29
Action plan undertaken to save tigers
The government has undertaken an action plan for saving the Royal Bengal Tigers of the Sundarbans, the world's largest mangrove forests, a top forest official said on Friday.
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#808422011-07-27
No federal protection for gopher tortoises under Endangered Species Act
Gopher tortoises living east of the Tombigbee River deserve protection under the Endangered Species Act but will not get it because listing the species would cost too much and draw resources away from other threatened animals, federal officials said Tuesday morning.
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#808432011-07-27
Environmentalists, government debate wolf in court
Environmentalists went to federal court on Tuesday seeking to restore endangered species safeguards for some 1,200 gray wolves in Montana and Idaho removed from protection by an unprecedented act of Congress.
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#808442011-07-27
Alabama snail makes comeback from endangered list
A snail in Alabama has become the first in U.S. history to recover from the brink of extinction and is now merely threatened rather than an endangered species.
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#808062011-07-26
Black-bellied hamster given reprieve by European Court of Justice
Ruling demands that France offer better protection to nocturnal rodent regarded as a pest
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#806082011-07-19
Scientists open UN-supported conference on endangered species
18 July 2011 – Scientists from around the world gathered in Geneva today for the opening of a meeting of the United Nations-backed international organization aimed at stopping trade in endangered species.
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#806092011-07-19
Rare gibbon community found in Vietnam
(CNN) -- The largest population of a "critically-endangered" gibbon species has been discovered in Vietnam, according to a leading conservation group.
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#806102011-07-19
Conservationists Save Rare Blue Iguana From Extinction
Ten short years ago, Grand Cayman blue iguanas were on the brink of extinction. Human factors, like habitat encroachment and vehicle strikes, had reduced their number to less than two dozen -- but now, thanks, to the tireless efforts of conservation officials, the rare species is making a real c ...
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#806112011-07-19
Wild gaur found grazing with cows, believed to have produced crossbreeds
A large gaur grazing near a residential area alongside domestic cows in Ninh Thuan Province offers a unique opportunity for extensive research and better conservation of the endangered species, experts say.
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#805502011-07-14
Snow leopards found in Afghanistan
Discovery gives new hope to endangered species whose population had declined by 20 percent over the last 16 years.
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#805272011-07-13
Largetooth Sawfish Declared an Endangered Species
WASHINGTON, July 13, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Shark Advocates International is applauding the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) decision to list largetooth sawfish (Pristisperotteti) under the U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA)..
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#804532011-07-11
Whooping cranes still flying through oilsands
EDMONTON — Environmentalists are concerned the Alberta government isn't doing enough to protect whooping cranes from oilsands development, as new data shows the iconic endangered species continues to migrate through the increasingly industrialized region.
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#803512011-07-06
Nation's species face extinction
HCM CITY — Viet Nam's biodiversity conservation efforts continue to be woeful with the number of threatened species increasing and their threat status worsening, according to the latest National Environment Report (2010).
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#803272011-07-05
Irrawaddy dolphins triple in protected area: survey
A RECENT survey has found the number of Irrawaddy dolphins living in a protected area on the Ayeyarwady River has almost tripled in the past eight years.
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#801762011-06-28
China starts counting its pandas
In the fog-shrouded fir, pine and spruce forests of the Min mountains, Chinese researchers have begun the latest once-in-a-decade survey of the world's remaining giant pandas.
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#801052011-06-27
Endangered Puerto Rican parrot on the rise
EL YUNQUE NATIONAL FOREST, Puerto Rico (AP) — Deep amid the dense greenery of a rain forest, down an unmarked road, behind a barbed wire fence in a low-slung compound monitored by security cameras, government scientists are nursing a special patient back to health.
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#801512011-06-27
Can Science Save the Tasmanian Devil?
The Tasmanian devil is known for its powerful jaws, frightening screeches and foul temper. Lately, though, it has earned a more dubious claim to fame: A strange and devastating disease is ravaging its population, pushing the world's largest meat-eating marsupials to the edge of extinction.
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#800702011-06-23
Photos: "Smiling" Tarsier Among New Most Endangered Species
Threatened by a volcano and bush-meat hunters, the Siau Island tarsier is among animal species newly designated critically endangered in the 2011 update of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)'s Red List of Threatened Species, released last week.
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#799512011-06-20
Kenya: Charcoal Trade Worries Do
The acacia species is under threat and stringent measures must be put in place to save it.
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#799622011-06-20
Arabian "Unicorn" Leaps Out of Near Extinction
Antelope rises from six to a thousand individuals in Middle East.
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#799232011-06-17
Over 900 species added to endangered list during past year
The past twelve months have seen 914 species added to the threatened list by the world's authority of species endangerment, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)'s Red List.
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#797372011-06-13
Bangladesh plans special force to protect tigers
Bangladesh is setting up a special force to save the critically endangered Royal Bengal Tiger and other animals.
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#796302011-06-08
Cambodian monks help protect rare turtles
KRATIE, Cambodia - Cambodian monks and environmentalists launched a new conservation project on Wednesday to help save one of the world's rarest and largest freshwater turtles from extinction
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#795802011-06-07
Great Indian Bustard on brink of extinction
The Great Indian Bustard is on the brink of extinction, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) announced on Tuesday.
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#4750Joint Meeting of the CBD Liaison Group on Bushmeat and the CITES Central Africa Bushmeat Working Group
7 - 10 June 2011, Nairobi, Kenya
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#794992011-06-03
Mountain gorilla twins born in Rwanda
KIGALI — A mountain gorilla in northern Rwanda has given birth to twins, a rare occurrence for an endangered species whose numbers have dwindled to less than 800, officials said Friday.