Topic: Conservation Of Resources

Macedonians were given a day off work Wednesday to plant almost six million trees as part of government efforts to revive forests and increase ecological awareness in the Balkan country.Thousands of people braved rain and fog on the special public holiday to ...

China's Great Wall eaten away by mining

LAIYUAN, China (Reuters)- China's Great Wall is falling victim to development as legal and illegal mines tear vast chunks out of the hills below the landmark, conservationists warn.Voted one of the New Seven Wonders of the World, the 6,400 km (4,000 mile) ...

Court rejects stay on wolf hunts in Idaho, Montana

SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - A federal court rejected a bid by conservationists for an immediate halt to wolf hunts in Idaho and Montana on Tuesday, but the judges said they would reconsider the request next month.The Alliance for the Wild Rockies and ...

"Rewilded" rare tiger kills "domesticated" relative

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - An extremely rare South China tiger has been killed by another on a South African reserve dedicated to saving the species from extinction, the conservation group behind the project said.Save China's Tigers said on its web site the incident ...

Kenya's Nobel peace laureate Wangari Maathai dies

Kenyan environmental activist Wangari Maathai who became the first African woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize has died of cancer at the age of 71, her family announced Monday.Tributes flowed in for Maathai, who died on Sunday at a Nairobi ...

Cambodian cattle herds offer hope for tiger: WWF

Large herds of wild cattle in eastern Cambodia mean the area could be one of the best places in Asia for a recovery in tiger populations, conservation group World Wildlife Fund said on Monday.There may be no more than five tigers living ...

Group's full coffers shock commission

Jaws dropped Tuesday when Clark County commissioners learned that a county conservation program has banked more than $50 million in research funds, with more than $40 million not targeted for anything.Collected over nearly two decades from the $550 per-acre fees paid by ...
Brazil's powerful agricultural sector has scored a major victory, with the approval by the lower house of Congress of a reform that would open up some protected forests to cropland and ranchers.The bill, which now goes to the Senate, was initially intended ...

Hong Kong bans trawling to save fish stocks

Hong Kong has banned trawl fishing in its waters, a decision welcomed by conservationists Friday as a crucial move to save fish stocks and revive the city's depleted marine environment.The measure, which is expected to come into effect in late 2012, comes ...

Brisk sales of permits for planned Idaho wolf hunts

SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - Permits for planned wolf hunts sold briskly in Idaho on Thursday, as most wolves in the Northern Rockies were officially removed from the endangered species list and conservationists sued over the unprecedented removal of protection by Congress.The end ...
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