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In Brazil, a Showdown Over Rainforest Deforestation
Environment  (tags: ecosystems, environment, protection, humans, nature, government, politics, world, wildlife, conservation, animals, habitatdestruction, habitat )

Cal
- 3 hours ago - csmonitor.com
Brazil's president is scheduled to sign a reform package today that could retroactively legalize the deforestation of millions of acres in the Amazon.
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Animal Video
Environment  (tags: animals, climate-change, humans )

Mm
- 3 hours ago - youtube.com
Just a Feel Good Video and speakers on...Enoy! Full Screen!
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Goodbye Fish and Shellfish? Meet the Biggest Threat to Our Oceans
Environment  (tags: oceans, food chain, seafood, acidification of the oceans, ecosystems, environment, animals, wildlife, protection, habitatdestruction, habitat, green, greenhousegases, water, nature, humans, government, climate-change, destruction, conservation )

Cal
- 22 hours ago - alternet.org
As emissions continue to rise, the world's oceans are becoming corrosive, threatening shellfish, corals and the entire ocean food web. LIKE THIS ARTICLE ? Join our mailing list: Si
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Ensure Marine Protected Areas for Scotland's Whales, Dolphins and Purpoises ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Environment  (tags: animals, environment, habitat, nature, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 1 day ago - forcechange.com
Ensure a world-class network of marine protected areas is delivered in 2012 that includes protected areas for Scotland's whales, dolphins and porpoises.
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Protect Reef Sharks Living Near Heavily Populated Islands ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Environment  (tags: environment, habitat, nature, protection, wildlife, animals )

Cher
- 1 day ago - forcechange.com
Increase protection measures for reef sharks threatened by human activities.
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Save the Northern Spotted Owl ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Environment  (tags: animals, environment, destruction, habitat, nature, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 2 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
With less than a dozen spotted owls left in Canadian old-growth forest habitat in southwestern BC, the time to stop logging is now.
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Arrest of BP Scapegoat -- Greg Palast
Environment  (tags: animals, BP corruption, climate-change, destruction, ecosystems, environment )

Kit
- 3 days ago - gregpalast.com
The Justice Department went big game hunting and bagged a teeny-weeny scapegoat. More like a scape-kid, really. Today, Justice arrested former BP engineer Kurt Mix for destroying evidence in the Deepwater Horizon blow-out.
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Support Protected Habitat for Critically Endangered Woodland Caribou ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Environment  (tags: environment, animals, habitat, nature, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 4 days ago - forcechange.com
Designate protected habitat for critically endangered woodland caribou.
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Canadian Sea Activist Facing Charge Vows to Fight on
Environment  (tags: Sea Shepherd, Paul Watson, anti-whalng activities, whales, wildlife, law, animalwelfare, animals, animalrights, protection, humans, habitat, wildanimals )

Cal
- 4 days ago - uk.reuters.com
Renowned marine conservationist Paul Watson, who is fighting extradition from Germany to Costa Rica over a 2002 campaign against shark finning, vowed on Monday that his fleet would head to the Antarctic without him to fight whaling.
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Keep Caves Closed to Save Our Bats ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Environment  (tags: environment, animals, wildlife, protection, habitat, nature )

Cher
- 4 days ago - action.biologicaldiversity.org
Please -- speak up by using the form below to ask the Service to reaffirm its commitment to western bats and farmers and maintain the only cave-management policies that have a chance of saving these unique animals.
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International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB)
Environment  (tags: conservation, environment, wildlife, protection, healthconditions, oceans, humans, nature, pollution, Sustainabililty, water, trees, world, endangered, energy, conservation, ecosystems, climate, animals, climate-change, green, habitat, science, politics )

Elena
- 5 days ago - cbd.int
Marine Biodiversity is the theme for this year's International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB). Designation of IDB 2012 on the theme of marine ecosystems provides Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and everyone interested in marine
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Save Anti-Whaling Activist From Extradition ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Environment  (tags: environment, animals, humans, protection )

Cher
- 6 days ago - forcechange.com
Paul Watson, a veteran anti-whaling activist and president of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, was recently arrested in Germany on charges pertaining to a confrontation with illegal shark poachers that occurred in Guatemalan waters in 2002.
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Veteran Anti-Whaling Activist Paul Watson to Be Released on Bail
Environment  (tags: Sea Shepherd, Paul Watson, anti-whalng activities, whales, wildlife, law, animalwelfare, animals, animalrights, protection, humans, habitat, wildanimals )

Cal
- 7 days ago - guardian.co.uk
Sea Shepherd group vows to fight founder's possible extradition from Germany to Costa Rica over 2002 incident at sea
46 comments
Melting Sea Ice Could Lead to Pressure on Arctic Fishery
Environment  (tags: environment, destruction, ecosystems, Arctic fishery, climatechange, globalwarming, protection, world, humans, habitat, habitatdestruction, conservation, climate-change, animals )

Cal
- 9 days ago - enn.com
With melting sea ice opening up previously inaccessible parts of the Arctic Ocean, the fishing industry sees a potential bonanza. But some scientists and government officials have begun calling for a moratorium on fishing in the region until the true stat
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Help Win More Protections for Mountain Caribou ! PLEASE SIGN ! @ Petitionsite !
Environment  (tags: environment, wildlife, protection, habitat, nature, animals )

Cher
- 9 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
In response to work by the Center for Biological Diversity and our partners, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed more than 375,000 acres of protected critical habitat for mountain caribou in northern Idaho and northeastern Washington --
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