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The government recently unveiled biodiversity plans designed to stop the decline of England's wildlife and to protect habitats.
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Most of the world's last remaining tigers – long decimated by overhunting, logging, and trade – are now clustered in just 6 percent of their available habitat, wildlife researchers have found. They have identified 42 'source sites' across Asia.
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As a result of a lawsuit brought by environmental groups, the Obama administration has designated a large portion of the Alaskan coastline as a "critical habitat" for polar bears. Oil and gas drilling will be restricted; yet, Shell Oil given green light.
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Coastal development and declining water quality are threatening seagrasses worldwide. A study of coastal grasses around the world shows 58 percent of the seagrass meadows are in decline.
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Just three years after it was discovered, a new species of monkey is threatened with extinction according to the Wildlife Conservation Society, which recently published the first-ever census of the endangered primate.
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On May 16, America celebrates Endangered Species Day and our nation’s commitment to protecting endangered species and their habitat with events across the country.
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The theme for this year's World Migratory Bird Day: "Migratory Birds - Ambassadors for Biodiversity" celebrations are marred by a series of recent reports indicating that the numbers of migratory birds are declining globally.
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Scientists confirm computer model predictions that oxygen-depleted
zones in tropical oceans are expanding, possibly because of climate change
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Beavers create habitat where frogs and others may thrive.
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They spent Tuesday night huddled in their car, parked across the street from the place they once called home.
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 The family of the lone survivor of a murder-suicide in Alberta in December is getting a new home on P.E.I. from Habitat for Humanity.
 Montreal's Habitat 67 has won an international competition among Lego enthusiasts, but the toy company says it won't make a version of the well-known landmark.
Booming Brazilian city spreads into Amazon habitats
 The federal minister of fisheries has no discretion when it comes to protecting the critical habitat of B.C.'s southern resident killer whales, the Federal Court of Appeal has ruled.
Astronauts Wanted: For four-month stay in make-believe Mars habitat on Big Island of Hawaii.
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The researchers also assessed the costs of protecting source sites, including increased law enforcement, biological and law enforcement monitoring, and where appropriate, community engagement, informant networks, and trade monitoring.
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