Environment

WWF-Russia protests orders for environmentalists to register as “foreign agents”

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Russian regional NGO Baikal Environmental Wave, currently monitoring pollution from a pulp mill on the world's deepest...

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A billion-dollar business puts species and people at risk

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The Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus) once formed numerous, immense spawning...

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UN Recognizes Severity Of Wildlife Crimes

Governments meeting to discuss responses to global crime waves are urging countries to impose strict penalties for the trafficking wildlife products like elephant ivory and rhino horn. Members of the United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and...

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How to Save the Elephants of Central Africa

The elephants of Central Africa are dying.

A recent study shows forest elephant populations in the Congo Basin fell by almost two-thirds - or 62% - over the past decade as a result of extensive ivory poaching.

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