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US crushes tons of illegal ivory
2013-11-15 01:50:24| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
More than six tons of confiscated ivory including tusks, carvings and jewellery have been crushed in public in the US state of Colorado.
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Extent of Peruvian Amazon lost to illegal goldmines mapped first time
2013-10-29 12:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The area affected by illegal gold mining in Peru's south-eastern Amazon region increased by 400% from 1999 to 2012, according to researchers using state-of-the-art mapping technology. Using airborne mapping and high-satellite monitoring, researchers led by the Carnegie Institution for Science also showed that the rate of forest loss in Madre de Dios has tripled since the 2008 global economic crisis, when the international price of gold began to rise to new highs. Until this study, thousands...
Destruction of Perus rainforest by illegal gold mining is twice as bad as experts thought
2013-10-28 18:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: The destruction of a global biodiversity hotspot deep in the Peruvian Amazon by illegal gold mining is twice as bad as previously thought, an authoritative new study using ground-breaking technology has revealed. According to the report by the US-based Carnegie Institution for Science, 15,810 acres of rainforest in Perus Madre de Dios region, home to various nature and indigenous reserves as well as a booming eco-tourism industry, have vanished per year since the start of the 2008 global economic...
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Illegal logging remains rampant in Brazil
2013-10-23 20:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Illegal logging remains pervasive in the Brazilian state of Pará, finds an assessment released Monday by Imazon. Analyzing satellite data and records from Pará's environmental agency Sema, the Brazil-based NGO found that 78 percent of logging documented via satellite between August 2011 and July 2012 was illegal. Some 122,337 hectares of rainforest was logged during the period, a 151 percent rise over a year earlier, when 48,802 ha were illegally harvested. Illegal logging far outpaced legal...
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Badger cull: illegal shooting and gassing reported to police in trial counties
2013-10-23 14:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Illegal shooting, poisoning and gassing of badgers have been reported to police in the counties where official culls are taking place, the Guardian can reveal. Investigations are continuing into eight of the 27 reports, which also includes illegal interference with setts. One has been passed to the Crown Prosecution Service, which will decide whether to prosecute two suspects. "We have done and will actively investigate all allegations of badger interference," said a spokesman for Gloucestershire...
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