National parks
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Vietnamese are protesting plans to build a cable car through remote Phong Nha-Ke Bang national park that could carry 1,000 visitors an hour to Son Doong cave
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Despite increases in marine parks and nature reserves, many threatened animals, including the northern hairy-nosed wombat, are still without protection
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It’s the only Australian state with a climate change minister, but environment groups are less than impressed with Victoria
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Guardian Australia: State’s leading environment groups are joining forces to fight what they call ‘wholesale attack on state’s environmental assets’
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Guardian Australia: Report says invasive species, tourism, poaching, dams and logging most pressing threats but climate change may eclipse all
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Global partnership to launch public access to the underwater version of Street View in Sydney
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Business has long been seen as a barrier to the sustainable use of natural resources but the example of Virunga National Park proves otherwise
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A selection of some of the best wildlife and nature images including the winning image for the Wild Summer theme picked from over 6,000 entries
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Eight national parks and areas of outstanding natural beauty on shortlist, and £24m set aside for measures in other areas
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Conservationists fear controversial proposal could signal more developments in the state’s other national parks
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Makers of a documentary set in the DRC’s Virunga national park are calling on viewers to help protect the heritage site by putting pressure on Soco to rule out all future development there
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The definitive photographer of the American west made his name with these photographs of California’s Yosemite Valley, currently on show at New York’s Met. The series inspired President Lincoln to sign a bill preserving the valley’s beauty and laying the foundations for the US National Park system
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A tree where Robin Hood hid and Isaac Newton’s apple tree are among candidates picked by the Woodland Trust for England’s first tree of the year, to be voted by the public
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A sneak peek into the Gombe national park in Tanzania reveals thick forest, tall waterfalls and chimps in treetops feasting on flies
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Footage shows chimpanzees returning from their raids with a bounty of maize
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From a West Sussex cottage to an Arts and Craft house in the Lake District, you won’t have far to go for stunning views
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Indian village to be relocated to create the most densely packed population of tigers in the world and stop them eating people
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Caterpillars now spreading beyond their infestation zone, afflicting trees in parks and gardens in new areas
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Washington is known as the Evergreen State, but its stunning national and state parks offer an abundance of colours, ranging from white-capped mountains to islands in the deep blue ocean
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Search party had to wait as floodwaters isolated Douglas Yoshi Vo, who was last seen in Utah park’s Narrows canyon
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Consultation on eight sites ends this week with lift-off set for 2018 but communities say they have been kept in the dark
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Planning committee turn down Celtique Energie application to explore for shale gas and oil near Fernhurst in West Sussex
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Fire broke out on Friday and is 25% contained as an additional 400 homes are advised to evacuate
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Guardian poll suggests public unmoved by assurances that planning guidance has been tightened for shale drilling
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Broadcaster calls for radical new approach to conservation, urging people to use all spaces from gardens to roadside verges to help wildlife
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Sea turtles, kingfishers and butterflies are among the pick of this week’s images from the natural world
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18 - 22 August: Catch up with all the development-related news you may have missed this week
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Head warden of the Snowdonia national park who brought professionalism to mountain rescue
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New Forest National Park Authority set to refuse £2m to create public bike hire scheme because of 'anti-cycling sentiment'
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Every magical thing you’ve ever heard about Hawaii is true: these eight volcanic islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean are a tropical paradise, a geological marvel and an ecological treasure. Mary Caperton Morton explores them
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We asked you to share your photos of your local park via GuardianWitness. From steam trains to kickabouts, here are some of our favourites
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We’ve been getting such great contributions from our readers that we want to share them on our blog. Here are some of this week’s highlights
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Slavc is a wolf. In 2011, he began an epic 2,000 kilometre migration across Europe from Slovenia to Italy via the Austrian Alps
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Coalfield 14 times the size of the City of London turns alpine meadows into craters in Qinghai, Greenpeace investigation reveals
Graffiti in the national parks isn’t art: it’s a narcissistic crime against us all