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Bird conservationists oppose Scotland floating wind farm

The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) has frowned at the world's first full-scale floating wind farm that is being built off...

admin - July 24, 2017

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Paraguayan Chaco forest exploitation threatens endangered species, indigenous peoples

The tropical forests of the Paraguayan Chaco are said to be disappearing more quickly than any other forests on earth. According to conservationists, the rampant...

admin - July 20, 2017

Conservation

World Nature Conservation Day: Group teams up with government

Friday, July 28, 2017 is World Nature Conservation Day (WNCD) and activities will hold across the world to raise awareness about nature conservation and the...

admin - July 17, 2017

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Conservationists take up campaign to save Poland’s Białowieża Forest

Full of giant trees, dense, mossy and mysterious, the Białowieża Forest in Poland has been described as one out of a fairy tale. It...

admin - July 16, 2017

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CITES welcomes G20 declaration on combating corruption related to illegal wildlife trade

In the G20 Leaders Declaration, “Shaping an interconnected world”, released on Saturday, July 8, 2017 after meeting in Hamburg, Germany, G20 leaders reaffirmed their commitment to...

admin - July 11, 2017

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UNESCO, IUCN ask Poland to stop logging in Białowieża Forest

The UNESCO World Heritage Committee on Wednesday, July 5, 2017 adopted a decision urging Poland to immediately halt all logging and wood extraction in...

Michael Simire - July 5, 2017

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Côte d’Ivoire national park taken off World Heritage ‘danger list’

Comoé National Park in Côte d’Ivoire on Tuesday, July 4, 2017 came off the List of World Heritage in Danger, as its wildlife recovers...

admin - July 4, 2017

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Wilderness areas are fast declining – Report

New guidance launched recently by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) urges the World Heritage Convention to better conserve wilderness areas, and...

admin - July 4, 2017

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