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Environment News tagged with wildlife

Paraguay's Forests in Crisis
Environment  (tags: environment, forests, Paraguay, habitat, nature, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 2 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
Every day, an average of 1000 hectares (2,400 acres) of forest is destroyed in the Paraguayan Chaco and most of the world has never even heard of this remote area of wilderness.
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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
- 2 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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The Polar Bear Is Still One Oil Spill Away From Disaster
Environment  (tags: environment, habitat, polar bears, oil, nature, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 2 days ago - newsblaze.com
Despite recent proposed critical habitat designation, The Obama administration's recent proposed designation of 200,000 square miles of Alaskan waters, sea ice and coastal area as critical habitat for the polar bear is encouraging news for a species
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The Prince's Rainforests Project: Keeping Forests Standing
Environment  (tags: environment, rainforests, forests, trees, protection, ecosystems, globalwarming, habitatdestruction, destruction, habitat, humans, world, wildlife )

Cal
- 3 days ago - theecologist.org
It's the best hope for creating a critical mass of support for tough action on tropical deforestation, and its website offers a wealth of information for all
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Stand Up for the Underfrog: Tell S.F. to Restore Sharp Park ! TAKE ACTION !
Environment  (tags: environment, protection, nature, habitat, wildlife, frogs, wetlands )

Cher
- 3 days ago - salsa.democracyinaction.org
Last week the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department issued a report that was supposed to explore alternatives for restoring endangered species habitat at Sharp Park. However, the Park Department's report ignores science and promotes an all-golf
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Polar Bears Vs. Oil With Alaska in the Balance
Environment  (tags: drilling, oil, destruction, alaska, polar bears, habitat destruction, governor, wildlife )

Simone
- 4 days ago - thenewstribune.com
Gov. Sean Parnell says he has the best interest of polar bears at heart, but he doesn't intend to let the federal government's expanded protection for bears get in the way of the state's continued prosperity.
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Tell Congress to Pass the Clean Water Protection Act - Take Action
Environment  (tags: petition, wildlife, trees, water, protection, humans, nature, habitatdestruction, habitat, globalwarming, environment, destruction, conservation )

Daphna
- 4 days ago - change.org
To: The U.S. Senate and The U.S. House Sponsored by: Earthjustice It's time for Congress to stand up for what's right and put a stop to the devastation of our rivers, streams and headwaters caused by mountaintop removal mining.
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Wilderness Protection Agreement Formed in North America
Environment  (tags: environment, wildnerness, protection, habitat, North America, nature, wildlife )

Cher
- 4 days ago - ecoworldly.com
With the US and Canada sharing a border while Mexico meets with the United States, in order to protect North American wildlife and wilderness a collaborative effort is necessary, particularly as global climate change is beginning to put many North
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Child Dies After Ingesting Pesticide Also Used to Kill Lions
Environment  (tags: environment, pesticides, habitat, nature, wildlife, humans, death )

Cher
- 4 days ago - ecoworldly.com
According to reports, little Kimutai, a three-year-old child from Kenya, died hours after ingesting carbofuran, an odorless pesticide used to control insects on many crops including rice, beans, bananas, pineapple, coffee and vegetables.
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Huge 130 Km Long Deepwater Gillnet Confiscated in Antarctic
Environment  (tags: environment, gillnets, confiscated, habitat, nature, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 4 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
Just days after TRAFFIC wrote to the fledgling South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organization (SPRFMO) to express alarm that Flag States are allowing deepwater gillnetting, Australia has revealed it confiscated a huge gillnet set
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Protect the Arctic Refuge: America's Polar Bear Nursery ! TAKE ACTION !
Environment  (tags: environment, arctic refuge, polar bears, habitat, protection, nature, wildlife )

Cher
- 5 days ago - change.org
Rising temperatures are robbing polar bears of vital habitat and melting the sea ice they use for hunting and raising their cubs. In response, the Interior Department has announced a proposal to designate more than 200,000 square miles of critical
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Restore Coastal Louisiana - The Petition Site
Environment  (tags: petition, wildlife, water, trees, protection, pollution, humans, nature, habitat, government, environment, destruction, conservation, animals )

Daphna
- 5 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
The Mississippi Delta is the world's seventh largest river delta. But we are losing these wetlands at an alarming rate. 80 years of national actions to channelize and control the Mississippi River for economic development and navigation have diverted se
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Support Restoration of Coastal Louisiana Wetlands-Please Take Action !!
Environment  (tags: wildlife, conservation, endangered, ecosystems, habitatdestruction )

Tierney
- 5 days ago - online.nwf.org
Coastal Louisiana is home to diverse wildlife threatened by the loss of wetlands. President Obama's leadership offers us a new opportunity to get coastal restoration right.
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Tell the EPA to Ban the Poison Rozol- Take Action
Environment  (tags: petition, wildlife, suffering, protection, humans, nature, habitat, environment, conservation, animals )

Daphna
- 5 days ago - secure3.convio.net
I am writing to request that the EPA immediately ban the use of Rozol (chlorophacinone) grain bait to exterminate black-tailed prairie dogs. This poison is inhumane. Rozol causes internal bleeding to animals who ingest it, and their suffering can be prol
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Plastic Pollution Prevention ! TAKE ACTION !
Environment  (tags: environment, pollution, plastic, habitat, nature, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 6 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Plastic is not fantastic! We must find a solution to plastic pollution! Why? Because all plastic that makes its way into our oceans will alter the natural state of ecosystems and harm wildlife. An estimated one million seabirds and 100,000 whales,
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