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Support the Climate Defenders in Indonesia -Take Action
Environment  (tags: petition, world, Sustainabililty, protection, humans, nature, habitatdestruction, globalwarming, environment, destruction, ecosystems, conservation )

Daphna
- 1 hour ago - greenpeace.org
Indonesian authorities have ramped up intimidation tactics this week against Greenpeace activists who are trying to prevent forest and climate destruction in the heart of the Indonesian rainforest, based at our Climate Defenders Camp on the Kampar Penins
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Climate Change and Forests Workshop in West Africa
Environment  (tags: climate, ClimateChange, climate-change, climatechange, ecosystems, endangered, environment, globalwarming, forests, habitat, habitatdestruction, nature, humans, protection, pollution, Sustainabililty, wildlife, world, research, politics, government )

Elena
- 2 hours ago - birdlife.org
Without effective intervention, climate change impacts on the remaining n the Upper Guinea Forest of West Africa will be catastrophic.
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Will Africa's Farmland Become a "Resource Curse"?
Environment  (tags: world, environment, agriculture, . resources, .green, ecosystems, humans )

Cal
- 9 hours ago - grist.org
A stampede of investors, ranging from governments like Saudi Arabia's to U.S. hedge funds, are moving in. And many of the region's pro-Westen, "modernizing" governments are inviting them.
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Restoring Saltwater, and Nature, to the Nisqually River Estuary
Environment  (tags: ClimateChange, conservation, ecosystems, environment, green, habitat, nature, water, Sustainabililty, wildlife, world, science, research, protection, pollution, politics )

Kimberly
- 13 hours ago - crosscut.com
While multiple agencies argue over the Columbia River system, changes are afoot in the Nisqually Delta north of Olympia. Already you can see a difference.
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Take Action - to Protect Polar Bear Habitat
Environment  (tags: petition, wildlife, world, water, protection, pollution, humans, nature, habitat, globalwarming, environment, destruction, endangered, climatechange )

Daphna
- 14 hours ago - salsa.democracyinaction.org
The Arctic is melting, putting polar bears at the brink of extinction. Every year, more and more bears are starving and drowning as they are forced to swim farther and farther to reach solid ice. Two-thirds of all polar bears -- including all bears in Ala
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Oceans Absorb Less Carbon Dioxide as Marine Systems Change
Environment  (tags: environment, ecosystems, CO2emissions, world, oceans, water, protection, nature, pollution )

Cal
- 15 hours ago - enn.com
The study, published in the current issue of Nature, is the first to quantify the perceived trend that oceans are becoming less efficient carbon sinks
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Take Action: Protect America's Coastal Communities
Environment  (tags: petition, conservation, destruction, ecosystems, humans, nature, oceans, habitat, wildlife, world )

Daphna
- 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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Conservation International: Email - Copenhagen - No Jargon, No Bull
Environment  (tags: climate, CO2emissions, ecosystems, endangered, energy, habitatdestruction, protection, trees, world, environment, Sustainabililty )

Pirjo
- 1 day ago - getinvolved.conservation.org
Ok - it might not sound like a party, but we're looking forward to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) conference in Copenhagen, Denmark next month.
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Over 100 Icebergs Drifting to N.Zealand: Official
Environment  (tags: climate-change, destruction, ecosystems, endangered, environment, globalwarming, habitatdestruction, nature, oceans, water, world )

Juniper
- 1 day ago - news.yahoo.com
SYDNEY (AFP) -More than 100, and possibly hundreds, of Antarctic icebergs are floating towards New Zealand in a rare event which has prompted a shipping warning, officials said on Monday.
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