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#1109342016-11-17
"Climate change destroys Africa's beauty"
Speaking at COP22 in Marrakesh, 350.org activist Landry Ninteretse says African wildlife and food security are under threat. What the continent needs most from the West is not finance but an end to extractivism.
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#1123352017-03-27
#Hunger4 Bees: Declining Bee Populations Mean and Our Food
Something that affects every single one of us—food—is being used as a way to offer a new perspective on the global problem of falling bee populations. The impact of the decline in pollinating insects on our diets and the tangible, daily consequences for our health, the environment and biodiversi ...
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#1129222017-05-18
$19 million reserved for conservation of special-use forests in Ha Giang
The planning for conservation and development of special-use forest areas is expected to be the basis for the development of natural preservation and diversity in Ha Giang. As a northern mountainous province with forest coverage and land for forestry development accounting for over 71% of the pr ...
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#1100322016-09-16
$48 million fund to help expand marine protected areas
At the ongoing U.S. State Department’s Our Ocean 2016 Conference, in Washington, D.C., the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), the Waitt Foundation, the blue moon fund (bmf), and the Global Environment Facility (GEF), together announced a commitment of $48 million to expand and improve marine p ...
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#1120422017-02-22
'Alarming' superbugs a risk to people, animals and food, EU warns
Superbug bacteria found in people, animals and food across the European Union pose an "alarming" threat to public and animal health having evolved to resist widely used antibiotics, disease and safety experts warned on Wednesday.
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#1123012017-03-22
'Better de-horned than dead' – zoo chops rhino horns to foil poachers
Czech zoo takes saw to the horns of its 21 rhinoceroses in response to deadly attack at Paris wildlife park this month
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#1122482017-03-16
'Billion tree tsunami' surges across northern Pakistan
Years of tree felling reduced Pakistan's forests to under 2 percent of its land area. A planting project backed by cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan aims to turn around deforestation.
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#1125232017-04-12
'Body awareness' offers further proof of elephant intelligence
April 12 (UPI) -- The intelligence of elephants continues to surprise and impress scientists. New research shows elephants have "body awareness," meaning they recognize their bodies as impediments in problem solving situations.
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#1126152017-04-21
'Climate change allows terrorists to thrive'
A report commissioned by the German foreign office shows how in scenarios of instability and conflict, climate change can contribute to the emergence and growth of terrorist groups such as Boko Haram or "Islamic State."
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#1093992016-08-02
'Climate change greatest threat to agriculture'
Steadman Fuller, custos of Kingston has described climate change as the single greatest threat to local agriculture and, by extension, the Jamaican economy.
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#1113322016-12-08
'Climate-change education essential for local communities'
Raising Public awareness is invaluable if local communities are to be engaged in the effort to meet the challenge of climate change.
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#1097942016-09-02
'Coffee could be extinct by 2080': why climate change may eradicate your daily latte
Coffee could become extinct by 2080 if global warming continues to worsen, according to a report by The Climate Institute.
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#1124092017-03-31
'Completely unlivable': Climate change pushing humans, other species to the brink
Human societies and a multitude of species are going to be tested by climate change in ways that are barely understood, a wide-ranging study involving researchers from 44 institutions around the world has found.
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#1103162016-10-05
'Crisis is a way of life': helping farmers cope with devastating climate change
Changing weather patterns are having a dramatic effect on the livelihoods of smallholders in the developing world. So what can be done?
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#1123262017-03-24
'Devastating' coral loss in South China Sea - scientists
Scientists are warning of another "devastating" loss of coral due to a spike in sea temperatures.
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#1096462016-08-19
'Ecosystem canaries' provide early warning signs of catastrophic changes to ecosystems
'Ecosystem canaries' can provide early warning signals of large, potentially catastrophic, changes or tipping points in ecosystems, say researchers.
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#1122722017-03-20
'Extreme and unusual' climate trends continue after record 2016
In the atmosphere, the seas and around the poles, climate change is reaching disturbing new levels across the Earth.
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#1128072017-05-10
'Fake females' to aid rare moth work in Cairngorms
Conservationists are to coat pieces of rubber with the scent of female moths as part of a survey of a rare species in the Cairngorms.In the UK, the Kentish glory is only found in north east Scotland.
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#1102742016-10-03
'Flying ivory' hornbill bird gains extra protection
An Asian bird species under threat for its ivory like helmet has gained extra protection at the Cites conference in Johannesburg.
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#1107712016-11-08
'Food Wise 2025 plans not viable without serious environmental impact'
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) report also states that "we need policies to promote the right farming in the right place" due to the environmental sensitivity of certain areas. And it highlights the negative impact razor-thin margins are having on the drive for greener farming.
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#1120282017-02-21
'GMO Only Causes Problems': Serbia Maintains Import Ban Despite WTO Demands
Genetically engineered food brings no benefit to Serbia, which shouldn't compromise on its GMO law to enter the WTO, Professor of Agriculture Miodrag Dimitrijevic told Sputnik.
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#1128572017-05-12
'Indigenous people are stabilizing the global climate'
Candido Mezua is an indigenous leader from Panama who was present at the recent violent protests in Brazil. At the climate conference in Bonn, he tells DW why it's crucial for indigenous peoples to defend forests.
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#1100722016-09-19
'Let mangroves recover' to protect coasts
In Indonesia, a Wetlands International project uses permeable dams to restore sediment needed for the trees to grow. The charity says early results suggest "ecological restoration" is more effective than planting programmes.
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#1100812016-09-20
'Let mangroves recover' to protect coasts
Allowing mangrove forests to recover naturally result in more resilient habitats that benefit both wildlife and people, say conservationists.
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#1128342017-05-12
'Lost' forests found covering an area two-thirds the size of Australia
A new global analysis of the distribution of forests and woodlands has "found" 467 million hectares of previously unreported forest – an area equivalent to 60% of the size of Australia.
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#1102532016-09-29
'Marine snow' drifts buoy life on ocean floor
SOUTHAMPTON, England, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- New maps charted using sonar sensors on Autosub6000 have revealed the importance of "marine snow" to the distribution of biomass on the ocean floor.
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#1128962017-05-16
'Narco-deforestation' study links loss of Central American tropical forests to cocaine
Central American tropical forests are beginning to disappear at an alarming rate, threatening the livelihood of indigenous peoples there and endangering some of the most biologically diverse ecosystems in North America.
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#1125912017-04-19
'Perfect storm' threatens Europe's salamanders
Urgent action is needed to protect wild salamanders in Europe from a deadly infection, say scientists.
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#1119822017-02-17
'Planet Earth II' weds climate message with jaw-dropping imagery
(CNN) — Jaw-dropping nature footage is one of the many blessings provided by this age of TV abundance. So "Planet Earth II" -- coming a decade after the original -- seeks to up the ante, in part, by incorporating an environmental message.
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#1112572016-12-05
'Protecting forests is the best way to fight climate change'
With the Cancún Declaration adopted at the Convention on Biological Diversity summit, DW talks to an indigenous leader on how native peoples are defending the Earth's forests - and through that, biodiversity and climate.
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#1112832016-12-06
'Protecting forests is the best way to fight climate change'
With the Cancún Declaration adopted at the Convention on Biological Diversity summit, DW talks to an indigenous leader on how native peoples are defending the Earth's forests - and through that, biodiversity and climate.
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#1101032016-09-21
'Red tape' locking small island states out of billions in climate funds
Commonwealth initiative aims to enable countries such as Vanuatu and Fiji to access $100bn pledged in Paris climate talks
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#1090462016-06-29
'Rule-breaker' forests in Andes, Amazon revealed by remote spectral sensing
It turns out that forests in the Andean and western Amazonian regions of South America break long-understood rules about how ecosystems are put together, according to new research.
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#1119722017-02-17
'Seagrasses' vital to coastal health
The importance of seagrasses to the health of coastal ecosystems is underlined in new research conducted around Indonesian atolls.
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#1124442017-04-04
'Selfie monkey' on the brink in Indonesia
Best known for its viral self-portrait, the crested black macaque is also a part of the local indigenous community's diet.
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#1124362017-04-04
'Surprise' discovery of Europe's first cave-dwelling fish
Pink, scaleless and with declining vision, the cave loach is the first ever example of a fish found living in a cave in Europe.
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#1090132016-06-27
'Sweet business' of beekeeping helps protect Zimbabwe's forests
MUTARE, Zimbabwe (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Divas Matinyadze’s 47 beehives are hidden away in a dense patch of forest, along a narrow dirt path beside a small river in Mpudzi Resettlement Scheme.
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#1095942016-08-15
'The blob': how marine heatwaves are causing unprecedented climate chaos
First seabirds started falling out of the sky, washing up on beaches from California to Canada.Then emaciated and dehydrated sea lion pups began showing up, stranded and on the brink of death.
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#1122082017-03-13
'They died of thirst': Extreme conditions wipe out forest over 1000 kilometres
The death of mangrove forests stretched over 1000 kilometres of Australia's northern coast a year ago has been blamed on extreme conditions including record temperatures.
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#1105382016-10-21
'This forest is like an old friend' - India's tribal women fight for land ownership
RANAPUR, India, Oct 21 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - For the tribal women of Gunduribadi village, in India's eastern Odisha state, an early morning patrol is essential to conserve their forest, but what they are protecting goes far beyond food security or even their livelihoods.
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#1110912016-11-25
'Time to act': Damage to Great Barrier Reef worse than thought, surveys find
The government agency responsible for the Great Barrier Reef says urgent action is needed to save the world heritage site after yet-to-be-published surveys found the record coral bleaching damage earlier this year was even worse than initially thought.
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#1112512016-12-05
'We urgently need healthy soils to ensure essential services they provide,' Ban says on World Soil Day
Marking World Soil Day, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has stressed the importance of healthy soils, adding that “sustainable management systems and practices will unlock the full potential of soils to support food production, store and supply clean water, preserve biodiversity, se ...
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#1128022017-05-09
1,400 eyes keep a close watch on every tourist setting foot on the Galapagos Islands
Back in the 60s, just a dozen boats and hotels accommodated fewer than 2,000 tourists in the Galapagos a year [1]. Fifty years later, in 2016, more than 215,000 tourists were lodged in 76 cruises and more than 300 land-based hotels [2].
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#1108222016-11-14
10 Technologies That Are Helping Save Endangered Species
In today’s world, scientists and conservationists are starting to work together to look for solutions to help the plight of endangered species around the globe. These solutions are primarily using technology to help revitalize different populations of animals that are experiencing a decline. Usi ...
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#1127572017-05-05
10 incredible things climate change will do
Climate change will bring some surprising effects: Bumpy plane rides, greater mood swings and more volcanic eruptions are just a few of the things we can expect over the decades to come. And yes, even more lightning.
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#1134152017-06-21
10 million oxo-biodegradable bags for Johoreans in August
A total of 10 million oxo-biodegradable plastic bags will be available for consumers in Johor starting this August, in an effort to reduce dependence on the use of plastic bags and polystyrene.
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#1098022016-09-02
10-day IUCN World Conservation Congress begins
The world’s largest conservation conference gets underway in Hawaii
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#1131472017-06-02
10-year plan to protect state’s biodiversity
The Maharashtra State Biodiversity Board (MSBB) on Thursday initiated the process to develop state biodiversity strategy and action plan for next 10 years (2018-28) for conserving state's biodiversity.
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#1131042017-05-30
100,000 youngsters in join environmental campaign
A summer youth volunteer campaign and a beach-cleaning activity were launched on Sunday in the central Thanh Hoa Province, to observe World Environment Day 2017 (June 5).
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#1122412017-03-16
13,000 acres of cloud forest now protected in Colombia
The cloud forest ecoregion of the Colombian Andes is arguably the most biodiverse in the world. A moist climate, varying altitudes, and high rates of endemism create idyllic conditions for life.