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Levi Strauss & Company became the latest firm to drop Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) as a supplier due to concerns over APP's continued clearing of rainforests in Sumatra, reports the Rainforest Action Network, a green group in the midst of a campaign against APP. See the original post here: Levi's drops Asia Pulp & Paper due to...

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A global temperature rise of two degrees by 2050 would result in increased loss of life, a new Australian study has found. See original here: Climate warming would cause loss of life

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UK wildlife charities are asking for people's help in examining if hedgehogs are being affected by climate change. View original post here: Public request for climate hedgehog study

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A project in Panama to discover natural products of use to the pharmaceutical and agrochemical industries has become the first recipient of cash from the Nagoya Protocol Implementation Fund (NPIF). Visit link: First Nagoya biodiversity project gets funding

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The Irish Wildlife Trust says it objects to the current classification of wild boar as an invasive species in Ireland. Read the original: Irish wild boar population 'not invasive'

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Demand for the gills of manta and mobula rays has risen dramatically in the past 10 years for use in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), even though they were not historically used for this purpose, a team of researchers from the conservation organizations Shark Savers and WildAid has discovered. The rest is here: Manta Rays Endangered by Sudden Demand...

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Grupo de Trabajo en Páramos del Ecuador (GTP) is a remarkable self-organized group of páramo experts that have met over the past 13 years in Quito, Ecuador. Páramo is an alpine tundra ecosystem which is located in the northern Andes of South America and adjacent southern Central America. Read the original: Conserving Ecuador's Paramos, the alpine tundra ecosystem...

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Connecticut Eyes Bear Season—Or Maybe Not Read the original: Connecticut Eyes Bear Season—Or Maybe Not

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1-17-2012 - SACRAMENTO – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments. John Banuelos, 67, of Elk Grove, has been appointed to the California Boating and Waterways Commission. Banuelos worked at the California Conservation Corps ... Follow this link: California – Governor Brown announces new appointments

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Do you refuse to hire job applicants with an arrest or criminal record? No matter how small or irrelevant the infraction is to the job? If you do, be careful. The Equal Employment Opportunity has announced that it reached a $3.1 million settlement with PepsiCo over such a policy. Investigators concluded that the practice disproportionately affected African-Americans and...