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Concerns Over Expanding Feral Wild Boar Populations
2014-09-24 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
CANADA - The Saskatchewan Pork Development Board is raising the alarm over the potential risks posed by expanding populations of feral wild boar, writes Bruce Cochrane.
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Learn how Outside In does successful outreach to diverse populations - Free presentation!
2014-08-25 18:23:50| PortlandOnline
When: Wednesday, September 10 from 12:001:30pm. Feel free to bring your lunch! Where: Multnomah Building Boardroom at 501 SE Hawthorne Blvd. in Portland. Host: Multnomah County Citizen Involvement Committee
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Great Ape Populations Threatened by Vegetable Oil
2014-07-12 00:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World News: Great ape populations are literally losing ground as the demand for vegetable oil threatens their Southeast Asian habitats, according to a new analysis. Forests in Southeast Asia are being converted into oil palm plantations to feed people's growing need for vegetable oil, bringing trouble for great apes native to the area, particularly orangutans. "The first step is to get this issue on the forefront of public awareness and on the agenda of companies active in Africa and governments, both...
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Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Decimates Fish Populations in Appalachia
2014-07-10 14:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: A study from researchers at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) published this month provides strong new evidence that mountaintop removal coal mining in Appalachia is devastating downstream fish populations. Thats hardly news for long-time followers of the controversy surrounding mountaintop removal, a coal mining practice that involves blowing off the tops of mountains to access thin seams of coal and dumping the waste into valleys below. In 2010, a group of 13 prestigious biologists published...
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Penguin populations may have benefited from historic climate warming
2014-06-17 14:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: While penguins have adapted to extremely cold weather, harsh winters are still difficult for populations especially when it comes to breeding and finding food. So with warming climates on the horizon, are penguin populations going to be better off? Not necessarily. However, a new study does reveal that penguin populations over the last 30,000 years have benefitted in some ways from climate warming and retreating ice. An international team, led by scientists from the University of Southampton and...
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