Organizers of a controversial ocean fertilization project off Canada's west coast said officials knew of the undertaking but did not stop it, and that it violated no laws.
Environment
Oct 20, 2012
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Protecting key regions that comprise just 17 percent of Earth's land may help preserve more than two-thirds of its plant species, according to a new Duke University-led study by an international team of scientists.
Ecology
Sep 5, 2013
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With its 1.7 billion square kilometres, an area equivalent to 5 times the size of Germany, the Congo Basin forest is the world's second largest tropical forest. The 'State of the Congo Basin Forests 2010' report launched ...
Environment
Mar 7, 2012
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Scientists from around the world have called for laws to tackle the growing problem of plastic waste.
Environment
Feb 13, 2013
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A new report published today by Panthera confirms that widespread illegal hunting and the bushmeat trade occur more frequently and with greater impact on wildlife populations in the Southern and Eastern savannas of Africa ...
Ecology
Oct 12, 2012
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Efforts to stem the worrying loss of Earth's dwindling natural resources received a boost Saturday when a UN conference in India agreed to double biodiversity aid to poor countries.
Ecology
Oct 20, 2012
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Local governments around the world have a new tool to help share and use vast amounts of biodiversity knowledge collected in the course of their work.
Ecology
May 25, 2012
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Factfile on biodiversity ahead of talks opening Monday under the UN's Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Hyderabad, India.
Ecology
Oct 5, 2012
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Biodiversity is vital to the survival of the human race. We rely on biodiversity for medicine, the growth of our crops, the purity of our water systems and the durability of our rainforests. But biodiversity is diminishing ...
Ecology
Feb 11, 2013
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The world's governments will need to invest billions annually to reduce the extinction risk for all known threatened species, a new study by University of Sussex biologist Dr Jörn Scharlemann and an international team of ...
Ecology
Oct 12, 2012
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