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Qld, federal govts meet over reef's future
Gladstone :: Australia | 5 months ago
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S environment minister says industrial growth along the length of the Great Barrier Reef has been the focus of closed discussions with the federal government. Federal and state ministers met behind closed doors on Tuesday in Brisbane for the 35th
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Canada Announces New Funding to Help Poorer Countries Combat Climate Change
Ottawa :: Canada | 6 months ago
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December 9, 2012 File photo of Environment Minister Peter Kent. Canada has announced new funding to help developing nations adapt to climate change as part of a commitment made under the 2009 Copenhagen Accord. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)
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Turkey Denies Plans to Built Any Power Plant on Bulgarian Border
Ankara :: Turkey | 6 months ago
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Energy December 7, 2012, Friday 15 views Turkey's Deputy Environment Minister Muhammet Balta has refuted the reports that there is a project to build a power plant on the Black Sea coast on the Bulgarian border, the bulgarian Environment Ministry
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River red gums to face 'ecological thinning'
Victoria :: Seychelles | 6 months ago
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Victoria and NSW are conducting trials in national parks on both sides of the Murray River...When it is ''ecological thinning'' in national parks, according to the governments of New South Wales and Victoria. The two states are conducting trials in
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Environment minister inspects dogs from China
Shanghai :: China | 6 months ago
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A statement from the People for Ethnic Treatment of Animals said the minister went to Chennai airport to inspect the dogs, which it was earlier said would be used as pets.
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Gibraltar plans to get rid of half of famous 300-strong colony of apes
Gibraltar :: Gibraltar | 6 months ago
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Although friendly charming and inquisitive the wild Barbary Macaques are increasingly running riot through the towns streets Almost half of Gibraltar's famous apes could be shipped of the Rock as they are considered 'fearless' of humans.
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Amazon deforestation at record low
São Paulo :: Brazil | 6 months ago
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Brazil's Amazon has slowed for a fourth consecutive year to its lowest rate since authorities began monitoring the world's largest rainforest, officials said. The National Institute of Space Research found that the Amazon lost 4656 square kilometres
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Murray-Darling plan decision expected
Canberra :: Australia | 6 months ago
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The Murray-Darling Basin Authority handed Mr Burke a copy of the plan on Wednesday...When adopted, the plan will become Australia's first national approach to the vital river system since federation more than 110 years ago. Advertisement After
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Govt extends super trawler ban
Canberra :: Australia | 6 months ago
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Environment Minister Tony Burke on Monday said the extension would take effect from midnight on Monday. Mr Burke made an interim declaration on September 20 prohibiting this type of fishing activity for 60 days. "During this time I invited and
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Marine life to get protection
Sydney :: Australia | 6 months ago
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Friday as part of long-running efforts to establish the world's largest network of marine reserves. The federal government will also announce details of $100 million for fishers to compensate for the impact of the reserves. Fishers will also have
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