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Large blocks of Sumatra's endangered rainforest may be put up for mining, logging
2013-01-28 02:37:55| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: The Indonesian province of Aceh on the western tip of the island of Sumatra may be preparing to lift the protected status of key areas of lowland rainforest potentially ending its bid to earn carbon credits from forest conservation and putting several endangered species at increased risk, according to reports. Under a draft plan developed by the Aceh parliament's spatial planning committee, some 71,857 hectares of protected areas will lose their protected status and be turned over for logging,...
United Kingdom: Endangered voles set to return
2013-01-26 15:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: An endangered species is set to return to a Northumberland forest more than 30 years after it was wiped out. Conservationists at Kielder Water & Forest Park plan to reintroduce water voles to the area after they disappeared. The animals have not been spotted in the area since the 1970s. Forestry Commission ecologist Tom Dearnley said they were "extremely keen" to see the project go ahead at Kielder. Mr Dearnley said: "Areas like Kielder Burn and the North Tyne are good water vole...
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Genetic matchmaking saves endangered frogs
2013-01-08 11:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] Contact: Beth King kingb@si.edu 202-633-4700 ×22821 Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute What if Noah got it wrong? What if he paired a male and a female animal thinking they were the same species, and then discovered they were not the same and could not produce offspring? As researchers from the Smithsonian's Panama Amphibian Rescue and Conserv…
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Mountain pine beetle threatening high-altitude, endangered trees
2013-01-02 22:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: In the western U.S., few trees generally grow in higher altitudes than the whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis). Providing shelter and food for bears, squirrels and birds, the whitebark pine ecosystems also help regulate water flow from snowmelt. But, according to a new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), climate change has produced a novel threat for these high-altitude forests : mountain pine beetles (Dendroctonus ponderosae). Mountain pine beetles have already...
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Two Arctic Ice Seals Gain Endangered Species Act Protection - Warming Climate a Key Factor
2013-01-02 21:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: Responding to a 2008 petition from the Center for Biological Diversity, the federal government today finalized Endangered Species Act protection for two ice-dependent Arctic seals threatened by melting sea ice and snowpack due to climate change. Ringed seals and bearded seals, found in the waters off Alaska, are the first species since polar bears to be protected primarily because of climate change threats. "Arctic animals face a clear danger of extinction from climate change," said Shaye Wolf,...
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