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A new WWF report calls for additional and immediate measures to halt the worrying trend in illegal trafficking for international trade of CITES-listed...
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Wholesale Ivory Prices in China Down as Ban on Trade Approaches – report
image courtesy: Nat Geo The wholesale price of raw ivory in China has fallen by almost two-thirds in the past three years, a new...
Focus on Wastewater Challenges – and Opportunities
The cost of implementing source water protection activities, such as forest protection, reforestation and the use of cover crops, could be recouped through...
Global Temperatures Hit Another Record – UN
Global temperatures set yet another record last year and the world witnessed exceptionally low sea ice, and unabated sea level rise and ocean...
Cuckoos Can Distinguish Between Their Friends and Strangers – Study
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UNEP Launches Global Campaign to Eliminate Marine Litter
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has launched an unprecedented global campaign to eliminate major sources of marine litter: microplastics in cosmetics and...
Richard Leakey to receive 2017 Legacy Award from Tusk Trust
Tusk Trust - a UK-based conservation charity whose royal patron is Prince William, will honor Dr Richard Leakey, Chairman of the Kenya Wild Service...
China to close down its Ivory Market in 2017
Conservationists have welcomed a move by China to Phase out all ivory processing and trade by the end of 2017. The move is...
Wildlife Crime Discussed at International Anti-Corruption Conference
In a major boost to global efforts to fight wildlife crime, graft and illicit financial flows from the vice were on the agenda during...
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