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UNESCO: NATURAL SITES IN MADAGASCAR, CHINA AND KOREA INSCRIBED ON ...  -  20 Aug 2007
MaximsNews.com,Many rare and threatened species (78 of the 123 non-flying mammals in Madagascar occur in this site, including 72 that are on the IUCN Red List of

pulp mill edges closer  -  20 Aug 2007
Melbourne Herald Sun,In the case of the mill, those matters are limited to listed threatened species, migratory species and the commonwealth marine area, Mr Turnbull said.

August MassWildlife News  -  20 Aug 2007
iBerkshires.com,State WMAs include river corridors, wetlands, various type of forested upland, habitat for state listed endangered and threatened species and species of

Take an interest in Chimney Swifts  -  20 Aug 2007
Pembroke Daily Observer,The Chimney Swift has recently been declared a threatened species by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. For the seventh year,

Gorilla protection in Virunga stepped-up  -  20 Aug 2007
Telegraph.co.uk,Mountain gorillas are critically endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. They face an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild due to

Brrrr and bears  -  20 Aug 2007
New Haven Register (subscription),The US Department of Interior last year proposed designating them a threatened species. But, it was hard not to see bears on this trip.

Junta de Andalucía releases birds into the wild  -  20 Aug 2007
Typically Spanish,The repopulation program is organised by the CREA, The Network of Centres for the Recovery of Threatened Species, and will be carried out by the process

Threatened species list to be expanded  -  Aug 12, 2007
National Post,Expanding cities, pollution, logging and even predatory house cats are being blamed as the federal government adds close to 40 more species to the list of

Bird Directive Has Helped 23 Threatened Species Recover  -  Aug 10, 2007
Science Daily (press release)Science Daily — In the first scientific analysis of its kind anywhere in the world, the RSPB has shown that one example of protecting birds at a continental

Council employee 'destroyed threatened species habitat'  -  Jul 31, 2007
ABC Online,The former director of infrastructure services at Port Macquarie-Hastings Council was found to have knowingly destroyed a threatened species habitat by

Internet's 'sock puppets' are threatened species  -  Jul 27, 2007
National Post,But these days, the sock puppet is a threatened species. "A lot of people treat these message boards as lawless realms," said Berkley Sells, a lawyer at the

Borneo's pygmy elephants threatened by oil palm, timber, rubber ...  -  Aug 8, 2007
International Herald Tribune,The pygmy elephant is not on the World Conservation Union's famous Red List of Threatened Species, which classifies about 40000 species according to their

Judge in Oregon says don't count hatchery fish with wild  -  Aug 15, 2007
Seattle Times,NOAA Fisheries could not protect wild Oregon coastal salmon as a threatened species if it did not protect hatchery fish in the same population group.

Bald eagle, shortnose sturgeon among threatened, endangered ...  -  Aug 4, 2007
The Times and Democrat,Other threatened species can be found In the waters that empty into Lake Marion, where rare glimpses are caught of the large, long-lived bony fish called

End political interference with threatened species  -  Aug 6, 2007
Arizona Daily Star,Over the past four years, a high-level political appointee in the US Department of Interior named Julie MacDonald, who until recently was deputy assistant

Contradictory Laws Enable High Fashion to Profit from Threatened ...  -  Aug 6, 2007
Plenty Magazine,Pythons and anacondas are not technically endangered or threatened species, although their populations are at risk from unfettered trade.

Stockland overcomes threatened species claims in Vincentia project  -  Aug 5, 2007
Inside Retailing,Plans for 600 houses and a shopping centre to be built in Vincentia have been approved amidst concerns about the development’s impact on threatened species.

Clemson grad student tracks bats in Congaree swamp  -  Aug 17, 2007
The State,...a Clemson graduate student, has spent the past two summers at Congaree National Park, doing research on Rafinesque big-eared bats, a threatened species.

Controversy erupts over Endangered Species Act  -  Jul 24, 2007
Christian Science Monitor,During President Bush's time in the White House, the listing of endangered and threatened species has slowed down considerably.

Bird fair draws the crowds  -  Aug 18, 2007
Stamford Mercury,...of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, urged: "Let's make it our duty to ensure that threatened species don't disappear.

Home to rare species under threat  -  Aug 17, 2007
Scotsman,Hywel Maggs, RSPB Scotland's corn bunting officer, explained: "These set-aside areas are providing a vital lifeline for one of our most threatened species.

A Great Barrier Reef on land breeds hope for threatened eco-systems  -  Jul 30, 2007
Guardian Unlimited,Also home to significant numbers of threatened species, such as the endangered golden sun moth, the diamond firetail, the hooded robin and the gang gang

Scientists Flunk Bush on Spotted Owl  -  Aug 14, 2007
Forbes,The spotted owl was declared a threatened species in 1990 due primarily to heavy logging in the forests where it nests and feeds.

Zoo researchers use electronic eggs to help save threatened species  -  Jul 27, 2007
HULIQ,This is an important summer for kori bustards at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo. Four chicks of this threatened African bird have hatched in June and July.

'Threatened Species' Even More So After Huge Idaho Blaze  -  Jul 30, 2007
OPB,Wildlife officials are just beginning to grasp how the fires will affect threatened species, as Correspondent Elizabeth Wynne Johnson reports.

Fears for endangered species as shark fin market grows  -  Aug 11, 2007
Sydney Morning Herald,There are fines of up to $220000 imposed by the NSW Department of Primary Industries on fishers who are found to have harmed a threatened species.

Are dogs in GGNRA's future?  -  Aug 15, 2007
Pacifica Tribune,I believe the threatened species will be better protected if people are allowed reasonable space to recreate with their dogs. If given space, people are

Okinawa dugong added to 'red list'  -  Aug 5, 2007
Asahi Shimbun,The additions, part of a review of the entire "red list," bring the total number of threatened species to 3155. The dugong, a seaweed-eating mammal that,

Campaign to save world‘s birds  -  Aug 16, 2007
Leading The Charge,All the birds targeted in the campaign are on the World Conservation Union‘s Red List of Threatened Species, which are defined as those on the brink of

US expert to examine Traveston Dam  -  Aug 14, 2007
Brisbane Times,The Save the Mary River committee hopes a study by a US threatened species expert could hold the key to stopping the $1.7 billion Traveston Crossing Dam.

Judge rejects salmon lawsuit  -  Aug 18, 2007
Jackson Hole Star-Tribune,NOAA Fisheries could not protect wild Oregon coastal salmon as a threatened species if it did not protect hatchery fish in the same population group.

Polar bears come out to play, hunt in Manitoba  -  Aug 18, 2007
Boston Herald,...bears to move onto land, where food supplies are scarce. The US Department of Interior last year proposed designating them a threatened species. [continue]

Kenya: Save Endangered Gorilla Species  -  Aug 10, 2007
AllAfrica.com,Declared a threatened species by the World Conservation Union (IUCN), the mountain gorilla is one of Virunga Park's most important assets.

South Africa: Bulb Capital Finds Place in the Garden  -  Aug 9, 2007
AllAfrica.com,Unfortunately, this amazing diversity also means that there are a high number of threatened species here. According to the World Conservation Union (IUCN)

Researcher studying state of three turtle species in islands  -  Aug 11, 2007
Brockville Recorder and Times,..."They're the trolls of the river," said Carriére, a University of Ottawa researcher who has studied three threatened species of turtles in the Thousand

Manatee designation contentious  -  Aug 10, 2007
Naples Daily News,A threatened species is defined as "having a very high risk of extinction." The agency used models to predict the probability of future population declines

Campaign launched to save nearly 200 endangered birds worldwide  -  Aug 16, 2007
San Diego Union Tribune,All the birds targeted in the campaign are on the World Conservation Union's Red List of Threatened Species, which are defined as those on the brink of

Landowners can receive DNR money  -  Aug 14, 2007
Cheboygan Daily Tribune (subscription),...with private land owners interested in protecting natural habitat for endangered species or threatened species and proposed or candidate species.

Michigan Wolf Management Plan released  -  Aug 17, 2007
Marquette Mining Journal,Gray wolves are currently threatened species in Michigan. Wolves in Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin were taken off the federal endangered and threatened

Bald Eagle lifted from endangered list  -  Aug 13, 2007
Black Hills Pioneer,Preservation Act, in 1967, and then the Migratory Bird Treaty Act as well. Our nation's bird will remain on the South Dakota threatened species list.

Requiem for the rain forests?  -  Jul 29, 2007
Atlanta Journal Constitution,Several international conservation organizations include the tree on threatened species lists and issue warnings of possible extinction.

Endangered Species Act the saving grace for many animals  -  Aug 7, 2007
Sun-Sentinel.com,Sea turtles are some of the most sensitive and threatened species in the world, with naturally low rates of reproductive success, even without the loss of

Holidaymakers warned off illegal wildlife goods  -  Aug 15, 2007
Guardian Unlimited,Traditional Chinese medicines, the subject of 97 seizures, can contain material from threatened species such as tigers, rhinos, leopards,

Science Ignored In FWS Spotted Owl Recovery Plan  -  Aug 14, 2007
E-Wire (press release),14 -/E-Wire/-- The northern spotted owl is perhaps the most "notorious" of all threatened species protected under the US Endangered Species Act. Now,

Polly wants a home  -  Jul 31, 2007
Globe and Mail,The popular African grey parrot is also a threatened species, and in Bolivia, the endangered red-fronted macaw is protected under a new conservation program

PA Game Commission Announces That Eagle Recovery Continues  -  Aug 2, 2007
PR Newswire (press release),The Game Commission and USFWS currently classify the bald eagle as a threatened species. On Oct. 4, 2005, the Board of Game Commissioners moved the bald

60 threatened sharks fished out of Lundy in a day  -  Aug 7, 2007
Dive Magazine,...landing 60 porbeagle sharks in a single day in the Bristol Channel is confirmed, it will have a devastating impact on the already threatened species.

Fall is the time to see the polar bears in Manitoba  -  Aug 19, 2007
Louisville Courier-Journal,The US Department of Interior last year proposed designating them a threatened species. But it was hard not to see bears on this trip.

Imperiled snakes get new homes  -  Aug 19, 2007
Asbury Park Press,When the business park was first proposed, concerns were raised about moving the snakes — a threatened species in New Jersey — out of their natural habitat

Decisions on species to be reviewed  -  Jul 21, 2007
Seattle Post IntelligencerBut Kristen Boyles, a Seattle lawyer with the Earthjustice law firm who frequently sues on behalf of threatened species, argued that the review should be

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