November 6, 2009
First step to save the world's rarest bird taken successfully!
A complicated and challenging mission to a remote lake in Madagascar has resulted in
a huge step being taken in efforts to save the world's rarest duck from extinction.
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November 5, 2009
Disney Company Makes Significant Commitment to Protect Threatened Forests in the Amazon, Congo and United States
The Walt Disney Company announced today a $7 million investment in forest projects that will build on its long history of conservation and environmental stewardship. The projects will protect forests in the Amazon, the Congo and the United States safeguarding ecosystems that benefit climate and quality of life on the planet.
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Perilously close to being lost
A harsh winter and a possible shortage of prey in spring meant some pairs failed to breed, while those that did had fewer chicks.
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BTO - EDF Energy Business Bird Challenge 2010
- the competition to find the best business sites for conservation, birds, and people.
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Extinction crisis continues apace
The latest update of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species shows that 17,291 species out of the 47,677 assessed species are threatened with extinction.
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November 3, 2009
Griffon Vulture collision with wind turbine video
Watch this tragic accident.
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November 1, 2009
Eleonora's Falcons leave for Africa
Two recent studies have revealed new information on the migration routes of Eleonora’s Falcon Falco eleonorae, tracking the birds 9,500 km from their European breeding colonies to their main non-breeding grounds in Madagascar.
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Queen of Spain Fritillary breeds on Sussex Coast
A rare migrant butterfly from Europe appears to be attempting to establish a colony in Britain. The Queen of Spain Fritillary butterfly has been breeding at a location on the Sussex coast. The butterfly has been increasing in numbers across northern Europe and its arrival in Britain is almost certainly a sign of climate change.
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Colombia creates new National Park
The Government of Colombia announced last night that it was creating a new national park at the request of the local indigenous community. This is a major step forward in the complicated relationship between conservationists and indigenous groups, Conservation International said today.
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Farmland bird figures confirm urgent need for action, say RSPB
Government figures released today (0ct 29, 2009) give a mixed picture of the fortunes of farmland birds in England with a continued downward trend in populations, but some tentative signs of recovery.
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October 31, 2009
Tiger experts call for urgent action to save species
More than 250 experts, scientists and government delegates from 13 tiger range countries this week called for immediate action to save tigers before the species disappears from the wild, citing the urgent need for increased protection against tiger poaching and trafficking in tiger parts.
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Shipwreck an ecological disaster for southern Madagascar
Toxic waste from a ship which went down off the coast in southern Madagascar in August has had severe impacts on the health of local people and on the rich coastal and marine environment, according to a study supported by WWF.
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China’s Pearl River being poisoned by factories due to inadequate pollution
According to new Greenpeace research published this week, industrial discharges are poisoning China’s Pearl River Delta. The problem is exacerbated by inadequate water pollution regulation, allowing factories to discharge wastewaters containing complex cocktails of chemicals capable of causing irreversible damage to the Delta and life around China’s third longest river.
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October 28, 2009
A decade of change in the UK's birds
Over the last decade, rare birds in the UK have been faring far better than their more common counterparts, according to the latest assessment produced by the UK’s leading conservation organisations.
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Bahamas Declares New Land and Sea Parks
On Saturday night, at the Bahamas National Trust 50th Gala Ball in Nassau, Prime Minister Hubert A. Ingraham reconfirmed his government’s commitment to the Caribbean Challenge and “the orderly expansion of our national parks system to include up to 10 percent of the terrestrial areas and 20 percent of the near-shore marine resources of the country.”
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Endemics thrive on Timor-Leste's "Lost World" mountain
Surveys have confirmed that the finest montane forests in Timor-Leste, and possibly the whole island of Timor, are to be found on the inaccessible Mount Mundo Perdido – literally, "Lost World". With 22 of the restricted-range species of the Timor and Wetar Endemic Bird Area found so far, Mount Mundo Perdido has been recognised as Timor-Leste's seventeenth Important Bird Area (IBA).
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Australia's IBAs provide the first nationwide conservation blueprint
Birds Australia (BirdLife in Australia) has published Australia’s Important Bird Areas, a major contribution to conservation planning in a country where the sheer scale of the landscape has held back the identification of sites of high importance for biodiversity conservation.
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October 23, 2009
Poland's Government spares threatened wildlife from road development
A decision by the Polish government to proceed with an alternative route for the Via Baltica expressway– an international road corridor in north-east Poland – has given a reprieve to some of Europe’s best wildlife sites, says a coalition of conservation groups.
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Argentina, Paraguay make historic forest pledge
Argentina and Paraguay have made a historic pledge to save one of the world’s most threatened forests.
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