Conservation
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Animals
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Environment
Environment NorwaySave the Seeds: 60,000 Emergency Crops Added to Arctic Vault
A “doomsday” vault in the Arctic preserving plants that could feed a growing population threatened by climate impacts has received 60,000 new seed samples from international donors – including Britain’s Prince Charles and a Native American group.
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Animals
Animals USAOwners Can Now Give Some of Their Land to Butterflies
A landmark agreement in the U.S. is giving monarch butterflies the “right-of-way”: 45 transportation and energy companies as well as private landowners will create and maintain protected roadside and utility corridors across the nation to ensure safer habitats for the insects.
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Environment
Environment USAWe Can Still Save At Least Half of Earth’s Land from Human Influence, Study Finds
Humans have heavily influenced the world’s ecosystem – especially in cities and agricultural areas. But a team of international researchers have now found that around half of Earth’s ice-free land is still virtually unaffected by humans, sparking hope for conservationists.
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Technology
Technology USAScientists Track Animals from Space to Help Protect Them
Scientists have recently launched an animal-tracking antenna into space to monitor over 800 species of animals around the world tagged with tiny transmitters – and researchers expect to receive data from the system as early as this autumn.
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Animals
Animals USABald Eagle Population Soars: Nest Spotted in Town for the First Time in 115 Years
The population of the once-endangered bald eagles in Massachusetts, USA has been significantly rising in recent years – and for the first time since 1905, wildlife officials spotted a bald eagle nest with eggs on Cape Cod.
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Animals
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Environment
Environment AfghanistanAfghanistan, the Land of War and Trouble? Yes, but There Is Good News, Too!
Afghanistan has established its fifth protected national park, located in the Bamyan province, where such wildlife as the endangered Persian leopard can be found in the ecologically, socially and culturally important landscape.
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Environment
Environment United KingdomTake Better Care of Your Cattle, Soil and Water, Government Tells Farmers, and We’ll Pay You Cash!
Britain is putting a revolutionary farm policy on the table – the biggest of its kind in over 70 years: the government has proposed not just paying farmers to own land, but also rewarding them for protecting the environment!