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Two more Sydney beaches closed after tar balls wash up
Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size More Sydney beaches, including Bondi, have been closed after thousands of toxic tar balls were washed ashore, putting Nippers and Surf Life Saving events this weekend in jeopardy. NSW Maritime is leading an investigation into the possible source of the pollution incident, which has affected nearly every…
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Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences Professors Join International Conservation Leadership Program
Four local conservationists have just begun a year-long journey to improve their professional and leadership skills and better serve their communities and conservation efforts. Two professors and one staff member from the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, and one professor from the Cooperative Extension Service, were accepted into the Soil and Water Conservation Society Emerging Leaders Program 2025…
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B.C. election platforms: where the parties stand on key climate issues
START – Apple News Only Block Add content to the Apple News only block. You can add things like headings, paragraphs, images, galleries and audio clips. The content added here will not be visable on the website article Get the inside scoop on The Narwhal’s environment and climate reporting by signing up for our free…
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Vietnam proposes priorities for environmental conservation
(VOVWORLD) – The Economic and Financial Committee of the UN General Assembly discussed climate change, the environment, and biodiversity on Monday and Tuesday at the UN Headquarters in New York. Nguyen Hoang Nguyen, Minister Counsellor, Deputy Permanent Representative of Viet Nam to the UN. Photo: VOV Participants expressed concerns that climate change, environmental pollution, and biodiversity…
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Fungi may get status boost under UK-Chile conservation plan
A new era of mycelial conservation could begin this month when the UK and Chile propose that fungi should be placed alongside animals and plants as a separate realm for environmental protection. Mushrooms, mould, mildew, yeast and lichen would all receive elevated status under the plan, which will be submitted to the UN convention on…
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Critical conservation: How SANCCOB is fighting to save African penguins
As African penguins inch closer to extinction, SANCCOB (Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds) is at the forefront of efforts to save the species. The Chick Rearing Unit and Nursery at SANCCOB provide crucial care to abandoned penguin chicks, most of which are rescued from colonies in Simon’s Town and Stony Point…
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Nature Conservation Index (NCI) launched for biodiversity awareness
Strategic planning, global collaboration needed to tackle intensifying biodiversity crisis Environment October 16, 2024 <!––> Despite constant conservation efforts, Africa, South and Central America and Southeast Asia are engulfed by intensifying biodiversity crisis (Photo: BioDB.com ) BioDB.com, a non-profit focused on biodiversity data, has partnered with the Goldman Sonnenfeldt School of Sustainability and Climate Change…
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Santos to pay K50m for damages to environment
SANTOS, the operator of the Kutubu oil fields in the Southern Highlands, has been given 90 days to pay K50 million in environmental damages compensation to the Kutubu landowners by the Conservation Environment Protection Authority (CEPA). This is the first determination for environmental damage since the law came into effect and its a warning to…
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Osceola County hopes voters embrace land conservation tax
After 20 years of paying a special property tax for land conservation, Osceola County voters will decide in November whether they want to keep doing it. The tax-funded program has conserved 3,300 acres, county officials say, including important lands such as Shingle Creek Regional Park; Brownie Wise Park, where the county plans to build the…
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Why is biodiversity important?
Biodiversity is the variety and variability of life on Earth — and it is under serious threat. More than 1 million species are at risk of extinction, by some estimates. Most people know that biodiversity is important, but why is it important, exactly? What does biodiversity have to do with the health and well-being of our own species? A…
