Conservation
Bypass on historic peninsula spark debate
A new decision by the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Council has sparked debate on the restoration, reinforcement and maintenance projects of around 50,000 buildings located on the city's historic peninsula, which are situated on around 10,000 registered architectures. The decision said it will no longer seek for the approval of the Cultural and Natural Heritage Conservation Board.
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Industry threatens nearly half of UNESCO natural heritage sites
Almost half of all natural UNESCO World Heritage Sites, including the Great Barrier Reef and Machu Picchu, are threatened by industrial activities such as mining, oil exploration and illegal logging, conservation group WWF warned on April 6.
Cambodia to repopulate forests with tigers from abroad
Cambodia has unveiled a plan to reintroduce tigers from abroad into the dry forests of the country, where the big cat has become virtually extinct thanks to poaching, conservation officials said April 6.
Watch baby orangutans attending ‘jungle school’
International Animal Rescue, a charity in Keptang, Indonesia, has built a forest school baby orangutans so as to learn how to survive in the wild.
Every day charity workers take them on wheelbarrow to the school where the youngsters can climb and swing from the ropes and barrels.
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In Photos: Taşyaran Valley in Aegean region to become nature park
The provincial directorate of Turkey’s Directorate for Nature Conservation and National Parks has initiated a formal process to recognize the Taşyaran Valley as a “nature park”
Specialists from Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein to Explore Bulgaria's Perperikon
Specialists from Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein will familiarise themselves with the history of the ancient Thracian city of Perperikon near the Bulgarian town of Kardzhali.
This will be done within the framework of the "Perperikon - past and future" project, which will be realised next year.
Five Greek Geoparks participate in World Geoparks Unesco program
A new UNESCO program entitled “World Geoparks Unesco” in which five Greek areas participate was approved on Tuesday in Paris.
New Zealanders told to get rid of cats to save birds
The government of New Zealand has put a limit to the number of cats people can keep in an effort to limit the country’s high rate of cat ownership. NZ Conservation Minister Maggie Barry wants to restrict the number to two cats per household in an effort to save the endangered flightless Kiwis being attacked by household pats.
China crushes half a tonne of ivory in symbolic gesture
China destroyed more than six hundred kilograms of ivory in front of media and diplomats May 29, as it seeks to shed its image as a global trading hub for illegal elephant tusks.
Poachers kill half of Mozambique's elephants
Poachers have killed nearly half of Mozambique?s elephants for their ivory in the past five years, the U.S.-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) said on May 26.
A Mozambique government-backed survey showed a dramatic 48 percent decline in elephant numbers from just over 20,000 to an estimated 10,300, the WCS said in a statement.
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