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‘If I’m sent to Japan, I’m not coming home’: jailed anti-whaler defiant in face of extradition threat | Sea Shepherd Conservation Society

The humpback whales watched by Paul Watson from his prison cell this summer have long since migrated from the iceberg-flecked…

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Slovenian girl, 12, saves project aiming to reintroduce cicadas to New Forest | Conservation

When British conservationists flew to Slovenia this summer hoping to catch enough singing cicadas to reintroduce the species to the…

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Scottish conservation agency accused of undermining law to protect birds of prey | Scotland

Wildlife charities have condemned a decision by Scotland’s nature conservation agency to dilute a new law designed to combat the…

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Conservation groups question Queensland commitment to renewables after hydro scheme scrapped | Queensland politics

Conservation groups say the new Queensland government must quickly announce details of its alternative energy plans, after confirmation the new…

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Essex car park to be test case for legislation to protect landscapes | Conservation

A commuter car park in Essex is to be one of the first test cases of whether the government will…

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Guardians of the Gibbons: can India save its only ape species from extinction? | Conservation

For over a century the villagers of Barekuri, north-east India’s biodiversity hotspot, have coexisted with the country’s only ape species,…

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UK appoints first nature envoy to tackle species decline | Conservation

The government has appointed the UK’s first envoy for nature, a role that a former campaigner called “the environmentalist’s environmentalist”,…

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‘Access to food is not the problem’: new orca study deepens mystery behind endangerment | Conservation

Last month, the ailing southern resident killer whales of the Pacific gave researchers a rare moment of hope: a new…

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Fungi may get status boost under UK-Chile conservation plan | Conservation

A new era of mycelial conservation could begin this month when the UK and Chile propose that fungi should be…

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Nature in England at risk as amount of protected land falls to 2.93%, data shows | Conservation

The amount of land that is protected for nature in England has fallen to just 2.93%, despite government promises to…

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