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Replacement tree species list
2015-07-15 23:43:42| PortlandOnline
PDF Document, 1,086kbCategory: July 2015
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Sage grouse flies U.S. species protection crossfire
2015-07-13 07:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A wildlife protection fight over a quirky ground-dwelling bird highlights how two U.S. environmental groups have increasingly dominated the process of species protection, sparking a backlash from pro-business Republicans. A Reuters review of hundreds of federal records over a 10-year period shows how the non-profit groups have had success by inundating Washington with petitions for new protected-species listings and lawsuits designed to compel regulators to respond. Many of the new listings...
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Cost-effective conservation helps species bounce back
2015-07-08 12:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] Researchers have developed a way to help ecosystems bounce back after human disturbances such as shipping, oil exploration or fishing, and have applied it to a coral reef fish species. The method helps conservation managers create a cost-effective plan to bring species back from the brink of extinction in a local area, by building connections with the same species in nearby locations. “The world is subject to nasty surprises, and this work for the first ti…
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California Academy of Sciences discovers 100 new species in the Philippines
2015-06-08 12:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] Scientists from the California Academy of Sciences are celebrating World Ocean's Day with a slew of brand new marine discoveries—more than 100 species that are likely new to science. The Philippines is home to the most biologically diverse waters on Earth, and remains the centerpiece of the Academy's multi-year exploration of the Coral Triangle's biological treasures. Over the course of this seven-week undertaking, funded by the National Science Foundation, sc…
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Critically endangered species should be left to breed in the wild
2015-06-04 12:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] Some near-extinct species should be encouraged to breed in the wild rather than in captivity - according to new research from the University of East Anglia (UEA). Captive breeding programmes offer a last resort to guard against extinction of critically endangered species such as Sumatran tigers and Arabian oryx. But a new study published today in the Journal of Applied Ecology shows more should be done to prevent extinction in the wild. Lead re…
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