Battle to save global wildlife running out of funds: official
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BANGKOK : Conservationists are preparing for key battles at a global wildlife summit in Bangkok as officials warn that the battle to save endangered species is being hampered by lumbering bureaucracy, unwilling governments and a cash crisis.
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LA JOLLA, Calif. -- Western governors convening a two-day summit on the federal Endangered Species Act heard a list of complaints: Too few plants and animals saved.
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A list of 15,000 species threatened with extinction - many of them by human activity - is published.
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Another lawsuit is the last thing the US Fish and Wildlife Service needs. As the lead agency on most matters concerning endangered species, the service operates under a constant barrage of saturation litigation
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As many as 122 species have disappeared since 1980, and 1,900 are in danger of becoming extinct.
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A senior Chinese official tells the BBC the country's environmental problems have reached crisis levels.
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Germany's Environment Minister Sigmar Gabriel says species loss is making the world a poorer place.
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Scientists who spent nearly a month in  a fruitless search for a Chinese river dolphin that is more  endangered than the Giant Panda say there may be no more than  50 left alive, the Xinhua news agency said on Saturday.
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The U.S. government agency that insures corporate pensions will run out of money in 2020 if current financial conditions persist, imperiling the checks of millions of retirees, a new independent study shows.
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Scientists and conservationists called on Pacific countries Friday to step up efforts to protect leatherback turtles that are on the brink of extinction.
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European Union funding for an African  peacekeeping force in Darfur has run out, and the United States  and Arab League should help cover the costs until a replacement  force arrives, the EU&#39;s aid chief said on Friday.
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Urgent investment is needed in North Korea to deal with serious environmental problems that have depleted the countryâs forests, contaminated water supplies and polluted the air, the United Nationsâ top environmental official has said.
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A total of 15,589 species of animals and plants are threatened with extinction, according to the so- called Red List of endangered species produced by the IUCN World Conservation Union.
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Some arctic animals including polar bears and species of seal face the possibility of extinction in just decades because of global warming, the World Wide Fund for Nature said Sunday.
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The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites) has banned sales of a rare Asian dolphin. Environmentalists say the move is necessary to save the Irrawaddy dolphin, whose numbers are thought to be as low as 1,000 in the wild.
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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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Scientists and officials strengthened efforts to forestall the extinction of thousands of species and protect the world's habitats in talks in Bangkok, but governments need to work harder to promote conservation, an international environment agency said Thursday.