An historic global treaty to protect the world’s ecosystems will be signed after an agreement has been reached by delegates at a UN summit on Saturday. 193 nations, rich and poor, will take effective and urgent actions to stop the destruction of the environment by for example protecting forests and coral reefs and managing fisheries.
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A new law is raised in Argentina to protect the country’s glaciers, in a global context from different polluting activities. The law, enacted on September 30, aims to preserve the glaciers as strategic reserves of water for human consumption, agriculture and for the protection of biodiversity.
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A captive breeding program for the wild condors in California caused the population of the wild condors to rise from only 22 in the year 1982 to 100 today. The condors will get another bump over the next few months with the release of 11 juveniles. The big birds are also reproducing on their own in the wild, adding 16 young to the California population since 2004.
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South Africa launched a new wildlife crime unit that will attempt to stop the killings for the animal’s horn. The new crime unit will bring national and provincial wildlife authorities together, who will coordinate with law enforcement to act quickly when new cases of poaching are found.
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The number of tigers in Sathyamangalam forest located in south India have risen in the last two years were 20 tigers have been seen by hidden cameras. The tiger’s population increase is due to the declaration of the forest as a wildlife sanctuary in the year 2008.
A newly discovered type of oil-eating microbe is flourishing in the Gulf of Mexico and helping dispose the oil plumes. The bacteria may have adapted over time due to periodic leaks in the Gulf and it works without significantly depleting oxygen in the water.
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U.S. cancels 21$ million of Brazil debt in exchange for Amazon forest protection. The U.S. has done the same also for Bangladesh, Belize, Botswana, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Indonesia, Jamaica, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, and the Philippines.
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Oh Eun-Sun from South Korea, became on April 27th 2010 the first woman to scale the world’s 14 highest peaks. The Korean tv joined and filmed her at the summit of Mount Annapurna. Oh Eun-Sun is 44 years old and has been climbing for 13 years.
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For the first time the global deforestation pace is slowing down, according the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). New forests are being created, either through the expansion of forests or more rapidly through the planting of trees.
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Rare orchid which was last seen in 1986 and was officially declared extinct in 2005 have been rediscovered in Britain. This discovery gives hope that this delicate species will not be gone forever.
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