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World failing to halt biodiversity decline: Group 
The Times of India
The Times of India
Text: GENEVA: Governments are failing to stem a rapid decline in biodiversity that is now threatening extinction for almost half the world's coral reef species, a...
Earth biodiversity in ‘dire’ shape, experts warn
MSNBC
MSNBC
updated 8:15 p.m. ET July 1, 2009 GENEVA - Governments are failing to stem a rapid decline in biodiversity that is now threatening extinction for almost half the world's coral reef species, a third of amphibians and a...
Donors announce fund for plans to protect biodiversity
Vietnam News
Vietnam News
(17-06-2009) HA NOI Funds are available for conservation projects to safeguard biologically rich and threatened regions in Viet Nam and elsewhere in Indochina. Non-governmental organisations, community groups and other...
Lighten up non-smokers, you've got it all your way
Canberra Times
Canberra Times
Bryan Cossart (Letters, June 11) complains about the ''shivering smokers'' he had to pass in the entryway to the airport after his smoke-free ride in the aircraft, and his smoke-free passage through the terminal. The...
More than 800 wildlife species now extinct
Yahoo Daily News
Yahoo Daily News
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – More than 800 animal and plant species have gone extinct in the past five centuries with nearly 17,000 now threatened with extinction, the International Union for Conservation of Nature...
Cursed with wealth
Inquirer
Inquirer
WE'VE HEARD it said that the Philippines is a rich country pretending to be poor. Indeed, ours is a country exceptionally blessed with nature's bounty. With its rich and vast array of natural resources, the Philippines...
Thousands of species under threat
Independent online (SA)
Independent online (SA)
By Deborah Zabarenko Washington - More than 800 animal and plant species have gone extinct in the past five centuries with nearly 17 000 now threatened with extinction, the International Union for Conservation of...
2010 species pledge set to fail: conservation group
Yahoo Daily News
Yahoo Daily News
PARIS (AFP) – The world's paramount authority on species loss has warned that pledges to roll back the threat to biodiversity by 2010 were running into the sand. The goal set by UN parties under the Convention...
DENR, GTZ to embark on two major climate change projects
The Daily Tribune
The Daily Tribune
06/28/2009 The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is embarking on two major projects that would help address climate change, with funding support of some 4,430,000 euros from the Republic of Germany...
News Corporation's Wapping redevelopment runs into double trouble
The Guardian
The Guardian
News International HQ redevelopment proposal criticised by planning committee and by mayor Boris Johnson...
Bu Tinah Shoals get official backing in recognition bid
Gulf News
Gulf News
Abu Dhabi: As competition between hundreds of nominations from across the globe vying for a place among the New7Wonders of Nature intensifies, the Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi (EAD) has announced its official support...
