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Ten African nations pledge to transform their economies to take nature into account

via MongaBay | Thu June 14, 2012
Last month ten African nations, led by Botswana, pledged to incorporate 'natural capital' into their economies. Natural capital, which seeks to measure the economic worth of the services provided by ecosystems and biodiversity—for example pollination, clean water, and carbon—is a nascent, but growing, method to curtail environmental damage and ensure more sustainable development.

Australia to create world’s largest marine reserve

Story contains video via BBC | Wed June 13, 2012
Australia says it will create the world's largest network of marine parks ahead of the Rio+20 summit. The reserves will cover 3.1 million sq km of ocean, including the Coral Sea.

After damning research, France proposes banning pesticide linked to bee collapse

via MongaBay | Tue June 05, 2012
Following research linking neonicotinoid pesticides to the decline in bee populations, France has announced it plans to ban Cruiser OSR, an insecticide produced by Sygenta.

Herp paradise preserved in Guatemala

via MongaBay | Tue May 29, 2012
Fifteen conservation groups have banded together to save around 2,400 hectares (6,000 acres) of primary rainforest in Guatemala, home to a dozen imperiled amphibians as well as the recently discovered Merendon palm pit viper (Bothriechis thalassinus).

Scientists recruit aerial drones to combat illegal logging

Story contains video via Wall Street Daily | Mon May 21, 2012
A new aerial surveillance system to protect forests and endangered species in remote parts of the world is being pioneered by a pair of ecologists in Switzerland. The researchers have designed and built their own flying drone that can capture evidence of illegal activity on film.

Hawaii first state to ban plastic bags at checkout

via MSNBC | Thu May 17, 2012
By now, it’s hardly news when a city bans plastic bags at checkout counters -- but an entire state? That’s happened in Hawaii, where Honolulu County has joined the state’s three other counties to give Hawaii a first-in-the-nation title.

Indigenous group and NGO establish crucial corridor in vanishing Atlantic Forest

Story contains video via MongaBay | Thu May 17, 2012
Last month, three Guarani communities, the local Argentine government of Misiones, and the UK-based NGO World Land Trust forged an agreement to create a nature reserve connecting three protected areas in the fractured, and almost extinct, Atlantic Forest.

Small Canadian Town Bans Shark Fins

via TriCity News | Tue May 15, 2012
Using the concept 'Think Global, Act Local,' Coquitlam council this week banned shark fins from being possessed, traded, sold and distributed in the city.

Honolulu City Council backs bill to ban plastic bags at store, restaurant checkouts

via Hawaii Magazine | Sat April 28, 2012
One by one, Hawaii’s counties have passed green-minded bills that ban businesses from distributing non-biodegradable plastic bags and non-recyclable paper bags.

Momentum builds: Burger King Switches to Cage Free Pork and Eggs

via Mercury News | Fri April 27, 2012
Burger King on Wednesday became the first major U.S. fast-food chain to pledge that all of its eggs and pork will come from cage-free chickens and pigs by 2017.

Mad frog bonanza: up to 36 new frogs discovered in tiny Madagascar forest

Story contains video via MongaBay | Fri April 20, 2012
A forest less than half the size of Manhattan sports an astounding number of frogs, according to a new paper in Biodiversity Conservation. Two surveys of Madagascar's Betampona Nature Reserve, which covers 2,228 hectares, has uncovered 76 unique frogs, 36 of which may be new to science.

Russia creates massive park for rare cats

Story contains video via MongaBay | Mon April 16, 2012
Russia has created a massive national park to protect some of the world's rarest big cats, the critically endangered Amur tigers and leopards, reports the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS).

Study: Wildlife survive nuclear accidents

via UPI | Thu April 12, 2012
Radiation from nuclear accidents such as Chernobyl and Fukushima may not present as much of a threat to wildlife as previously thought, British researchers say.

Saving Right Whales? There’s an app for that.

via Discovery News | Thu April 12, 2012
A new app relies on whale calls to help mariners avoid hitting endangered right whales.

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