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Protect America's Coastal Communities -Please Take Action!
Environment  (tags: protection, animalwelfare, wildlife, environment, conservation, oceans )

Tierney
- 1 day ago - actionnetwork.org
U.S. ocean fish populations are a public trust which must be managed for the benefit of all Americans. From an economic perspective, fisheries are a multi-billion dollar resource and a valuable food source for millions of Americans. From an ecological st
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Madagascar's Lemurs in Danger From Political Turmoil and 'Timber Mafia'
Environment  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, timber, trees, nature, habitat, environment, wildlife, protection )

Cher
- 7 days ago - guardian.co.uk
The lemur, a furry primate that symbolises Madagascar's unique biodiversity, is under renewed threat from a "timber mafia" pillaging the island's forests for profit.
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Red List Update Shows Up Global Failure to Slow Biodiversity Loss
Environment  (tags: animals, red list, biodiversity, loss, AnimalWelfare, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals, environment, nature )

Cher
- 22 days ago - ca.sys-con.com
The latest update of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species should cause alarm over the continuing unprecedented loss of species and the failure so far of mechanisms to arrest biodiversity loss
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350 Species Threatened By Global Warming
Environment  (tags: animals, environment, AnimalWelfare, protection, wildlife, wildanimals, habitat, climate-change, globalwarming )

Cher
- 32 days ago - all-creatures.org
On this site, you'll find 350 animals and plants that could vanish due to global warming. If we act now to curb greenhouse gas emissions, many of them will still have a chance to survive and recover -- but we have to act now. And we have to act decisively
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The American Pika Is Losing The Battle With Global Warming ! TAKE ACTION !
Environment  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, pika, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, globalwarming, nature, protection )

Cher
- 72 days ago - change.org
But rising temperatures from global warming are forcing the Pika to seek refuge at higher and higher altitudes in order to stay cool in the summer months.
19 comments
Australian Oil Spill Continues - The Impact On Whales And Dolphins Can Not Be Ignored
Environment  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, oil spill, whales, dolphins, destruction, habitat, wildlife )

Cher
- 74 days ago - wdcs.org
The leaking oil well in the Timor Sea is now a major environmental disaster, spanning at least 15,000km2 and threatening marine wildlife, including whales and dolphins.
18 comments
Save Critical Habitat for the Florida Panther ! TAKE ACTION !
Environment  (tags: animals, florida panther, habitat, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 98 days ago - therainforestsite.com
No protected habitat exists for the Florida panther, the only big cat east of the Mississippi. Fewer than 100 individuals remain, making the Florida Panther one of America's most endangered species.
16 comments
Send Sears a Clear Message to Adopt a Progressive Paper Policy That Protects Endangered Forests ! TAKE ACTION !
Environment  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, caribou, Sears, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, forests, protection )

Cher
- 98 days ago - change.org
Sears has been talking about adopting a robust paper policy to protect Endangered Forests for over two years now. But they have been stalling on the release of this policy. For caribou and other precious wildlife, this delay is life-threatening.
10 comments
Eastern Himalayas Reveals Abundance of New Species
Environment  (tags: AnimalWelfare, animals, endangered, protection, wildlife, climate, climate-change, conservation, destruction, ecosystems, habitat, habitatdestruction, nature, oceans, protection, research, trees, weather, eastern himalayas )

PinkMindy
- 104 days ago - cnn.com
Over 350 new species including the world's smallest deer, a "flying frog" and a 100 million-year-old gecko have been discovered in the Eastern Himalayas, a biological treasure trove now threatened by climate change.
13 comments
Congo's Wildlife Rangers Launch Offensive Against Armed Groups Trafficking Charcoal in Gorilla Zone of Virunga
Environment  (tags: animals, gorillas, AnimalWelfare, charcoal deforestation, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 112 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
The Congolese National Park Authorities have sent the biggest ever deployment of armed rangers to strike at charcoal-making operations run by armed groups deep in the forests of Virunga National Park in Eastern DR Congo.
7 comments
HELP SAVE THE CERULEAN WARBLER SUPPORT A SENATE BILL TO STOP MOUNTAINTOP REMOVAL COAL MINING ! TAKE ACTION !
Environment  (tags: animals, birds, AnimalWelfare, mining, mountaintop removal, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals, destruction, habitatdestruction, nature )

Cher
- 115 days ago - change.org
Using this action page, you can help stop America's most destructive mining practice that turns mountainsides into wastelands, buries streams forever under an avalanche of fill, and decimates critically needed habitat of our fastest declining songbird
32 comments
Global Warming Is Shrinking Sheep and Fish
Environment  (tags: animals, sheep, fish, shrinking, global warming, AnimalWelfare, habitat, protection )

Cher
- 125 days ago - planetsave.com
Two seperate scientific studies have revealed that global warming is leading to significant reductions in the size of sheep and fish species, more evidence that climate change is forcing a huge range of species to adapt to a hotter world.
3 comments
Victory for Wildlife as 'Eco-Town' Is Abandoned
Environment  (tags: environment, wildlife, ecotown, AnimalWelfare, habitat, protection )

Cher
- 130 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
The UK Government has announced that it will not go ahead with the proposals for an 'eco-town' at Weston Otmoor. The Berks, Bucks and Oxon Wildlife Trust (BBOWT) is delighted by the decision as the proposed Weston Otmoor Eco-town, which was to be built
7 comments
Palin Announces Lawsuit to Overturn Protections Given to Cook Inlet Beluga Whale
Environment  (tags: animals, beluga whales, Palin, Cook Inlet, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, wildlife, wildanimals, habitat )

Cher
- 130 days ago - ecoworldly.com
For the second time in less than a year, Palin's administration has sought legal action against an endangered species in favor of the oil industry. This time, the Cook Inlet Beluga Whale is her target.
22 comments
65% of European Habitat Under Threat - 0.1% of EU Budget for Conservation
Environment  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals, extinction, conservation, nature )

Cher
- 132 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
Europe faces a rising wave of wildlife extinctions yet it continues to massively under-resource and under-enforce nature and wildlife protection, according to the WWF following the release of a report by the European Commission showing 65 percent of
10 comments
 
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