Brazil-New Rainforest Reserve Declared
By Morgan Erickson-Davis, news.mongabay.com
Earlier this week, the Brazilian government announced the declaration of a new federal reserve deep in the Amazon rainforest. The protections conferred by the move will ban deforestation, reduce carbon emissions, and help safeguard the area’s renowned wildlife …
The Epoch Times – October 25, 2014 10:46 am
www.theepochtimes.com/n3/10414…
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Report: Wildlife populations down 52 percent (Video)
Stephen Root
According to a new report by the World Wildlife Fund ( www.worldwildlife.org/pages/li… ), 52 percent of the world’s wildlife populations has disappeared since 1970. This loss of biodiversity globally happens at even higher numbers in developing countries. In Latin America, they estimate about 83 percent of animal populations are gone …
azcentral.com – 5:34 p.m. MST October 24, 2014
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l…
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Protesters aim for world’s biggest animal rights demonstration against dolphin slaughter (Video)
By: Dion Dassanayake
PROTESTERS want to hold the world’s biggest animal rights demonstration in opposition to the “barbaric” slaughter of dolphins in Japan.
Campaigners claim that up to 20,000 dolphins, whales and porpoises are killed each year in an annual tradition at the Taji Cove.
The hunts are conducted between March and September and this year the Japanese government allegedly authorised 16,000 sea creatures to be killed …
Express.co.uk – October 24, 2014
www.express.co.uk/news/nature/…
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