Wildlife Conservation
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Italian Trawler Arrested in The Gambia with “Sustainably Caught Shrimp” Bound for Europe
An industrialized trawler named Twenty—with connections to an Italian fishing company—was arrested in West Africa by Gambian Navy sailors stationed…
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Investigation finds VicForests hired a private investigator to spy on environmental campaigners
The investigation was sparked by an ABC report in 2021, in which a private investigator blew the whistle on his alleged…
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Europe’s top science panel supports call for moratorium on deep-sea mining
National science academies from across Europe have become the latest group to announce their support for a moratorium on deep-sea…
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Explainer: What is World Ocean Day?
World Ocean Day is an annual event organised by the United Nations (UN) in collaboration with the Division of Ocean…
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Climate change: life in ocean ‘twilight zone’ at risk from warming
Global warming could curtail life in the so-called twilight zone by as much as 40% by the end of the…
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TikTokers target controversial Willow oil project
Environmental groups and some Native residents have long opposed the proposal because of its potential for climate impacts and wildlife…
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Rottnest Island reefs under threat as marine species dwindle
New research into the health of the reefs at Rottnest Island in Western Australia has revealed a “catastrophic” decline in…
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Kenya declares war on millions of birds after they raid crops
A drive by the Kenyan government to kill up to 6 million red-billed quelea birds that have invaded farms will…
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Coral bleaching threatens marine life
With the future of the world’s coral reefs threatened by climate change, a team of researchers studied how a mass…
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Antarctica’s emperor penguins could be extinct by 2100 – and other species may follow if we don’t act
The study, published today, also found just US$23 million per year would be enough to implement ten key strategies to reduce…
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Children born today will see literally thousands of animals disappear in their lifetime, as global food webs collapse
We know more plants and animals will die as heatwaves, bushfires, droughts and other natural disasters worsen. Authors The Conversation…
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Hundreds of elephants and zebras die as Kenya weathers drought
NAIROBI, Kenya — Hundreds of animals, including elephants and endangered Grevy’s zebras, have died in Kenyan wildlife preserves during East Africa’s…
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Emissions Gap Report 2022
Yet the Emissions Gap Report 2022: The Closing Window – Climate crisis calls for rapid transformation of societies finds that…
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Protecting the world’s oceans – an important goal of Germany’s climate diplomacy
They regulate the global climate and are a source of food and income for billions of people Federal Foreign Office…
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Victoria’s logging agency VicForests cleared possum habitat and broke laws, audit finds
The Forest Audit Program report found that in 19 of the 30 areas it assessed, breaches by VicForests had the…
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Great Barrier Reef sees record coral cover, but it is highly vulnerable
Coral has recovered from storms and bleaching events to record levels across much of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, a survey…
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