Conservation

Over half of world’s wild primate species face extinction, report reveals

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Researchers warn of approaching ‘major extinction event’ if action is not taken to protect around 300 species, including gorillas, chimps, lemurs and lorises

Gucci owner gets teeth into snakeskin market with python farm

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Luxury group Kering says snakes will be raised in the ‘best conditions’ before they are turned into shoes, bags and belts

We are destroying rainforests so quickly they may be gone in 100 years

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At current rates of deforestation, rainforests will vanish altogether in a century. Stopping climate change will remain an elusive goal unless poor nations are helped to preserve them

TripAdvisor bans ticket sales to attractions that allow contact with wild animals

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Animal welfare groups laud step by travel giant but concerns remain that it is not going far enough to counter cruel practices and exploitation by tourism businesses

Furniture that destroys forests: crackdown on ‘rampant’ trade in rosewood

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Cites summit moves to protect the world’s most trafficked wild product by placing all 300 species of the tree under trade restrictions