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World News tagged with extinction

The Man-Eater: Sumatran Tigers Critically Endangered
World  (tags: world, animals, tigers, endangered, extinction, environment, protection, wildlife, government )

Tom
- 265 days ago - news.scotsman.com
INDONESIA'S tiger catchers have to protect humans from tigers and protect tigers from humans. The elite teams of rangers and conservationists rush to the scene every time villagers report attacks or sightings of critically endangered Sumatran tigers.
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Police Chasing Traders of Endangered Species
World  (tags: world, Jakarta, poaching, sun bears, tiger pelt, police, traders, Endangered Species, animals, wildlife, endangered, protection, extinction, politics, government )

Tom
- 265 days ago - old.thejakartapost.com
The National Police have deployed their rapid reaction brigade (SPORC) to hunt down members of syndicates involved in the trade and collection of endangered species in the country, following the arrests in Jakarta last week of five such traders.
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Obama Overrides Bush Rule on Endangered Species Act
World  (tags: world, obama, animals, wildlife, endangered, protection, environment, habitat, extinction, politics )

Tom
- 265 days ago - latimes.com
President Obama overrode the Bush administration on applying the Endangered Species Act, restoring a requirement that federal agencies consult with experts before launching construction projects that could affect the well-being of threatened species.
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Tigers Killing Illegal Loggers, But Losing Battle for Survival
World  (tags: world, loggers, Indonesia, humans, crime, animals, tigers, habitat, endangered, extinction )

Tom
- 271 days ago - livenews.com.au
Sumatra's few remaining tigers may be trying to send mankind a message. The critically-endangered big cats killed six people this month. Most were illegal loggers, plying their trade in protected national parks in Indonesia's Jambi province.
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Top 10 Signs We Might Be Experiencing a Modern-Day Mass Extinction
World  (tags: world, oceans, species, dinosaurs, fossils, biology, extinction, animals, humans, wildlife, environment, habitat, ecosystems, destruction, climate )

Tom
- 273 days ago - animal.discovery.com
The idea that we're in the middle of a widespread, human-caused mass extinction is prevalent in the scientific community. Researchers have documented a fraction of the species on Earth, so how can we know if we are in the middle of a mass extinction?
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80% of Wars Between 1950-2000 Took Place in Biodiversity Hotspots
World  (tags: world, war, animals, biodiversity, conflict, humans, culture, wildlife, extinction, endangered, ecosystems, environment, nature, habitat, violence )

Tom
- 273 days ago - news.mongabay.com
The richest storehouses of life on Earth are also regions of the most human conflict. Essential for both biodiversity conservation and human well-being, millions of poor people live in these hot spots and depend on healthy ecosystems for their survival.
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Why So Many Minds Think Alike
World  (tags: synapse, brain. memory, human, manipulated, manipulation, MKUltra, Project Pheonix, Paperclip, abused, cruelty cases, Government Incompetence, obama administration, investigation, extinction, killed, humans, ethics, Body-Mind-Spirit, extinction, Talmudic-Ty )

Gregory
- 301 days ago - cnn.com
Decades of research show people tend to go along with the majority view, even if that view is objectively incorrect. Now, scientists are supporting those theories with brain images. You're in a room with 10 other people who seem to agree on something, but
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Rescued Baby Gorilla Fuels Campaign to Save a Species
World  (tags: animals, endangered, environment, forests, GoodNews, habitatdestruction, politics, nature, wildlife, world, AnimalCruelty, AnimalWelfare, animaladvocates, animalrights, conservation, endangered, extinction, GoodNews, killed, killing, protection, slaughter )

Susan
- 422 days ago - africa.reuters.com
Miza, feared dead as her mother was among the gorillas killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Virunga National Park, home to 380 of the world's 720 mountain gorillas.Miza was rescued by her father, silverback gorilla Kabirizi, and brought back ...
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Rising Temperatures Due to Global Warming Are Threatening the Entire Arctic Ecosystem.
World  (tags: Global Warming, eco systems, humans, animals, extinction, loss of habitat, government, ethics )

Lauren
- 626 days ago - naturecanada.ca
The Polar Bears Need Us: Global Warming is reducing the amount of pack ice in the Arctic, which polar bears depend on for survival. PETITION, please sign!
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Until All the Fish Are Gone
World  (tags: commercial fishing, oceans, overfishing, WTO, extinction, Sustainabililty, habitatdestruction, nature, pollution, protection, humans, conservation, destruction, UnitedNations, environment, consumers )

Rebecca
- 668 days ago - nytimes.com
Many fish species may soon be so depleted that they will no longer be able to reproduce themselves. Overfishing is degrading the health of the oceans and destroying the fish species on which much of humanity depends for jobs and food. The WTO can help.
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