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A move by the U.S. President George Bush could see a speedier removal of HCFCs in refrigeration. In a move designed to go beyond the proposals of the Kyoto Protocol, the President plans to pursue a new action plan to combat global warming. His...
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Can you imagine living with a toxic waste dump your backyard? Your children playing with dangerous and hazardous remains of TVs, computer keyboards, monitors, GSM handsets, and wireless devices. Laced with deadly chemicals and toxins these electronics...
Researchers had given some food for thought to Canadian and European governments about the impacts of cold water fishing in the North West Atlantic. Further details of this research which was funded by the WWF are detailed in a study released by...
Fires started by peasant farmers have spread to over 100,000 hectares of forest in Paraguay. The farmers follow the age old practice of clearing woods and renewing grounds for the new agricultural season. While this is an annual event in Paraguay,...
China’s State Forestry Administration has seized the pelts of 27 snow leopards from a black market trader. The dealer, a Mr. Ma, from western China was arrested recently. Aside from leopard furs, a stash of 104 bear skins and parts of clouded...
Several million tonnes of arable soil is lost to erosion annually. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has revealed that programmes of land stewardship and conservation compliance have played a key role to controlling soil erosion in the USA.
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A new survey by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) and Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) has revealed that the population of the diver - a wild bird in Scotland is showing a rise. Acknowledging this as an unexpected yet pleasant...
Since the 1980s, livestock farming in the USA has become highly specialised. Individual farms often conduct only particular functions in the process of animal production. One function in this factory style farming is the housing and feeding of cattle...
Much to the surprise and joy of conservationists, a freshwater dolphin that had been declared ‘extinct’ only days ago, has made an appearance in the Yangtze River! This is the Baiji Dolphin, also called the Chinese River Dolphin and...
An increase in tourism, vehicles and a deadly frog fungus is being held responsible for landing a rare Japanese wildcat on the ‘critically endangered list’.
This change in status by the Japanese Environment Ministry is the latest...
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