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South Sudan’s cereal production up but not enough for all farmers, UN reports

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A crowd awaits food distribution at Pibor town, South Sudan.

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Maize smuggling creates hunger in Malawi

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Consumers line up to buy maize at a market in Rumphi

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Global demand for medicinal plants can boost green jobs growth in Nepal, says UN

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Horse meat: EU and member states must step up food chain checks, MEPs say

The "horse burger" consumer confidence crisis highlights the EU member states' failure to enforce EU laws on food chain checks and also a lack of dissuasive sanctions against food fraud, said MEPs in a Public Health Committee debate with Health and Consumer Policy Commissioner Tonio Borg on Thursday.

"What we have now is a crisis of confidence. We are getting more and more news about the impact and the scope of this labelling issue" said Public Health Committee chair Matthias Groote (S&D, DE).

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Thai premier accepts half - million signature petition from WWF to ban ivory trade

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WWF representative hands over the half - million signature petition to Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to ban ivory trade

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Greenpeace renews call to end illegal fishing at Interpol forum

As Interpol convenes its first meeting to address the illegal fishing crisis, Greenpeace renewed its demand to end illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing, calling for stricter enforcement and the elimination of loopholes in regulations.

documentation of illegal fishing activities encountered during two ship expeditions in the Pacific and Indian Oceans in 2012 highlighting the need for urgent action.

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African rhinos won’t hold out for much longer, IUCN experts warn

Nearly 2,400 rhinos have been poached across Africa since 2006, slowing the population growth of both African rhino species to some of the lowest levels since 1995, according to the latest facts revealed by IUCN experts.

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African Black Rhino in Ngorongoro.

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Rodney Hailey Sentenced to More Than 12 Years in Prison for Selling $9 Million in Fraudulent Renewable Fuel Credits / Owner of “Clean Green Fuel” falsely claimed his company produced 23 million gallons of renewable fuel

U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles, Jr. sentenced Rodney R. Hailey, of Perry Hall, Md., last Friday to nearly 12 years and six months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for selling $9 million in renewable fuel credits which he falsely claimed were produced by his company, Clean Green Fuel, LLC.

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Greenpeace: China acknowledges ‘cancer villages’, unveils ‘breakthrough’ chemical plan

Greenpeace hailed China’s commitment to clean up chemical pollution with a breakthrough chemical management plan that acknowledges for the first time the existence of ‘cancer villages’ and will blacklist 58 chemicals and have an elimination chemical list by 2015.

“China has been the world’s largest chemical producer since 2010. The Plan indicates that the massive pollution found across the country, caused by large-scale chemical production and the release of hazardous chemicals, urgently needs to be tackled,” said Yixiu Wu, Toxic Campaigner for Greenpeace East Asia based on Beijing.

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Conservation Groups Applaud Alaska Reserve Plan

Interior Department protects special areas within National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska

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Teshekpuk Lake area in Alaska. The region is home to countless lakes and some of the most productive wetland systems in the world.