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(519) articlesHouse tightens fed controls over pet primate trade
24 February 2009
House tightens fed controls over pet primate trade Eight days after a 200-pound (91-kilogram)chimpanzee critically mauled a woman in the state of Connecticut, the House…
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One-fifth of fossil-fuel emissions absorbed by threatened forests
18 February 2009
An international team of scientists have discovered that rainforest trees are getting bigger. They are storing more carbon from the atmosphere in their trunks, which…
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Chimp shot after mauling US woman
17 February 2009
A pet chimpanzee in the US has been shot dead by a police officer after mauling a woman visiting its owner. The 200lb (90kg) ape,…
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Tests exposed inside Huntingdon Life Sciences UK lab, as EU considers ending primate experiments
4 February 2009
Today a groundbreaking new documentary revealing the all too visible distress that lab primates face on a daily basis is revealed by Animal Defenders International…
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Eliasch Review on International Deforestation Published
14 October 2008
Department of Energy and Climate Change PRESS NOTICE Date: 14 October 2008 Ref: PN2008/1 Embargoed until 10:30am 14 October 2008 ELIASCH REVIEW ON INTERNATIONAL DEFORESTATION PUBLISHED…
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New Friends of the Earth Report on palm oil
9 October 2008
A new Friends of the Earth report "MALAYSIAN PALM OIL: GREEN GOLD OR GREEN WASH?" exposes the green-wash of the Malaysian palm oil lobby and…
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Distribution and conservation status of the orang-utan (Pongo spp.) on Borneo and Sumatra: how many remain?
23 September 2008
Wich, S., Meijaard, E., Marshall, A., Husson, S., Ancrenaz, M., Lacy, R., van Schaik, C., Sugardjito, J., Simorangkir, T., Traylor-Holzer, K., Doughty, M., Supriatna, J.,…
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How will oil palm expansion affect biodiversity?
3 September 2008
Emily B. Fitzherbert, Matthew J. Struebig, Alexandra Morel, Finn Danielsen Carsten A. Brühl, Paul F. Donald and Ben Phalan. 2008. How will oil palm expansion…
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