Rising ocean acidity threatens low-lying islands

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Michael Perry, Reuters 2 Jun 08; SYDNEY (Reuters) - Rising acidity in the ocean caused by seas absorbing greenhouse carbon dioxide could ma...

Australia completes controversial kangaroo cull

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Yahoo News 3 Jun 08; Australian officials have completed a cull of more than 500 kangaroos which animal activists had protested was an unju...

Iceland and Norway resume whale meat exports to Japan

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Yahoo News 2 Jun 08; Iceland and Norway resumed whale meat exports to Japan this year after an 18-year interruption, industry representativ...

Last flight of the honeybee?

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A bee-less world wouldn't just mean the end of honey - Einstein said that if the honeybee became extinct, then so would mankind. Alison ...

Eat more insects, scientists say

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Graham Tibbetts, The Telegraph 2 Jun 08; Eating insects such as wasps and grasshoppers has health benefits and should be encouraged in the ...

Mangrove forest areas in North Sumatra degrading

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Antara 3 Jun 08; Medan, North Sumatra (ANTARA News) - Around 60 percent of the total 85,393 hectares of mangrove forest areas in North Suma...

Satellite images reveal Papua forest destruction

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Michael Perry, Reuters 2 Jun 08; SYDNEY (Reuters) - Thirty years of satellite imagery of Papua New Guinea's rainforests has revealed de...

Indonesian military chief urges nature conservation authority to overcome man-elephant conflict

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Antara 3 Jun 08; Tapaktuan, Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (ANTARA News) - A continuing conflict between rural farmers and wild elephants in two ...

World Bank approves U$4 million grant to Indonesia for geothermal project in Indonesia

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Antara 3 Jun 08; Washington (ANTARA News) - The World Bank`s board of executive directors has approved a US$4-million GEF (Global Environme...

Challenges for the food summit

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Roger Harrabin, BBC News 3 Jun 08; Politicians struggling to solve the current world food crisis need to find long-term solutions that feed...

Plant waste biofuels benefit from food debate

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Julie Gordon, Yahoo News 2 Jun 08; In the search for renewable energy, turning low-value materials like switchgrass and corn husks into eth...

Brazil says biofuel production not to blame for food crisis

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Uncas Fernandez, Yahoo News 1 Jun 08; With its prodigious farm exports and its major industry making ethanol from sugarcane, Brazil is seek...