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Global Coastal Cleanup Gathers Trash Weighing More than 100 Boeing 737s
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University team wins prize for crack down on wildlife crime project
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Blind Man and his armless friend have planted over 10,000 trees
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Thailand refuses to submit Elephant tusks to Kenya for ivory trafficking trial
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India to burn its Ivory stockpile in stand against poaching
Just a few weeks after Kenya set 105 tonnes of its ivory stockpile on fire, experts in India are seeking provision to destroy the...
France Environment Minister announces total ban on Ivory
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Vietnam to destroy Elephant tusks and Rhino horns seized from illegal traders
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