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Russian forests and tigers left floored by illegal logging WWF - The forests of the Russian Far East are being pushed to the brink of destruction due to pervasive, large-scale illegal logging, largely to supply Chin... read more [17 May 2013]
Indigenous Nicaraguans Fight to the Death for Their Last Forest Inter Press Service - Logging is one of the main threats in the southern area of the Bosawas Biosphere Reserve. Credit: José Garth Medina/IPS... read more [16 May 2013]
Heli-hunting ban about 'fairness' New Zealand Herald - The heli-hunting season on Department of Conservation land ends in late July and it is quite likely to be the last.... read more [15 May 2013]
Urbanization and surface warming in eastern China Terra Daily - A recent study indicated that the urbanization in eastern China has significant impact on the observed surface warming and the temporal-spatial variat... read more [15 May 2013]
Britain's migratory birds stay away as climate change moves their wintering areas further north The Independent (London) - Migratory waterbirds have shifted their wintering areas north-eastwards due to Europe's changing climate, scientists have revealed. ... read more [13 May 2013]
Poachers kill 26 elephants at central African world heritage site Guardian (London) - At least 26 elephants, including four calves, were killed at Dzanga Bai, a wildlife viewing site in Dzanga-Ndoki national park... read more [13 May 2013]
Google timelapse captures Earth's changes New Zealand Herald - Twenty-five years of human expansion and environmental devastation across the globe has been illustrated in interactive timelapse graphics by Google... read more [10 May 2013]
Gunmen threaten unique CentrAfrican elephant reserve: WWF Terra Daily - A group of 17 gunmen entered an animal park in the Central African Republic, threatening "one of the biggest massacres of elephants" in the region, co... read more [08 May 2013]
A Tale of Two Elephants: celebrating the lives and mourning the deaths of Cirrocumulus and Ngampit Mongabay.com - These two elephants were well-known to researchers from Save the Elephants (STE), who monitor elephant populatio... read more [08 May 2013]
India acts to save Asiatic lion by moving it – but hard work has only just begun Guardian (London) - Ambitious plan to translocate lions from Gujarat to Madhya Pradesh finally gets green light with Supreme Court ruling... read more [08 May 2013]
Sumatran orangutans' rainforest home faces new threat Terra Daily - A baby Sumatran orangutan swings playfully on a branch at an Indonesian rescue centre, a far cry from the terror he endured when his pristine rainfore... read more [06 May 2013]
Widely used insecticide contaminating water supplies, triggering wildlife die-off in Europe Mongabay.com - The world's most widely used insecticide is devastating dragonflies, snails and other water-based species, a groundbreaking Dutch study has revealed. ... read more [06 May 2013]
Paris shopping centre opens green roof as French cities make room for nature Guardian (London) - Vegetation on buildings increases biodiversity and cools temperatures but high cost and upkeep may prove prohibitive... read more [06 May 2013]
Greater Mekong countries 'lost one-third of forest cover in 40 years' Guardian (London) - Cambodia, Laos, Burma, Thailand and Vietnam have lost nearly 40m ha of forest cover since 1980, a new report shows... read more [03 May 2013]
Conservation without supervision: Peruvian community group creates and patrols its own protected are Mongabay.com - On the 22nd of November, 2012, the Peruvian Andes village of Líbano celebrated the launch of the Hocicón Reserve, formed under an innovative conservat... read more [01 May 2013]
Ocean off the U.S. Northeast Was Warmest in 150 Years, Report Says Yale Environment 360 - It was also the biggest one-year increase since records were first kept in 1854... read more [30 Apr 2013]
Bee-harming pesticides banned in Europe Guardian (London) - EU member states vote ushers in continent-wide suspension of neonicotinoid pesticides... read more [30 Apr 2013]
Rhinos now extinct in Mozambique's Limpopo National Park Mongabay.com - Poachers have likely killed off the last rhinos in Mozambique's Limpopo National Park, according to a park official who spoke with Portugal News. ... read more [26 Apr 2013]
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