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A controversial method for extracting natural gas - hydraulic fracturing or 'fracking' - is stirring an environmental and property rights debate in South Africa. Read more: Fracking stirs controversy in South Africa

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KRIBI, Cameroon (AlertNet) - Cameroon's dream of building, digging and mining its way out of widespread poverty by 2035 has sparked a war of words between government officials and environmentalists, who say the plan encroaches on millions of hectares of forest and threatens local livelihoods. More here: Cameroon's investment plan endangers forest reserves

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ScienceDaily (Aug. 30, 2011) - Working with the government of Lao PDR, the Wildlife Conservation Society has helped to successfully hatch a clutch of 20 Siamese crocodiles, a species threatened across its range by hunting, habitat fragmentation and loss, and other factors. Read more: Rare Siamese Crocodiles Hatched in Lao PDR

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The rare 13-spot ladybird was found breeding in Devon for the first time in the UK for nearly 60 years See the original post: Long-lost ladybird species discovered breeding in UK

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HONG KONG - Hong Kong has seized nearly two tonnes of elephant ivory worth about $1.7 million hidden in a shipment from Malaysia and detained a local man over the haul, customs authorities said Wednesday. See the original post here: Hong Kong seizes nearly 800 smuggled elephant tusks

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Waste left behind by two bamboo-loving giant pandas in the Memphis Zoo may offer a new way to create alternative energy sources, Live Science reports. View original post here: Panda waste may make for better biofuels

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LONDON, Aug 31 (Reuters) - A record rise in global greenhouse emissions and ever tighter economic constraints make it crucial for United Nations climate talks in South Africa in November to overcome years of deadlock and deliver a solution, the U.N.'s climate chief told Reuters. See the original post here: UN climate boss says Durban talks can deliver

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PHNOM PENH, 30 August 2011 (IRIN) - Building local resilience will prove key to better addressing the effects of climate change in Cambodia, this year's Cambodia Human Development Report (CHDR) Read more: CAMBODIA: Rural poor at risk from climate change, says report

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Indigenous people from across North America are joining the White House protest against TransCanada's proposed Keystone XL pipeline, which would carry crude oil from northern Alberta to Gulf Coast refineries in Texas. Read the original post: First Nations leaders join Keystone pipeline protest

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In one of the biggest changes to American life since the 2001 terrorist attacks, the government now collects vast quantities of information about its citizens. By Ken Dilanian, Los Angeles Times August 29, 2011, 7:14 p.m. Reporting from Washington— Internet entrepreneur Nicholas Merrill was working in his Manhattan office when an FBI agent in a trench coat arrived...