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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] 

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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