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Conservation efforts can't afford to shy away from high-risk conflict zones

2016-07-11 08:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

The Conversation: Between 1950 and 2000, 80% of the worlds armed conflicts took place within biodiversity hotspots. These are places that contain unusually high concentrations of animals and plants. The correlation between biodiversity hotspots and conflicts is striking. It has complex beginnings, and gives rise to both opportunities and challenges. There is a high prevalence of conflict in biodiversity hotspots for a variety of reasons. Biodiversity hotspots are often expansive areas of forest in remote places....

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Brexit threatens C&C Group turnaround efforts - Q1 update

2016-07-07 13:01:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com

C&C Group has warned investors Brexit could wipe out efforts to get the Magners owner back on track.

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Nike, Victoria's Secret, Esprit lag in detox efforts

2016-07-06 16:28:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com

Inditex, Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) and Benetton have been praised as the most eco-friendly fashion labels by environmental activist group Greenpeace, while Victoria's Secret, Esprit and sports brands Nike and LiNing are lagging behind the field.

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Efforts to breed rare spoon-billed sandpipers fail after chicks die

2016-07-06 11:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: An attempt to breed one of the worlds rarest birds in captivity has failed after the only two chicks which hatched died, conservationists said. Efforts to breed critically endangered spoon-billed sandpipers, named after their unusual beak, from the worlds only captive population seemed to have yielded results, with seven eggs laid and two chicks hatching. One of the tiny birds, which were little bigger than a bumblebee, died soon after it hatched at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT) headquarters...

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