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Saving Wildlife Also Helps Reduce Poverty

A World Wildlife Fund report this week says that efforts to save pandas and tigers and gorillas can also reduce poverty and improve the lives of local communities in rural areas.

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Condors Return to Big Sur After 100-Year Absence

A Condor nest has been spotted in Northern California for the first time in 100 years. It is believed to contain an egg. Population levels have increased tenfold in recent decades thanks to condor recovery efforts, but this is the first time since 1905 that an active nest appeared in the Big Sur area. KTVU […]

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Brazil Creates Buffer Zone Around Precious Coral Reefs

Brazil enacted protections for the coral reefs which are the biologically richest in the South Atlantic. A buffer zone was created around the Abrolhos National Marine Park involving nearly 95,000 square kilometers â€" an area larger than Portugal.

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Amur Tiger Cubs Born in Southeast Siberia for First Time in Over 100 Years

The first birth of Amur tiger cubs in over a century has been reported in southeast Siberia, according to WWF.

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Extinct Frogs Rediscovered in Colombia

Two frog species feared extinct have been rediscovered in Colombia, a boost for scientists battling to save rare amphibians

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Tennessee: Brook Trout on the Rebound

The brook trout, once endangered in the Eastern US is making a comeback. So much that officials are allowing catching and keeping for the first time in 30 years.

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New Agreement Governing High-Seas Fishing in Indian Ocean

Faced with a marked increase in fishing on the high seas, six countries and the EU have signed an agreement covering a vast area of the South Indian Ocean in what a United Nations official has hailed as a major step forward in conservation and sustainable fishing.

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Butterflies Fly Freer in the Americas

A glimmer of orange will continue to blossom across Canada, the United States and Mexico. All three have agreed to designate thirteen Monarch butterfly preserves as part of a new Trilateral Monarch Butterfly Sister Protected Area Network.