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Airport wildlife move 'to cost 2bn'
2014-07-08 19:04:59| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Experts predict it could cost up to 2bn to provide alternative habitats for wildlife if a proposed Thames Estuary airport is built.
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Oil, wildlife, and people: competing visions collide in Virunga National Park
2014-07-07 19:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: "SOCO is pleased that we were able to work together with WWF to hopefully find a way to jointly improve conditions in Virunga National Park and for its inhabitants," said Roger Cagle, Deputy CEO of SOCO International, on the occasion of announcing a joint agreement with WWF for the oil company to suspend its exploration activities in Virunga. However, the statement may suggest that SOCO plans to stay in Virunga to work with WWF to improve conditions. A UK-based oil exploration and production company,...
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UK: Stella McCartney backs 'Wildlife Friendly' pledge
2014-05-30 17:40:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Luxury label Stella McCartney has become the first global fashion brand to support the development of wildlife-friendly fibres, textiles and raw materials in its supply chain.
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Offshore renewables projects stepping stone habitats for marine wildlife
2014-05-03 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: A new study has suggested that offshore renewable energy projects such as wind farms can help certain marine species to thrive, offering novel habitats to organisms that would otherwise be threatened or displaced. The study tried to assess how the presence of wind, wave and tidal energy developments, such as those off the coasts of Scotland and Northern Ireland, could affect the lives of marine fauna, in particular pelagic larvae such as barnacles, mussels and limpets. They found out that in...
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Experts Warn Wildlife Response Climate Change Is Likely Underestimated
2014-04-23 01:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RedOrbit: Analyzing thousands of breeding bird surveys sent in by citizen scientists across the western United States and Canada over 35 years, wildlife researchers report that most of the 40 songbird species they studied shifted either northward or toward higher elevation in response to climate change, but did not necessarily do both. This means that most previous studies of potential climate change impacts on wildlife that looked only at one factor or the other have likely underestimated the effects of...
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