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Species Rediscovered in Protected Areas and Wildlife Refuges
By Center for Biological Diversity ENN 30 Dec 05

Christmas trees offer defence against bird flu
Channel NewsAsia 29 Dec 05


Chinese naturalists in Hunan work hard to protect the salamander By Ca-Mie De Souza Channel NewsAsia 29 Dec 05

Ecosystem assessment wins top environment award
David Dickson SciDev.net 23 Dec 05

Scientists find 'mass dodo grave'
BBC Online 23 Dec 05

USDA Fights Invasive Fire Ants With Flies
Maryann Mott National Geographic 21 Dec 05

South Asian Experts Vow to Protect Endangered Elephants
Story by Nazimuddin Shaymol PlanetArk 21 Dec 05

Asia-Pacific growth – a challenge to conservation and human development WWF 19 Dec 05

WWF peeks into mysterious life of Borneo's pygmy elephants EurekAlert 16 Dec 05

Indian restaurants in Malaysia face dwindling supply of banana leaves
By ASEAN News Exchange Channel NewsAsia 16 Dec 05

What? Me Worry?
Contributed by Howard Clark PlanetSave 15 Dec 05

Cambodia inaugurates the opening of two protected areas
WWF 14 Dec 05

Badger Cull Questioned as UK Tackles Cattle Disease
Story by Nigel Hunt PlanetArk 15 Dec 05

Malaysian farmer cultivates colourful durians
By ASEAN News Exchange Channel NewsAsia 14 Dec 05

Bangladesh Seizes Rare Wild Birds From Market
PlanetArk 14 Dec 05

US Hunters Helped Save Rare Bird From Extinction
Story by Deborah Zabarenko PlanetArk 14 Dec 05

Study Pinpoints Species Facing Extinction Threat
Story by Ed Stoddard PlanetArk 13 Dec 05
Extinction "Hotspots" Revealed in New Study
National Geographic 12 Dec 05

New study pinpoints epicenters of Earth's imminent extinctions Groups rally to safeguard hundreds of imperiled species
EurekAlert 12 Dec 05


Pollination networks key to ecosystem sustainability
EurekAlert 12 Dec 05

Ecosystem Changes a Threat to Human Health - WHO
PlanetArk 12 Dec 05

India experiments with farming medicinal plants
By Vaibhav Varma Channel NewsAsia 11 Dec 05

Farming Claims Almost Half Earth's Land, New Maps Show
James Owen National Geographic 9 Dec 05

Birds warn of a planet in peril
by Janet Larsen PeopleandPlanet 8 Dec 05

Sustainable development can cut greenhouse gases
SciDev.net 8 Dec 05

Plants, too, have ways to manage freeloaders
EurekAlert 8 Dec 05

India hits back in 'bio-piracy' battle
By Soutik Biswas BBC News, Delhi BBC 7 Dec 05

Genetically Modified Bacteria Produce Living Photographs
Joab Jackson National Geographic 6 Dec 05

Balancing needs of wildlife and tourists
By Ben Sutherland BBC 6 Dec 05

Mysterious carnivore discovered in Borneo’s forests
WWF website 6 Dec 05

Animal Eyes Provide High-Tech Optical Inspiration
Brian Handwerk National Geographic 5 Dec 05

Urban view 'rules green debate'
By Ben Sutherland BBC World Service, Kuching BBC 2 Dec 05

Overfishing is Emptying World's Rivers, Lakes, Experts Warn James Owen National Geographic 1 Dec 05

Species take care of each other in ecological communities EurekAlert 30 Nov 05

Bird song changes sound alarm over habitat fragmentation EurekAlert 30 Nov 05

Fruit Bats Likely Hosts of Deadly Ebola Virus
Stefan Lovgren National Geographic 30 Nov 05

Bird-Flu Fears Spur Sales of Star Anise Spice
Brian Handwerk National Geographic 28 Nov 05

End of Johor rhinos? No sign of animal in national park
Sim Bak Heng The New Straits Times 27 Nov 05

A Wide Range of Endangered Animals Given Conservation Boost UNEP 25 Nov 05

Poisoned River Shows Dark Side of China's Boom
Story by Emma Graham-Harrison PlanetArk 25 Nov 05

BBC listens in to insect chatter
BBC 23 Nov 05

Army of Tiny Fungi Keeps Forests Healthy, Study Suggests
John Roach National Geographic 21 Nov 05

'We love that crab!' -- Russian threatens to ban crab fishing
Channel NewsAsia 19 Nov 05

Fight on to save Japanese Yanbarukuina from extinction
Channel NewsAsia 20 Nov 05

Study Shows More to a Lizard Bite than a Nasty Nip
Story by Wendel Broere PlanetArk 17 Nov 05

In Coastal Battle of Wits Between Man and Otter, Man Concedes
By Tim Molloy, Associated Press Environmental News Network 16 Nov 05

City Gardens May Drive Bee Diversity, Study Says
National Geographic News 15 Nov 05

Bacteria Eat Human Sewage, Produce Rocket Fuel
Brian Handwerk National Geographic News 9 Nov 05

Year of Disasters Speeds Drive to Pool Knowledge
Story by Barbara Lewis PlanetArk 9 Nov 05

Bad Press for Bats
Written by C.Shaw PlanetSave 3 Nov 05

Katrina damage blamed on wetlands loss
By Tim Hirsch BBC Online 1 Nov 05

IUCN urges governments to tackle the root causes of shared animal-human diseases IUCN website 1 Nov 05

Katrina damage blamed on wetlands loss
By Tim Hirsch BBC Online 1 Nov 05

Bioneers Southeast Forum: Scientists and engineers apply nature's design to human problems By Jane Sanders Eurekalert 28 Oct 05

Space designs from ants and squirrels
BBC News 28 Oct 05

New protected areas for Papua New Guinea
WWF website 26 Oct 05

Protect nature to prevent disease, experts say
Story by Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent
PlanetArk 25 Oct 05


Earthquake Dramatizes Human Ecological Assault on the Himalayas By Denis D. Gray, Associated Press
ENN website 24 Oct 05


Biologist Discovers New Species of Lizard
By Associated Press ENN website 11 Oct 05

Global Warming to Hit Migratory and Static Species
Story by Jeremy Lovell Planet Ark 6 Oct 05

Bats Passed SARS Virus to Civet Cats - China Expert
PlanetArk 5 Oct 05

More research needed on SARS bat link: expert
Channel NewsAsia 1 Oct 05

Chile Group Calls for Salmon Farm Moratorium
PlanetArk 30 Sep 05

More Evidence Links SARS to Bats
Story by Maggie Fox PlanetArk 30 Sep 05

Bats a 'likely source' of Sars
By Richard Black BBC Online, 29 Sep 05

Milky storks facing extinction in Malaysia
New Sunday Times, Malaysia, 25 Sep 05
on the ecologyasia website


Many Islands "Gone," Wetlands Gutted After Katrina, Experts Say Adrianne Appel National Geographic website 19 Sep 05

Pregnancy test link to frog fall
By Richard Black BBC News 18 Sep 05

Honduran dilemma
Profitable prawn farms: is there an environmental cost?
by James Menendez BBC website 16 Sep 05

Investing in the Environment Gives “Big Bang for Your Buck”
UNEP website, 14 Sep 05

Investing in the Environment Yield High Returns
IUCN website, 15 Sep 05

Spending on Environment Yields Big Returns - Report
Story by Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent
PlanetArk website, 15 Sep 05

Bats found to carry SARS-like virus, Hong Kong researchers find AFP Channel NewsAsia, 11 Sep 05

Scientist scours globe for largest freshwater fish in bid to save Earth's giants Written by Miranda Leitsinger PlanetSave, 6 Sep 05

Too Many People in Nature's Way
Experts Say; 'We Think We're Safe and We're Not'
By Charles J. Hanley, Associated Press Environment News Network 5 Sep 05

'World must wake up to lessons of Katrina'
People and Planet 3 Sep 05

New Orleans disaster serves up tough lesson on environment Channel NewsAsia 2 Sep 05

Wetlands erosion raises hurricane risks
Natural storm 'speed bump' around New Orleans now missing
By Bob Sullivan MSNBC website 29 Aug 05

Coral 'little damaged by tsunami'
BBC news 30 Aug 05

Local strategies crucial to save Asia's mangroves
By Clarence Fernandez PlanetArk, 23 Aug 05

Crocodile Blood may Yield Powerful New Antibiotics
Story by Michael Perry PlanetArk, 17 Aug 05

Scientists aim for lab-grown meat
BBC online , 13 Aug 05

Scientists Map Rice Genome, Predict Higher Yields
Story by Gideon Long PlanetArk website, 11 Aug 05

"Extinct" Birds in Comeback but No Hope for Dodo
Story by Ed Stoddard PlanetArk website, 11 Aug 05

Roundup Is Killing Off Amphibians, Ecologist Says
By Eric Hand ENN website, 10 Aug 05

Nature's water "factories" under threat
Pollution, dam construction and climate change, are all combining to destroy watersheds and freshwater ecosystems at a rapid rate. People and Planet website, 5 Aug 05

Widespread Environmental Damage seen from Shuttle
Story by Jeff Franks PlanetArk website, 5 Aug 05

Indonesia Sanctuary Puts the Beast Back into Animals
Story by Lenita Sulthani PlanetArk website, 4 Aug 05

Gene for Key Spider-Silk Protein Found
Stefan Lovgren National Geographic, 2 Aug 05

Loss of Wolves Changes Canadian Ecosystem - Study
Story by Maggie Fox PlanetArk website, 2 Aug 05

Researcher Trying to Breed Tropical Fish
Associated Press Environment News Network, 27 Jul 05

'Depend on Nature' action plan to achieve Millennium Development Goals IUCN website, 30 Jun 05

Extinction of Frogs is Catastrophic, Scientists Say
Story by Carlos Andrade PlanetArk website, 23 Jun 05

“Natural Capital” at Centre of Poverty Eradication
UNEP website, 17 Jun 05

China declares new protected areas
WWF website, 8 Jun 05

Mayors from Around World Sign 'Urban Environmental Accords'
By Justin M. Norton, Associated Press
Environment News Network, 7 Jun 05


UN Urges "Green" Planning for Burgeoning Cities
Story by David Fogarty PlanetArk website, 6 Jun 05

FACTBOX - Environment Suffers as Cities Boom
PlanetArk website, 6 Jun 05

Environment Atlas Reveals Planet Wide Devastation
PlanetArk website, 6 Jun 05

Changing planet revealed in atlas
BBC Online, 4 Jun 05

New species of mammal found in Borneo
www.wildasia.net
1 Jun 05


One-Fifth of Earth's Bird Species in Danger: BirdLife International Study PlanetArk website, 1 Jun 05 and BirdLife International, 1 Jun 05

BIODIVERSITY NEEDS YOU
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment releases Biodiversity Report

IUCN website (PDF file), 20 May 05
World's Biodiversity Declining at an Alarming Rate
By Phil Couvrette Environmental News Network website, 20 May 05
Earth's species feel the squeeze
By Jonathan Amos BBC News website, 21 May 05
Unprecedented effort needed to save world's biodiversity: study Channel NewsAsia, 21 May 05

Endangered Crocodile Hatchlings Found in Lao PDR
IUCN Media Release (PDF file) 20 May 05


New Rodent Discovered at Asian Food Market
By James Owen National Geographic News website, 16 May 05

What we don't know about the world
By Jonathan Duffy BBC News Magazine 11 May 05

Without Top Predators, Ecosystems Turn Topsy-Turvy
by Stefan Lovgren National Geographic website, 26 Apr 05

From Cows to Kilowatts and Berries into Businesses: winners of the First Seed Awards announced IUCN website, 20 Apr 05

Legislative Reform needed to improve controls for traditional Chinese Medicine Trade in Malaysia and Singapore: TRAFFIC Report IUCN website, 19 Apr 05

U.S. Endangered Species Act Works, Study Finds
Maryann Mott National Geographic website, 18 Apr 05

"Toad Tunnels" Built to Help Amphibians Cross Roads
Story by John Roach National Geographic website, 15 Apr 05

WWF reacts to the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment findings
WWF website 31 Mar 05

Earth's health is deteriorating as growing human demands for food, water strain ecosystems, U.N. study finds
PlanetSave website 30 Mar 05

Experts Warn Ecosystem Changes Will Continue to Worsen, Putting Global Development Goals At Risk
IUCN website 30 Mar 05

GG8 Ministers urged to take action on poverty by conserving biodiversity and ecosystems IUCN newsroom 17 Mar 05

Youth to the Front: Two new WCPA scholarships for young professionals in protected area management IUCN newsroom 15 Mar 05

Millenium Project Report on Environmental Sustainability: a practical strategy. So why will this latest incarnation of environmental analysis be any different? UNEP website 10 Mar 05

Increasing Aid Effectiveness to Achieve the Millenium Development Goals: With or Without the Environment? IUCN News 3 Mar 05

UNEP Launches 2004/5 GEO Yearbook: Scientists are linking a rise in new and previously suppressed infectious diseases with the dramatic environmental changes now sweeping the planet UNEP News Centre, 21 Feb 05

Environment ministers, world officials to discuss efforts to cut poverty in Kenya conference PlanetSave.com, 18 Feb 05

Tsunami, global warming to top world environment ministers' agenda in Kenya Tribune de Geneve, 18 Feb 05

World's wetlands under threat
News24.com, 8 Feb 05

UNEP Boss Laments Loss of Biodiversity
A considerable body of scientific data points to environmental degradation-the erosion of genetic diversity, the loss of species, the degradation of ecosystems, and the decline of ecosystem services-as a direct cause of many of the most pressing issues we face today, including poverty, declining human health, hunger, undrinkable water, emerging diseases, rural-urban migration and civil strife By Dan Ede This Day, 8 Feb 05

World panel proposed for tackling impending extinction threat
Channel NewsAsia, 25 Jan 05

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