Iceland's president urged to intervene over Europe's last whaler – conservation groups are asking for the decision to allow Hvalur to hunt to be put on hold until after election
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Scientists and archivists worry Epic Games' control of the 3D model market will 'destroy' cultural heritage
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How to get the most out of urban gardens
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Sweden to kill 20% of its brown bears in annual hunt – conservationists say number of hunting licences granted is too high and condemn it as ‘pure trophy hunting’
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There will be blood
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Dogs sniff out invasive plants
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EU states push past opposition to adopt landmark nature restoration law
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Iceland's government has issued a license to the North Atlantic nation's last fin whaling company to hunt and kill 128 fin whales this year
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The US Park Service wants to ban all rock climbing in designated wilderness
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The oldest art in Greece is not what you think
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This American Civil War submarine vanished for 136 years
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Landmark study definitively shows that conservation actions are effective at halting and reversing biodiversity loss
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The Sámi museum Siida in Finland was awarded the top prize at this year's European Museum of the Year Awards
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Earth Day 2024 megathread
It's Earth day again, and we haven't had a post about it yet in ~enviro. Let's use this space to collect and discuss news articles or other postings that are relevant today.
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Towers of silence
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US Bureau of Land Management increases priority of conservation efforts vs other uses of public land
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The great Serengeti land grab
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Galapagos Islands to double tourist entry fees amid concerns over rising visitor numbers
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Botswana threatens to send 20,000 elephants to Germany
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Hidden giants: how the UK’s 500,000 redwoods put California in the shade
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How illegal fishing ships hide at sea
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How to move a 1,000-pound rescued manatee (swimming isn’t an option)
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Wasabi could help preserve ancient Egyptian papyrus artefacts
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The hidden butterfly trade
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How beavers can fully revitalise a farm
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What one researcher learned studying grizzlies for nearly forty years
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Silent Spring (Rachel Carson, 1962)
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History in ink: Preserving the world’s largest cartoon and comic collection
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Ephemeral pools of Moab - The nature and creatures of water pan/potholes with retired USGS Scientist Tim Graham
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Why is the Colorado River running dry?
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US government court filing promises to spend $1 billion to help depleted salmon populations recover
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How much can forests fight climate change? A sensor in space has answers.
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Why restoring a Banksy mural in Venice is so controversial
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Our strange plan to transform this industrial firth: oysters
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Deep in the Arctic permafrost, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault is protecting Africa's food supply
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Our search for Scotland's lost highland trees
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Sophia Bogle has nerves of steel: one slip and a century-old first edition book could be ruined. Come inside her workshop as she breaks down what goes into her history preserving specialty.
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In Kenya, a group of conservation scientists confront the cultural tradition of an indigenous tribe
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Art restoration fail
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Can alligators survive this apex predator? | Kenny Coogan
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"Tanzania: Land of the Lion" shows the benefits of community-based conservation
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East Africa port workers inspired to fight wildlife crime after “game-changing” WildAid campaign
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Chasing the ivory-billed woodpecker
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EU passes nature restoration law in knife-edge vote
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In the Northern Rockies, grizzly bears are on the move. As grizzlies recover, they’re no longer content to roam within the boundaries we’ve contrived for them.
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The 2023 Audubon Photography Awards: Winners and honorable mentions
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Brazil claims record shark fin bust: Nearly twenty-nine tons from 10,000 sharks seized
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Danish painters in the 19th century may have turned to an unusual source for some of their supplies: breweries
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$25 million has been allocated to transfer more bison from federal to tribal lands and forge management agreements with tribes
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Buried deep in the permafrost, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault is opening its doors to the world with the launch of a new virtual tour to mark its fifteenth anniversary
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