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Californian Bison to go under BIRTH CONTROL
Southern California's only herd of wild buffalo has been put on birth control. A conservation authority seeking to protect unique plant life on Santa Catalina Island, where buffalo have roamed since 14 of them were shipped out for a silent film in...
Tags: Southern California, wild buffalo, Bison, birth control, Santa Catalina Island, contraceptives, injection, conservation, Los Angeles, Cuisine of the Western United States, California, Calf, Manjampatti White Bison, Beef, American Bison, allnews
Review | Earth Days (Unrated) **½
Miami :: FL :: USA | about 19 hours ago
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In the well-behaved documentary Earth Days , wizened, Woodstock-era veterans of the environmental movement recount how conservationists and the counterculture steered Spaceship Earth in a new direction. Yet there's little that's new in the retelling,...
Tags: Miami, Conservationist, Earth Days, Environmental movement, Stewart Brand, Environmentalism, Whole Earth, Green politics, Conservation
Inefficient Plasma TVs Will No Longer Be Sold In California
In the past few decades, the number of electronic gadgets sucking up energy in American households has increased at a staggering pace. Although experts have offered up many different ways for cutting back on phantom loads and increasing conservation...
Tags: television, plasma, technology, green, conservation, energy, California
Maine commission says Portland should elect mayor
Portland :: OR :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility Maine— The Portland Charter Commissioner says voters should choose the city's mayor. But the commission says an elected mayor should have limited power. The Portland Press Herald says details remain to be worked out, but the commission plans to ask...
Tags: Maine, Portland Press Herald, Portland, Local government in the United States, Portland Maine, Portland Oregon, European Commission, Cities in Maine, Cumberland County Maine, Portland-South Portland-Biddeford metropolitan area, Politics, Maine Supreme Judicial Court, Conservation, Game warden, Supreme Court of the United States, Law Crime
Give ‘Em The World: The Ultimate Charity Guide
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility With the holidays comin’ round the bend, I’m sure most of us are starting to think of gifts both for ourselves and for others. And although receiving is arguably the most enjoyable part of the gift giving tradition, we must not forget others that need...
Tags: endangered species, Los Angeles, Natural environment, Sustainability, Biodiversity, Human Interest, Conservation, World Wide Fund for Nature, Environment
Tourists sue Sanbona safari park after too-close encounter with lions
Cape Town :: South Africa | 2 days ago
Credibility The group are claiming hundreds of thousands of pounds for injuries and post-traumatic stress allegedly suffered when they were exposed to the “threatening conduct of the lions” at Sanbona Wildlife Reserve northeast of Cape Town. One of the animals also...
Tags: South Africa, Cape Town, Conservation, Game reserve, Hospitality Recreation, Safari park, Safari, Hunting, Lions, Masai Mara, White lion
SOS: Save Our Seabirds (Fish Aren't The Only Victims Of Commercial Fishing!)
Many conservationists have been talking about how commercial fishing practices have all but destroyed many of the most significant fish populations on the planet, like the snapper and giant bluefin tuna, however not as much attention has been drawn...
Tags: fishing, conservation, seabirds, Living On Earth
SRI LANKA: Invasive Plants: Yet Another Environmental Menace
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | 3 days ago
Credibility Ask any Sri Lankan, and he or she will cringe at the mention of �water hyacinth�, infamous in the country, where it is called by its more common Sri Lankan name �Japan Jabbara�. The weed-like water plant has spread across the island, and everyone knows...
Tags: Sajeewa Chamikara, water hyacinth, Jagath Gunewardena, alien plant, ornamental plant, invasive plant, told ips, IPS, Sri Lanka Environmentalists Association, Sri Lanka, Colombo, Flora of Pakistan, Invasive species, Introduced species, Weed, Aquatic plants, Pontederiaceae, Conservation, Environment
Why Robinson Crusoe island is at risk
Santiago :: Chile | 4 days ago
Credibility The islands are one of few places on earth that have never been colonised by humans until recently. Selkirk was not the first person to set eyes on the islands – that was the Spanish navigator Juan Fern�ndez in 1574 – but his stay there marked the beginnings...
Tags: Robinson Crusoe, Chile, Santiago, Neotropic, Conservation, Masafuera Rayadito, Juan Fernￃﾡndez Firecrown, Alexander Selkirk, Castaways, Juan Fernￃﾡndez Islands, Robinson Crusoe Island, Environment, Firecrown, Juan Fernￃﾡndez Petrel, Ecoregions
Tory plans for 'conservation banks'
London :: United Kingdom | 4 days ago
Credibility The hundreds of millions of pounds which could be generated will lead to the creation of major new woodlands, wetlands and wildlife corridors, the Tories say. Wildlife Trusts. Many conservationists like the idea in principle if it leads to new funds,...
Tags: United Kingdom, London, Biodiversity banking, Conservation in Australia, Conservation, Ecosystem services, Environmental ethics, Biodiversity, Ecology, Environment, Conservation movement, Endangered species, Otmoor RSPB reserve, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
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