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Photo Safaris Potentially More Environmentally Damaging Than Hunting
World  (tags: News, Animal Safari, environment, photography )

Katie
- 2 days ago - treehugger.com
An expert on this subject recently addressed the Kalahari Conservation Society (KCS), saying, as reported in All Africa, "Properly administered hunting is not detrimental to wildlife populations. This is absolutely certain.
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Brazil Deforestation Drops to Lowest Level Since 1980s
World  (tags: world, News, Brazil, Environment, deforestation, Lowest )

Katie
- 6 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
Some 7,008 square kilometres of trees were cut down in the year to July, 45.7 per cent down on the previous year's figure and a quarter of the 2004 level, according to government figures.
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Giant Iceberg Spotted Off Australia.
World  (tags: News, world, Australia, environment, iceberg )

Katie
- 8 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
The ice chunk, measuring some 2,300 feet long with an estimated depth of more than 1,000 feet, caused a stir when it was sighted by experts based on Australia's remote Macquarie Island.
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'Last Chance' for Tuna Authority
World  (tags: News, environment, fish, ban, bluefin tuna )

Katie
- 11 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
The annual meeting of the body charged with conserving Atlantic tuna opens on Monday to warnings that this is its "last chance" to manage things well.The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (Iccat) is criticised............
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Environment Agency Urges Bigger Fines for Polluters
World  (tags: world, news, environment, pollution violations, polluters, industry )

Katie
- 13 days ago - guardian.co.uk
Government watchdog makes appeal to courts as latest statistics show 13% fall in serious pollution cases since 2007.The courts were today urged by the government's environment watchdog to issue tougher fines for environmental pollution.
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How the World Wildlife Fund Works
World  (tags: world, WWF, environment, Organisations )

Katie
- 15 days ago - animals.howstuffworks.com
The World Wildlife Fund for Nature (known as WWF) safeguards nature and ecological processes. Its mission is "to stop the degradation of the planet's natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature.
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Red List Update Shows Up Global Failure to Slow Biodiversity Loss
World  (tags: environment, global crisis, report, wwf, failure )

Katie
- 17 days ago - panda.org
The latest update of the 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, WWF said today.
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Leaking Oil Rig in Timor Sea Catches on Fire
World  (tags: News, world, Oil leak, environment )

Katie
- 18 days ago - msnbc.msn.com
A massive fire erupted on an oil rig that has been leaking into the Timor Sea and Australia's government Monday promised an investigation, the latest drama in a 10-week saga to plug the hole.
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India to Investigate Rising Elephant Death Toll.
World  (tags: environment, wildlife, elephants, death, toll )

Katie
- 18 days ago - guardian.co.uk
An alarming rise in elephant deaths in India because of habitat loss and poachers' bolder forays into government-protected zones has led officials to arrange a meeting to address the problem.
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U.N. Needs More Muscle in Environment Fight: Study
World  (tags: UN, world, environment, humans, news, Study report )

Katie
- 22 days ago - uk.reuters.com
The United Nations needs to beef up and better coordinate efforts to help fight threats such as climate change, deforestation or over-fishing, two experts said on Thursday.
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Guilty! Rich Nations Slammed At Climate Change Court
World  (tags: world, society, interesting, humans, government, politics, CO2emissions, environment, globalwarming )

Daphna
- 33 days ago - treehugger.com
Thai and Bangladeshi farmers, a Nepalese mountain climber, a Filipino fisherman and an Indonesian women's advocate testified against developed countries in a trial yesterday that found the wealthiest nations responsible for the damages caused by global wa
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WATER-ZIMBABWE
: New Wells Protect Environment, Build Peace
World  (tags: world, environment )

Cal
- 35 days ago - ipsnews.net
Twenty years ago, Isaac Chidavaenzi would worry when his neighbours set up vegetable gardens on river banks, trying to get closer to water sources. The number of gardens on the rivers' banks has now decreased, but Chidavaenzi is even more worried.
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Take Action on Tibet ! Four Petitions ! TAKE ACTION !
World  (tags: tibet, humans, environment, protection, humanrights )

Cher
- 63 days ago - change.org
On Monday, a high-level delegation sent by President Obama met with the Dalai Lama at his home in Dharamsala, India to discuss the Obama administration's strategy on Tibet and how the President can assist in pushing for a resolution to the issue during
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Bank Urges Climate 'Action Now'
World  (tags: world, government, climate-change, conservation, environment, globalwarming )

Daphna
- 65 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Climate change will be a serious barrier to growth in poorer nations and must be curbed, says the World Bank. The bank's World Development Report (WDR) urges a rapid scaling-up of spending on clean energy research and protection for poorer co
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Lead Poisoning Sickens 600 Kids in China
World  (tags: world, China, lead poison, contamination, environment, pollution, children, illness, health, prevention, protection, risks )

Dee
- 98 days ago - abcnews.go.com
More than 600 children have been sickened with lead poisoning in a northern Chinese province where authorities shut a smelter earlier this week thought to have caused the contamination,
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