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19 Nov 2008
Signs of Amur tiger in China give hope for struggling species
The discovery of Amur tiger tracks in Changbaishan in north-eastern China has given conservationists hope for a species that is rarely seen in that area.
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17 Nov 2008
Humans and elephants on collision course in South Asia
Massive international investment in large-scale infrastructure projects in southern Asia will increase human-elephant conflict and cause more deaths on both sides unless much greater care is taken.
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14 Nov 2008
Europe sits on damning bluefin tuna report
A European fisheries report demonstrating continuing widespread infringements by bluefin tuna fleets despite increased fleet surveillance in the Mediterranean has been delayed until after the conclusion of next week's key international tuna commission meeting to decide on a new management regime for the fishery.
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13 Nov 2008
Malaysian logging plans threaten rhinos and tigers
Habitats of the critically endangered Sumatran rhinoceros and the endangered Malayan tiger are under threat from a plan to clear nearly 19,000 hectares of forest in north-eastern Malaysia.
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11 Nov 2008
Chinese wildlife consumption on the rise
The consumption of threatened species is on the rise in China again following a brief hiatus owing to fears surrounding the SARS virus in 2003.
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10 Nov 2008
EU and Norway in cod stalemate
An impasse between Norway and the European Union today has put the recovery of North Sea cod stocks at further risk.
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10 Nov 2008
Canadian territory fails to protect polar bears
Canada's youngest territory is facing an international backlash following its decision to leave unchanged the number of polar bears it allows to be killed in part of the Baffin Bay region each year.
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03 Nov 2008
Italian fishers and Spanish legislators add to pressure for action on tuna
Pressure for dramatic action to safeguard the Mediterranean's dwindling bluefin tuna stocks continued to mount last week when Italian fishers endorsed a fishing moratorium as “the lesser of all evils” and Spanish legislators called on their government to take the lead in establishing sanctuaries in key tuna spawning areas.
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31 Oct 2008
Putin signs on dotted line for Far-Eastern leopards
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has signed the decree which will put into effect a long-sought protected area that will house half of all remaining Far-Eastern leopards.
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30 Oct 2008
Crisis threatens park, gorillas and people of eastern Congo
The ongoing conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has recently intensified and more than half of the world’s remaining mountain gorillas in Virunga National Park are still without security.
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