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A recent study has shown that the global occurance of emerging infectious diseases has risen significantly since 1940. Of these diseases 60.3% are reported to be zoonotic (from animals), of which 71.8%... Species Extinction Threat Underestimated Due To Math Glitch
It appears that models used to calculate future species extinction rates have not included pertinent data which, when factored in alters results by two orders of magnitude."Extinction risks for natural populations of... Ocean Robbery- Pirates targetting Africa
"There is a kind of theft that happens every day in a majority of the world's poor countries - and in many of the richer ones too. It usually happens out of sight, and most perpetrators get away with it. The... Wildlife extinction rates 'seriously underestimated'
Scientists have discovered that endangered species may become extinct 100 times faster than previously thought - which is a bleak re-assessment of the threat to global biodiversity."Writing in the journal Nature,... March of the penguins becomes a desperate crawl for survival
This makes me just so sad.Penguin numbers are dwindling fast meaning that the world's oceans are in trouble and a species that scientists thought would be relatively safe from the human impacts of global warming are... Baby mammoth will ‘live’ 500 years
"Scientists say the body of a prehistoric mammoth, found in Russia, can be preserved for another 500 years. The frozen remains, weighing 50kg, were discovered in the Yamalo-Nenets region in the Urals May last year. ... Govt to develop tourist sites in conservation areas
""The conservation and the tourism (sectors) should be merged," Wacik said after signing the MoU in West Java`s town of Bogor, some 60 kilometers south of Jakarta. In such a way, he said, people could earn additional income from the tourism sector while consevation programs... He's black, and he's back! Private enterprise saves southern Africa's rhino f...
Great news for the Black Rhino. Sometimes private enterprise can work hand in hand with conservation as this scheme shows."A pioneering scheme which allows private landlords to own and breed wild rhinoceroses has... Rare golden primates help speed recovery of endangered Brazilian forest ( UPD...
As its name would suggest, this lion tamarin is a reddish orange to golden brown in color. Its hair is longer and darker around the face, forming a mane on top of the head and on the cheeks and throat. Its limbs are... Celebrities join World Bank in Saving Tigers
"By Lesley WroughtonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hollywood celebrities Harrison Ford, Bo Derek and Robert Duvall on Monday threw their support behind a new global initiative by the World Bank to save tigers from... Oil Companies Saved By Republicans
"WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans blocked a proposal Tuesday to tax the windfall profits of the largest oil companies, despite pleas by Democratic leaders to use the measure to address America's anger over $4 a...Rocky ramble to greet the sea
More than 20 people joined expert guides for a rocky shore ramble, at Diggers Camp, east of Grafton, Australia, as part of the local celebrations for World Oceans Day (June 8th). Solitary Island Marine... Half of Papua New Guinea forests could be gone in 15 years
Satellite images show deforestation in Papua New Guinea is occurring much faster than researchers once thought. Even conservation areas aren't safe, according to new research."The forests of Papua New Guinea are... Wal-Mart Canada Lauded for Energy Conservation Efforts - Progressive Grocer
"NOVEMBER 14, 2006 -- MISSISSAUGA, Ontario, Canada -- Peter Love, Ontario's first chief energy conservation officer, yesterday awarded his Certificate of Recognition to Mario Pilozzi, president and c.e.o. of Wal-Mart Canada Corp., for the retailer's contribution to energy...Aussie locals help slow turtle’s rush to extinction - May 22 2008
Locals on the north coast of the Australian state of New South Wales are helping save endangered turtles with more than two dozen sick or injured sea turtles being recovered from Clarence beaches in the past 12 months before beginning the slow rehabilitation process...
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