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Rwandan vet lauded for saving grey crowned cranes
AFP, Published on 30/04/2025
» RUGEZI, Rwanda - White wings flashing overhead in the sunlight, conservationist Olivier Nsengimana points out Rwanda’s grey crowned cranes, migratory birds that have made an extraordinary comeback in the Great Lakes region.
Trump admin proposes redefining 'harm' to endangered animals
AFP, Published on 17/04/2025
» WASHINGTON — The Trump administration aims to remove degradation of habitat from its definition of "harm" to endangered species, proposing Wednesday a rule change that would open the door to human activity in ecologically sensitive environments.
The 'kidneys of Kolkata': Indian wetlands under threat
AFP, Published on 18/07/2023
» KOLKATA - Wetlands just outside India's Kolkata have for generations provided tonnes of food daily and thousands of jobs as they filter sewage through fish ponds -- but rapid urbanisation is threatening the ecosystem.
'Just lower the water!' Flood fatigue in the village that halted Russia
AFP, Published on 06/03/2023
» DEMYDIV, Ukraine: More than a year after the Ukrainian military flooded his village to halt Russia's lightning march on Kyiv, Ivan Kukuruza's basement is still submerged and his patience is running out.
Uprooted: Amazonian Siekopai people battle for return to ancestral land
AFP, Published on 10/02/2023
» MANOKO (PERU) - They call themselves "the multicolored people," or Siekopai, after the eye-catching traditional body paint and adornments they used to wear in their ancestral home in the heart of the Amazon rainforest.
Twilight of the Tigris: Iraq's mighty river drying up
AFP, Published on 20/09/2022
» BAGHDAD - It was the river that is said to have watered the biblical Garden of Eden and helped give birth to civilisation itself.
Plastic garbage covers Central American rivers, lakes and beaches
AFP, Published on 16/09/2022
» POTONICO (EL SALVADOR) - A blanket of multi-colored plastic waste flowing in from tributaries covers Lake Suchitlan in El Salvador.
Modern phoenix: The bird brought back from extinction in Japan
AFP, Published on 21/06/2022
» SADO, Japan: Every day for the past 14 years, 72-year-old Masaoki Tsuchiya has set out before sunrise to search for a bird rescued from extinction in Japan.
European stores pull products linked to Brazil deforestation
AFP, Published on 17/12/2021
» PARIS - Several European supermarket chains are dropping Brazilian beef products linked to destruction of the Amazon rainforest and tropical wetland, the US activist group Mighty Earth said Thursday.
Asian deer's comeback marks rare China conservation success
AFP, Published on 15/10/2021
» BEIJING: An Asian deer's comeback from the brink of extinction marks a rare success for China's conservation efforts, which have long faced criticism for focusing on only a handful of flagship species.