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Bolivia Designates World's Largest Protected Wetland

The Bolivian government recently created the largest protected wetland in the world - an area bigger than the Netherlands and Belgium combined, more than 17 million acres (6.9m hectares). The Llanos De Moxos wetland is prized for its rich natural diversity, as the home to 131 species of mammals, 568 types of birds, and 625 fish species. Several species - including the giant otter and the Bolivian river dolphin - have been identified as vulnerable, endangered or at critical risk of extinction.

Bee-harming Pesticides Banned in Europe

Bees are vital -- because of their pollinating in the fields -- to any nation's food production and to European agriculture worth €22 billion annually. That's why Europe has voted to enforce the world's first continent-wide ban on common insecticides linked to serious harm in bees.