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#1229382019-11-08
Turtle dove flies towards extinction as numbers halve in UK
The turtle dove, Britain’s most endangered bird, continues to plummet towards extinction, its numbers having halved over five years, according to the latest data.
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#1228312019-11-01
What does the future hold for SA's endangered species?
A massive 12% percent of South Africa's species are under threat.Those are the worrying findings of a national biodiversity assessment carried out by the Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries.
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#1228322019-11-01
Our Vanishing World: Insects
About 12,000 years ago, late stone age humans precipitated the neolithic (agricultural) revolution that marked the start of the steady rise to civilization. Coincidentally, this occurred at the same time as the beginning of what is now known as the Holocene Epoch, the geological epoch in which h ...
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#1227912019-10-30
Is conservation too focused on rarity?
The rarest, most endangered species get the most attention—but common species need help, too. Spurred by dismaying declines of once-abundant insects and birds, this principle is gaining traction in conservation circles. Now a study of plants in northeast Germany, where species abundant just a co ...
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#1227942019-10-30
Twelve percent of SA species are threatened - report
A global assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystems services has confirmed that species around the world are in rapid decline and 20% of them face extinction.
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#1227632019-10-28
How Laos lost its tigers
The last tiger in Lao PDR likely died in terrible anguish. Its foot caught in a snare, the animal probably died of dehydration. Or maybe, in a desperate bid to free itself from a snare crafted from a simple and cheap motorbike cable, it tore off a leg and died from the blood loss.
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#1227642019-10-28
GWC is Guarding The Future of Life on Earth
Global Wildlife Conservation forges new partnerships to protect the wildlife in Haiti and Honduras.Staving off the staggering loss of biodiversity recently predicted in the U.N.’s Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, as that alarming summary made clear, will require m ...
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#1227142019-10-24
Rescuing the world's endangered river dolphins takes cutting edge science and community
River dolphins in the Amazon and Orinoco are under ever increasing pressure from the impact of hydropower dams and mercury contamination from small-scale gold mining, according to results from the first ever river dolphin satellite tagging program released today to mark World River Dolphin Day.
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#1227262019-10-24
Rewilding': California man's mission to save honeybees
The staggering decline of honey bee colonies has alarmed experts across the United States, but an unconventional apiculturist in California thinks he has found a way to save them.
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#1226572019-10-15
Images offer glimpse into life of endangered Florida panther
The discovery of a female Florida panther lying with a broken leg on a verge outside the town of Naples, south of Tampa, triggered a widespread rescue dash. Conservationists, who had previously fitted a tracking collar to the animal, were aware she had recently given birth. The kittens would not ...
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#1226582019-10-15
National census to assess endangered species in Seychelles
A national census is expected to start over the course of this month to assess the endangered species of Seychelles. The annual exercise is being undertaken by the Ministry for Environment, Energy and Climate Change with the assistance of local consultants.
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#1226282019-10-11
Germany: Endangered turtle dove is 2020 bird of the year
Known as a symbol of love, peace and happiness, the turtle dove, sometimes knowns as a love bird, is flirting with extinction.
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#1226062019-10-10
Saving rare hornbills: Philippines launches conservation plan
Philippine Biodiversity Conservation Foundation (PBCF) and the local government of Tawi-Tawi have joined forces on a conservation plan in hope to improve the critically low population of Sulu hornbill.
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#1226112019-10-10
Tapanuli orangutan makes IUCN SSC list of world's most endangered primates
Pushed by the aggressive encroachment of forests, Indonesia’s endemic great ape, the Tapanuli orangutan, is officially among the world’s most endangered primates as fewer than 800 currently exist in the wild.
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#1225592019-10-08
One in seven plants and animals in SA threatened with extinction, new report shows
One in seven of the thousands of plants and animals assessed by the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) in its latest four-year study is threatened with extinction.
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#1225452019-10-07
Rabbits, plovers, bees and a bear? Toronto adopts strategy to preserve its biodiversity
Rabbits share the West Toronto Railpath with runners and cyclists. A pair of endangered piping plovers nested on the Toronto Islands last summer, producing three fledglings. Within the last 20 years, two of Canada’s most at-risk bumblebee species were both spotted along the Humber River, near Ol ...
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#1225232019-10-04
World Animal Day: Shocking Statistics Show the State of Global Wildlife Trade
Researchers have released shocking statistics which highlight the huge scale of the global wildlife trade in time for World Animal Day—an international day of action to raise awareness for animal rights and welfare.
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#1225252019-10-04
Habitat loss pushes wildlife to brink
More than two fifths of species, including mammals, birds and butterflies, have declined significantly in Britain in the past 50 years because of damage to their habitat, according to a wide-ranging assessment.
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#1225002019-10-03
Disappearing birds: the ecological disaster society is ignoring
A report in the academic journal “Science” of the disappearance of three billion wild birds over 50 years in Canada and the United States ruffled the media for one day, maybe two, and went away.
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#1225182019-10-03
The loss of biodiversity, its importance and preservation actions
The UN's Biodiversity chief said in 2018 that we have a few years to protect nature's diversity or else be the first species to document our own extinction. Biodiversity — made up of ecosystems, species and genetic diversity — is in danger globally. Up to one million plants and animals now face ...
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#1225202019-10-03
Biodiversity collapse in UK continues
More than two-fifths of UK species including animals, birds and butterflies have seen significant declines in recent decades, a major study shows. The State of Nature report, which draws on scientific monitoring since the 1970s, warns there is no let-up in net losses for the UK's wildlife.
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#1224312019-09-30
Illegal wildlife trade thrives on Facebook, internet forums
The lizards are frantic and the turtles plodding, but both scrabble to escape the perspex containers that hold them. The reptiles, some in small boxes and fetching prices of up to thousands of euros, are on sale at the Terraristika — Europe's largest reptile trade fair and a suspected wildlife-t ...
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#1224322019-09-30
For our sake, we need to let them 'bee'
It is said that Albert Einstein prophesied that if bees die out, human beings will do so too within four years. Yet, it will come as a surprise to humans — especially some of them — that bees have been declared the most important living beings on our planet by scientists.
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#1223992019-09-27
Threatened tortoises: Stopping the fast extinction of a slow-moving creature
The pet trade, traditional remedies and a hunger for meat are driving the elongated tortoise to extinction. One conservation center in Cambodia is trying to revive the species in the wild with a tortoise breeding scheme.
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#1223972019-09-26
Nature group: 58% of Europe’s native trees are threatened
An international conservation group is warning that more than half of the trees in Europe that exist nowhere else in the world are threatened with extinction.
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#1223492019-09-24
New Zealand to protect endangered species from illegal trade
The New Zealand government is planning to strengthen measures to prevent international trade in endangered species, Minister of Conservation Eugenie Sage said on Tuesday.
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#1223172019-09-23
Conservationists raise concerns on biodiversity conflicts, wildlife extinction
Conservationists have called on Nigerians to shun activities that could escalate the extinction of wildlife and biodiversity from their ecosystem as well as threaten human existence.
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#1223182019-09-23
Boris Johnson unveils £1.2bn for climate and endangered species
Boris Johnson has unveiled a combined £1.2bn in funding for new efforts to tackle the climate emergency and protect endangered species as he prepares to attend the annual gathering of world leaders at the United Nations in New York.
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#1222522019-09-18
We're losing species at shocking rates – so why is conservation failing?
The number of mammals, insects, amphibians, fish and birds is in steep decline, the world’s forests are on fire and the abundance of life is diminishing at rates unprecedented in human history. The TV screens are full of images of gorgeous wildlife but one million plant and animal species are th ...
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#1222682019-09-18
Hurricane Dorian was also a catastrophe for the Bahamas’ unique birds
Hurricane Dorian was the second most powerful Atlantic hurricane on record and the fifth to reach the highest hurricane category (five) in the past four years. After it first made landfall, it hovered over the northern Bahamas for more than 50 hours.
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#1222462019-09-16
About the age of extinction – a Guardian series
This project focuses on biodiversity: the variety of all life on our planet. It highlights the crisis represented by huge losses of animal, insect, bird and plant life around the world, as well as innovations to tackle these losses.
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#1221122019-09-04
Meat-eating plants making a comeback in England
Endangered carnivorous plants are being reintroduced to parts of England in an attempt to reverse their decline.
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#1220702019-08-30
Endangered bats: The manicure helping to save a species
One of the world's rarest bats is now confined to a single cave in Western Cuba with less than 750 remaining, according to a population survey.
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#1220572019-08-29
CITES: Sharks and ivory leave delegates divided
If there's one thing to take away from this year's CITES endangered wildlife conference, it's that species protection is a high priority — but not everyone agrees with how it should be done.
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#1220412019-08-28
Grassland biodiversity is blowing in the wind
Temperate grasslands are the most endangered but least protected ecosystems on Earth.
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#1220122019-08-27
Killing endangered species to save them? Trophy hunters lobby at CITES
As conservationists and campaigners thrash out wildlife trade rules, a debate rages over whether trophy hunting helps or hinders the protection of endangered species.
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#1220172019-08-27
Scientists successfully fertilize northern white rhino eggs
Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Researchers have successfully fertilized several northern white rhino eggs with the sperm of the last two bulls, Suni and Saut, both now deceased.
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#1219922019-08-22
Trade in giraffes to be regulated for first time: CITES
GENEVA (Reuters) - Countries voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to regulate international trade in giraffes, an endangered species, and in their body parts, overcoming objections by southern African states and drawing praise from conservationists.
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#1219752019-08-21
Connected forest networks on oil palm plantations key to protecting endangered species
Connected areas of high-quality forest running through oil palm plantations could help support increased levels of biodiversity, new research suggests.
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#1219762019-08-21
Why Spain has become a nightmare for the endangered turtledove
Thirteen autonomous regions are ignoring Brussels and allowing this symbol of eternal love to be hunted, despite the country’s implication in the species’ dwindling numbers
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#1219382019-08-19
18th meeting of the Conference of Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES)
Thank you for the opportunity to speak to you today at this important gathering, the 18th Conference of the Parties (CoP) to CITES.
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#1219402019-08-19
Elephant protection debate to dominate conservation meeting
Different approaches to protecting elephants are set to dominate the debate at a key conservation conference starting in Geneva today.
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#1219432019-08-19
World’s nations gather to tackle wildlife extinction crisis
Giraffes, sharks, glass frogs - and the woolly mammoth - may get boosted protection at summit
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#1219222019-08-16
Wildlife summit to consider global ban on saiga antelope trade
The US and Mongolia are backing a ban on the trade of a critically endangered antelope that has seen its numbers on the central Asian steppes devastated by hunting and disease.
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#1219002019-08-15
Museum shrouds endangered wildlife exhibits in mourning veil
Bristol Museum to highlight biodiversity crisis after children demand true stories of exhibits
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#1218922019-08-14
Here are some of the USA's most endangered species
The Trump administration announced a major overhaul Monday to the Endangered Species Act that it said would reduce regulations.
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#1218972019-08-14
Hope to save critically endangered vaquita porpoise from extinction is dwindli
The vaquita in the Gulf of California is the most endangered cetacean in the world. Most likely, no more than 10 animals are left. Its extinction is imminent — and some even say, it's for the best.
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#1218722019-08-13
Trump Administration Makes Major Changes To Protections For Endangered Species
In a move that critics say will hurt plants, animals and other species as they face mounting threats, the Trump administration is making major changes to how the Endangered Species Act is implemented.
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#1218612019-08-09
Pangolin scales are not a party drug, say researchers
Rumors about the protective armor of the threatened mammal are debunked, as poaching decimates their numbers.
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#1218072019-08-06
Critically Endangered hornbill becomes community flagship for forest conservation
In the Philippines, the Rufous-headed Hornbill has been driven to the brink of extinction by hunting and deforestation.