Conservation of Resources

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Forest-saving deal could lift climate summit hopes

AP News 66 days ago

Rich, poor countries embrace plan to protect forest as part of UN climate pact In a potentially valuable boost to fighting climate change, rich and poor countries are close to an agreement to end the destruction of the world's forests in 20 ...

Rare crocs found hiding in plain sight in Cambodia

AP News 83 days ago

Conservationists hit crocodile jackpot, finding dozens of endangered chompers in Cambodia Conservationists searching for one of the world's most endangered crocodile species say they have found dozens of the reptiles lounging in plain sight — at a wildlife rescue center in Cambodia. ...

Disney Co. spending $7M on conservation projects

AP News 98 days ago

Walt Disney Co. investing $7M to protect forests and help reduce greenhouse gases Seeking to help fight climate change, the Walt Disney Co. says it will spend $7 million in partnership with three conservation groups to protect tens of thousands of acres ...

Lion-killing Maasai leave spears at home

Reuters Life! Online Report 98 days ago

"PRIDE ROCK," Kenya (Reuters Life!) - On a granite massif overlooking parched pridelands right out of Disney's "The Lion King," four traditionally attired Maasai stand, waving a device that looks like a TV aerial. Olubi Larambe, Bilenanke Sitieyo, Linkena Ngindau and Mokoi ...

Disney to give $7 million to reforestation projects

Reuters Environmental Online Report 98 days ago

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Walt Disney Co said on Tuesday it will invest $7 million in forest conservation projects in the Amazon, Congo and United States as part of its effort to reduce emissions, waste and energy use as a corporation. ...

the long run project

WENN 102 days ago

Usain Bolt, Colin Jackson with founder Joaquin Zietz promoting The Long Run Conservation project at The Design Museum London, England - 29.10.09 Copyright 2009 WENN

World's tigers seen facing potential extinction

Reuters Environmental Online Report 104 days ago

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Tigers could become extinct in the wild in two decades unless the world ramps up conservation efforts to halt the decline in their population, wildlife experts said on Wednesday. Barely 3,500 tigers are estimated to be roaming in the ...

Large-scale development OKed for Maine woods

AP News 139 days ago

Large-scale development for Maine's Moosehead Lake region given final OK by state regulators A sprawling resort and residential development at the gateway to Maine's North Woods that would be the largest of its kind in the state won a state planning board's ...

Ark. Sen. Lincoln new head of Senate ag committee

AP News 152 days ago

Ark. Sen. Blanche Lincoln to become first woman to serve as head of Senate ag committee Sen. Blanche Lincoln will become the first woman to head the Senate agriculture committee under leadership changes made because of Ted Kennedy's death. Lincoln, D-Ark., said ...

Bahamas set to ban catch and sale of sea turtles

AP News 163 days ago

Bahamas set to ban catch, sale of all sea turtle species after campaign by environmentalists Soups, stews and pies flavored with chunks of sea turtle meat will soon be illegal across the 700 islands of the Bahamas, environmental activists and scientists said ...

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