Roundup: Africa Urged to Conserve Land for Wildlife
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Roundup: Africa urged to conserve land for wildlife    NAIROBI, June 2 (Xinhua) -- A global advocacy group, Peace Parks Foundation, is calling on African governments to set aside at least two percent of the continent's land for wildlife conservation.
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By IAIN MAYHEW A GIANT migratory herd thunders across the endless Masai Mara plain, its familiar calls of &quot;ooh&quot;, &quot;aah&quot; and &quot;click-click-whirr&quot; breaking the silence in the chill evening air of the African bush.
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An international effort to halt the illegal killing of elephants for their ivory tusks has all but collapsed in most of Africa, leaving officials and advocates alarmed about the survival of the species. A study being reported Tuesday estimates that as many as 23,000 animals were slaughtered last...
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Fearful that growing pressure for development could cause the loss of vital plants and animals, biologists and conservationists are trying to rally new interest in protecting tropical forests and the keys they may hold for vital medicines.
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Hedgehogs and house sparrows are on an updated list of species and habitats which need protection.
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The fate of some of the world's animals and plants may be decided at a conference on wildlife trade.
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The rise of organized criminal gangs  trading in rhino horns has boosted poaching in some African  countries, putting the endangered animals at risk, conservation  groups and a U.N. wildlife pact said on Wednesday.
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Man and mother nature are threatening at least six distinct species of African giraffe, which are highly endangered and could face extinction if not protected, a study warned Saturday.
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Madagascar has identified the additional forests, wetlands and marshes it wants to protect under a plan to triple the size of its nature reserves by the end of 2008, a global conservation group said on Friday.
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The environment minister proposed a package of measures Wednesday to slow rampant elephant population growth &#151; including limited killing and contraception &#151; but stressed there would be no mass slaughter. The elephant population of 20,000 is growing at a rate of more than 6 percent per year, disrupting the delicate biodiversity in the flagship Kruger National Park and other wildlife parks, Environment Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk said.
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THE future of the world&#39;s large wild mammals is threatened by pressures similar to those that caused the extinction of two-thirds of such species at the end of the most recent Ice Age.
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Conservationists launched a three-year project on Tuesday to protect millions of migrating birds which are indiscriminately targeted by hunters in North Africa and the Middle East.
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Science & environment: New survey warns six plant and animal species are facing extinction as lowland heath is being lost
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Science & environment: Scientists hope evidence will save other areas of land given over to timber and oil-palm plantations.
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KAMPALA, Uganda, Feb. 28 -- South African wildlife officials on Wednesday proposed new elephant management rules that would allow burgeoning populations to be culled, a practice banned since 1994 as unnecessarily cruel to the beloved but destructive animals.
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WASHINGTON - Conservationists concerned about the extinction of plants and animals may be overlooking the danger to thousands of other species that depend on the threatened ones.
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Environmentalists think ahead to the effect of tourists and investors on a landscape of crucial habitats.