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Democracy

Pipeline foes decry Canada oil-sands boom

By Staff Report | September 16, 2010

Environmental and indigenous groups stepped up their attacks against Canadian oil sands development as two U.S. representatives met with Canadian officials in Ottawa to discuss energy policy.

Science

Brazilian biologist wants to save the world, one critter at a time

By Newsdesk.org Staff | September 16, 2010

Animals seized from Brazilian jungles by wildlife traffickers, then confiscated by well-meaning officials and animal rights activists, frequently face even more problems than they had before, says a biologist from the University of São Paulo.

Science

Official: ‘We have failed the wild tiger’

By Newsdesk.org Staff | August 25, 2010

The head of an international wildlife organization says it has “failed miserably” to halt the precipitous population decline of tigers in the wild. “How have we let this happen?”

Science

A damming effect on giant catfish

By Lemery Reyes | August 5, 2010

The Giant Southeast Asian catfish is in danger of extinction, a recent report concluded.

Science

Big whales appear in great numbers in Northern California

By Newsdesk.org Staff | July 16, 2010

An influx of huge krill swarms has drawn an unprecedented number of blue whales to the Monterey, Calif. coast, delighting boatloads of whale watchers.

Science

Giant tortoises making a comeback on the Galapagos Islands

By Don Clyde | July 13, 2010

Captive breeding efforts by scientists and conservationists have led to stunning success in returning the animals to the wild.

Culture

Tanzania proposes highway in the Serengeti

By Don Clyde | July 6, 2010

Conservationist groups say the proposed highway will decimate migrating wildebeest herds.

Economy

Costa Rica ecotourism in trouble on Pacific Coast

By Newsdesk.org Staff | May 3, 2010

Hotel construction projects and a boom of vacation homes along Costa Rica’s Pacific coast is threatening the country’s famed bio-diversity and its ecotourism model, a newly published research project says.

Economy

Save the African forests; be a butterfly farmer

By Newsdesk.org Staff | April 28, 2010

People in the Kakamega Forest in western Kenya have found a way to save their shrinking woodlands and make a living at the same time, all on the wings of a butterfly. Literally.

Economy

Issues resolved, a spectacular new National Park for Canada

By Newsdesk.org Staff | April 15, 2010

The Canadian government and the region’s northern aboriginal people, Lutsel K’e, hammered out a framework agreement for a new National Park in the Northwest Territories, nearly completing a contentious process that began 41 years ago.

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