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  • CONSERVATION FINANCE MECHANISM: DEBT-FOR-NATURE SWAP - US & COSTA RICA

    US Debt for Nature Swap with Costa Rica www.nytimes.com  By MARC LACEY MEXICO CITY — The United States has agreed to forgive $26 million of Costa Rica’s debt as part a debt-for-nature swap that will protect some of the country’s most threatened tropical forests, officials said. The government of Costa Rica has [...]
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    Posted: October 23, 2007, 4:13pm EDT
    by erik brand

  • CONSERVAITON NEWS: NEW ELEPHANT EXHIBIT

    San Diego Zoo’s New Elephant Exhibit www.signonsandiego.com By Jeanette Steele SAN DIEGO – Instead of the usual “bioclimatic” zone exhibit, the San Diego Zoo’s new Elephant Odyssey, is about extinction and what people can do to combat it. The animals in the exhibit are all ancestors of those that roamed Southern [...] [...]
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    Posted: October 08, 2007, 3:11pm EDT
    by erik brand

  • CONSERVATION NEWS: ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BREEDING

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    CONSERVATION NEWS: ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BREEDING Zoo Animal Match-Making www.northcountytimes.com By: ANDREA MOSS SAN PASQUAL VALLEY – Wild Animal Park curators and keepers use an extensive database that lists the characteristics of every Indian rhino housed in a zoo or similar facility in North America to find the perfect mating couple. Arun,an 18-year-old male [...]
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    Posted: October 03, 2007, 12:28pm EDT
    by erik brand

  • CONSERVATION NEWS: W. LOWLAND GORILLA IS CRITICALLY ENDANGERED

    CONSERVATION NEWS: W. LOWLAND GORILLA IS CRITICALLY ENDANGERED     Western Lowland Gorilla is Critically Endangered www.nytimes.com By A.P. GENEVA (AP) — The western lowland gorilla, has moved from endangered to critically endangered on the 2007 Red List of Threatened Species. The Ebola virus has decimated about a third of the gorillas found in [...]
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    Posted: September 17, 2007, 3:50pm EDT
    by erik brand

  • CONSERVATION FINANCE MECHANISM: ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETIES - CLAPPER RAIL RELEASED

    Clapper Rails Released in San Diego www.signonsandiego.com   By Tanya Mannes SAN DIEGO – Light-footed clapper rails live in salt marshes in California and Mexico.  They have been listed as endangered since 1970, as coastal development has consumed much of their salt-water marsh habitat from Santa Barbara to the Tijuana estuary.  Wildlife biologist [...]
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    Posted: September 16, 2007, 3:41pm EDT
    by erik brand

  • CONSERVATION NEWS: IUCN RED LIST

    IUCN Says 16,300 Species Threatened with Extinction www.nytimes.com  By Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The IUCN or World Conservation has published its annual Red List. After considering 41,415 species, 16,306 were found to be under threat, said Craig Hilton-Tailor, the list’s manager.  That is 188 more species than last year.  Extinction rates are now [...]
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    Posted: September 15, 2007, 3:44pm EDT
    by erik brand

  • CONSERVATION NEWS: POLAR PROJECTIONS

    Forecast for Polar Bears in 2050 www.nytimes.com   By John M. Broder and Andrew C. Revkin WASHINGTON,— Scientists estimate the current polar bear population at 22,000, and predict that two-thirds will disappear by 2050. The finding is part of a yearlong review by USFWS on the effects of climate and ice changes on [...]
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    Posted: September 15, 2007, 3:41pm EDT
    by erik brand

  • CONSERVATION NEWS: CONDOR PROTECTION

    CONSERVATION NEWS: CONDOR PROTECTION California Senate Passes Non-Lead Ammunition Bill www.yubanet.com   The California Senate yesterday approved a historic protection measure for endangered California condors, passing Assembly Bill 821 (Nava, D-Santa Barbara), the Ridley-Tree Condor Preservation Act, by a vote of 23-15. The legislation will require hunters to use non-lead ammunition for hunting [...]
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    Posted: September 14, 2007, 3:41pm EDT
    by erik brand

  • CONSERVATION FINANCE MECHANISM: ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY FUNDRAISING - ONLINE AUCTION

    SAN DIEGO ZOO LAUNCHES ONLINE AUCTION TO SUPPORT CONSERVATION AND RESEARCH FOR ENDANGERED SPECIES             If anyone has ever dreamed of visiting behind the scenes of the San Diego Zoo’s Giant Panda Research Station; or taking a private VIP peak at koalas or elephants; or owning exclusive artwork painted by meerkats, an [...]
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    Posted: September 14, 2007, 1:12pm EDT
    by erik brand

  • CONSERVATION NEWS: ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY CONSERVATION - HAWAIIAN BIRDS

    CONSERVATION NEWS: ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY CONSERVATION - HAWAIIAN BIRDS   NATIVE BIRDS RELEASED INTO HAWAIIAN FOREST,  AS SAN DIEGO ZOO CONSERVATION EFFORTS PAY OFF             The San Diego Zoo’s Hawaiian bird conservation efforts are adding to wildlife population on the Big Island of Hawai`i with the first release of endangered native Hawai`i creepers. [...]
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    Posted: September 14, 2007, 1:10pm EDT
    by erik brand
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