Tag: Conservation
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Over half of world’s wild primate species face extinction, report reveals
Researchers warn of approaching ‘major extinction event’ if action is not taken to protect around 300 species, including gorillas, chimps, lemurs and lorises
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Gucci owner gets teeth into snakeskin market with python farm
Luxury group Kering says snakes will be raised in the ‘best conditions’ before they are turned into shoes, bags and belts
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We are destroying rainforests so quickly they may be gone in 100 years
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
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TripAdvisor bans ticket sales to attractions that allow contact with wild animals
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
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Furniture that destroys forests: crackdown on ‘rampant’ trade in rosewood
Cites summit moves to protect the world’s most trafficked wild product by placing all 300 species of the tree under trade restrictions
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Ban on domestic ivory trade passes at international summit
Not legally binding but may stem trade and poachingNearly one third of Africa’s savannah elephants killed between 2007 and 2014 Ban negotiations spurred feud