Endangered species
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Nearly 100 bird species face increased risk of extinction in the Amazon
7 Jun 2012:Deforestation causing loss of habitat across the region, as vulture numbers decline in Africa and long-tailed ducks disappear from Europe
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Humans have accelerated the rate at which species disappear
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20 Jun 2012:
The Booker prize winner has collaborated with musicians to create An Axolotl Odyssey, a symphony in honour of the almost-extinct Mexican creature. It will be performed at London's Natural History Museum on 23 June – but hear a snatch of DBC Pierre's words here first
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19 Jun 2012:
The prince said people involved in the illegal trade were 'ignorant, selfish and utterly wrong'
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7 Jun 2012:
Parasitic mites wiping out bee colonies by transmitting deadly virus directly into the bloodstream of the bees, research reveals
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7 Jun 2012: George Monbiot: Stand up for England's wildlife instead of capitulating to the lords of the land and their business interests
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7 Jun 2012:
Deforestation causing loss of habitat across the region, as vulture numbers decline in Africa and long-tailed ducks disappear from Europe
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4 Jun 2012:
George Monbiot: Anything that can't be shot and eaten is shot and hung from a gibbet. The aristocracy is back in charge, destroying Britain's wildlife
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29 May 2012: Jessie Jowers: You told us: A community of bee guardians have come together to create a habitat into which the bumblebee can be released
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27 May 2012:
Fifty years after the publication of the book that laid the foundations for the environmental movement, what have we learned from the biologist who saw the need for science to work with nature? Robin McKie reports
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Gallery (8 pictures),
25 May 2012:
Many of the world's animals are fast disappearing. Perhaps, says Diane Ackerman, Joel Sartore's portraits will help us realise what's at stake
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24 May 2012: Brown Argus, once rare and declining, depended on one plant species but warmer temperatures have helped it expand range
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24 May 2012: George Monbiot: the government has no responsibility to protect pheasant shoots from our native wildlife, so why is Defra pushing a plan that will damage a protected species?
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23 May 2012:
Maharashtra government says killing poachers will no longer be considered a crime after eight tiger deaths in the state this year
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Gallery (8 pictures),
21 May 2012:
This antelope-like reclusive species lives in remote regions of the Annamite mountains on the border of Vietnam and Laos - but under 100 may now be left
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21 May 2012: On the 20th anniversary of the saola's discovery, conservationists say the population of the reclusive species has dropped dramatically
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13 May 2012:
Sam Geall for Free Speech Debate: The Yangtze's latest dam construction shows the hollowness of China's 'breakthrough' FoI legislation
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