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Wildlife

"Extinct" Crocodile Claws Its Way Back to Survival
November 20, 2009 09:11 AM - Robert Carmichael, IPS

Conservationists searching for one of the world's most endangered crocodile species say they have found dozens of the reptiles lounging in plain sight at Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Center in Cambodia.

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U.N. Tropical Forest Plan May Threaten Species
November 16, 2009 03:46 PM - Peter Griffiths, Reuters

A United Nations plan to protect the world's tropical forests to fight climate change could threaten more animals and plants with extinction, scientists said on Monday. The U.N. scheme, to be discussed at climate talks in Copenhagen next month, could save some species, while inadvertently endangering many others, according to the team of international researchers.

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SPOTLIGHT

Photo Corner: Smiling Shark!

Say Cheese! Photographer Amos Nachoun captured this shot of a grinning great white shark.

COMMENTARY

Roads are ruining the rainforests

"THE best thing you could do for the Amazon is to bomb all the roads." That might sound like an eco-terrorist's threat, but they're actually the words of Eneas Salati, one of Brazil's most respected scientists. Thomas Lovejoy, a leading American biologist, is equally emphatic: "Roads are the seeds of tropical forest destruction."

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