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2005
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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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