More than half of common plant species and a third of animals could see a serious decline in their habitat range because of climate change, a study suggests.
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Concerns are mounting for the Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex World Heritage Site in Thailand as armed and dangerous illegal logging gangs chop down rare hardwood trees to feed the growing demands in South East Asia. Via PotbiC Delete the scoop?
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The campaign to legalise trade in rhino horn as a potential solution to the poaching epidemic has gained a lot of traction in recent months, most recently with a paper written by leading environmen... Delete the scoop?
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JOHANNESBURG — South Africa and Vietnam have agreed to exchange the names of registered hunters in a bid to stop rhino poachers who obtain hunting permits under false pretences, a spokesman said Monday.
Authorities are targeting these hunters who take advantage of laws allowing them to export the rhino horn as a hunting trophy to trade it illegally, mostly on the Asian black market....
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JOHANNESBURG — South Africa and Vietnam have agreed to exchange the names of registered hunters in a bid to stop rhino poachers who obtain hunting permits under false pretences, a spokesman said Monday.
Authorities are targeting these hunters who take advantage of laws allowing them to export the rhino horn as a hunting trophy to trade it illegally, mostly on the Asian black market....
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They may have wet noses and waggy tails, but don't underestimate the latest recruits to South Africa's war on rhino poachers. Foxhounds Chico, Jetta and Kombi are nearing the end of rigorous traini... Delete the scoop?
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ANYONE awakened by bird song this morning should cherish the moment.... While town birds are increasing the decibels to compete with urban noise, the countryside is slipping slowly towards an eerie silence. Many of the iconic birds whose mating calls ring out across woodlands and open fields during early May are vanishing at an alarming rate... http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/397195/The-dawn-chorus-is-dying-out-as-bird-numbers-decrease
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JOHANNESBURG — Mozambique's rhinoceros population was wiped out more than a century ago by big game hunters. Delete the scoop?
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South Africa and Vietnam have signed a plan to boost conservation and help combat rhino poaching. Delete the scoop?
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by Blake Deppe / People's World According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, Africa's western black rhino is now officially extinct. After being a victim of increasingly devasta... 
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I'm officially ashamed of the human race.. in this day and age HOW could we let this happen?! Let this be a huge WAKE UP call for ALL humans on this planet, ie if you are actually a proud, dignified member of the human race.. with a semblance of a heart and a conscience. Delete the scoop?
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A couple of days ago the WWF issued an alert over an incursion into the Dzanga-Ndoki National Park by a section of the Seleka rebels from the Central Africa Republic. Via PotbiC Delete the scoop?
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The rhino crisis is getting worse and if nothing is done rhinos will be extinct in the wild in just thirteen years' time, the chairman of South Africa's Private Rhino Owners' Association (PROA) war... Delete the scoop?
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The Forestry Commission is due to carry out what is expected to be its biggest cull of wild boar in the Forest of Dean later this year. (Save the piggies, not just the badgers!!! Biggest cull of wild boar in the Forest of Dean later this year. Via Maria Nunzia Delete the scoop?
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Linking deforestation and agricultural sourcing is an important first step. Delete the scoop?
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Parasites, disease, pesticides blamed (RT @TimCGriffith: What will food cost when the bees are gone? Delete the scoop?
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New research maps how Earth's myriad climates -- and the ecosystems that depend on them -- could move from one area to another as global temperatures rise. The approach foresees big changes for one of the planet's great carbon sponges. Via Maria Nunzia Delete the scoop?
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Clive Palmer’s China First Coal Project is entering the last stages of review for its proposed coal mine in Queensland’s Bimblebox Nature Refuge. Delete the scoop?
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