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India's Tiger Protection Plan 'Failing': Experts
Animals  (tags: animals, animalwelfare, endangered, wildanimals, wildlife )

Maria
- 46 days ago - google.com
India's efforts to stop poaching of its endangered tigers are failing despite millions of dollars of funding, a new protection force and experiments with animal transfers, experts say. The federal government swung into action in 2007 after
Judge: Protections for Yellowstone Grizzlies Must Be Restored
Animals  (tags: animals, animalwelfare, wildanimals, wildlife )

Maria
- 46 days ago - ktvq.com
A federal judge in Montana has ruled that the federal government must restore protections for an estimated 600 grizzly bears in and around Yellowstone National Park, citing a decline in the bears' food supply caused in part by climate change.
Gorilla Poaching Greater Threat Than Previously Believed
Animals  (tags: animals, gorillas, killed, bushmeat, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 46 days ago - fauna-flora.org
The BBC has announced that up to two gorillas are killed and sold for bush meat each week in just one area of the Republic of Congo. The gorillas in question are Western lowland gorillas, which are listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List
Fishing Cat Research and Conservation Project
Animals  (tags: fishing cats, endangered, protection, conservation, studies, habitat, survival )

Simone
- 51 days ago - fishingcatproject.info
The Fishing Cat Research and Conservation Project was established in 2003 with the goal of securing and restoring fishing cat populations and the conditions they need to thrive in the wild. The project supports basic surveys, ecological research
Brooklyn Non-Profit Team Turns Abandoned Rooftop Into Working Farm and Shelter for Refugees
Green Lifestyle  (tags: architecture, conservation, energy, eco-friendly, environment, ecosystems, design, goodnews, greenliving, green, humans, recycling, sustainable, protection, society, Sustainabililty, technology, home, interesting )

Erik
- 46 days ago - babelgum.com
Terreform, a nonprofit architecture collective transforms the rooftop of a building in downtown Brooklyn into a shelter and farm for urban refugees- people displaced by the mortgage crisis.
A Car That Could Shrink to Fit in Your Pocket?
Environment  (tags: CO2emissions, climate-change, ecosystems, conservation, green, pollution, Sustainabililty )

Erik
- 76 days ago - babelgum.com
If there weren't any pesky practical limitations, how would you change the world? What about cars that could shrink to fit in your pocket? We could turn our parking lots into water parks. GOOD director Max Joseph explains.
Ugly Vacant Lot in Brooklyn Is Transformed Into Sustainable & Fun Putt-Putt Course By Local Artists
Green Lifestyle  (tags: eco-friendly, design, greenliving, humans, happy, good news, golf, reuse, new york, recycling, Sustainabililty, world )

Erik
- 92 days ago - babelgum.com
The putting lot is a parking lot transformed into a nine-hole miniature golf course in Bushwick, Brooklyn. The theme of the course is "neighborhood sustainability" which encompasses both environmental sustainability and the sustainability of communities.
If We Are Going to Have the Death Penalty, Shouldn't We At Least Have Their Organs Donated
Society & Culture  (tags: death, culture, crime, rights, politics, law, government, interesting )

Erik
- 110 days ago - babelgum.com
In 2008, 37 death row inmates were executed. None of their organs was donated. Now consider that there are currently 2,775 people on the waiting list for a heart transplant. In this GOOD Provocation, Graeme Wood makes the case for harvesting healthy organ
We CAN Take Setps to Improve the Overfishing Crisis and Protect Our Oceans
Environment  (tags: climate, animals, climate-change, ClimateChange, destruction, ecosystems, endangered, environment, GoodNews, habitat, habitatdestruction, nature, oceans, humans, protection, wildlife, water )

Erik
- 110 days ago - babelgum.com
What does the future hold for fish? Rupert Murray, director of the movie, travels to Australia and dives to the SS Yongala shipwreck, an area which has been protected for over 30 yrs and which now thrives with marine life.
Brooklyn Residents Revitalize Neighborhood By Re-Using Old Dumpster as New Swimming Pools
Green Lifestyle  (tags: conservation, design, greenliving, recycling, interesting, humans, water )

Erik
- 115 days ago - babelgum.com
From smelly and ugly to fresh and entertaining: Macro-Sea Pools turns three large trash dumpsters into a swimming pool in an empty Brooklyn parking lot. This adaptive re-use project presents the neighborhood with new recreational opportunities.
 
 
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