Researchers have developed microrobots capable of removing microplastics and bacteria from water, addressing the dual threat of pollution and disease spread in aquatic environments.
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The public has been asked to report the matter if they see anyone carrying, holding or selling Nile/water lizards as they are a protected species.

This follows reports of them being hunted, killed or sold in #Durban , #SouthAfrica .

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Two #leopards  rescued from an illegal breeding facility in Poland have travelled almost 13,000 kilometres and safely homed in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.
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Since the #Tanzania n government does not heed the world's pleas to forbid the trophy hunting of big tuskers, the world ought to #boycottTanzania .
#Tanzania
This is not an ethical tourist destination if you care about conservation!
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Altria, Philip Morris International, Danone, Nestlé, PepsiCo and The Coca-Cola Company are amongst the biggest contributors of plastic pollution in the world.

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Researchers have unearthed an amazing oasis under Chile’s Atacama Desert.
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The government has not yet provided any definitive deadlines for closing down the canned lion industry and says that these hunts will be allowed to continue during an undefined phasing out period. A deadline is urgently required. Read why:
The Presidency 🇿🇦
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Conservationists and officials in #Kenya are urging #Tanzania to restrict trophy hunters to its heartland, to protect Kenyan #elephants , after three of them were shot across the border in recent months.
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An analysis of all the publicly available viral genome sequences yielded a surprising result: humans give more viruses - about twice as many - to animals than they give to us.

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Conservation bodies have initiated legal action against Forestry, Fisheries and Environment Minister Barbara Creecy to challenges the minister’s failure to implement biologically meaningful fishery closures around African Penguin breeding areas.
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The SA government needs to stop Corobrik mining coal near Rietvlei Nature Reserve - a conservation area since 1923, providing 15% of Pretoria’s water. I just tweeted them demanding action, will you? social.digital-activist.org/p/tweet-stop-c…

A scientist and two of the ocean’s most infamous creatures encountered one another, a humpback #whale and a formidable tiger #shark , leaving scientists in awe and provided a unique glimpse into the altruistic behavior of these marine giants.
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About 25 tonnes of an invasive plant has been removed from Guernsey's coastline, a conservation charity has said.

Guernsey Conservation Volunteers (GCV) said the sour fig, which is from South Africa, has been removed from the coastal area at Rocquaine.

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The extent of ice floating around the continent has contracted to below 2m sq km for three years in a row, indicating an ‘abrupt critical transition’
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Cameras installed on bird feeders on farmland have recorded 'heartening' evidence of the most endangered bird species on the Isle of Man.
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The groundbreaking initiative seeks to develop the Loskop Dam Nature Reserve and adjacent areas into one of the country's largest Big Five Game Reserves, heralding a new era of conservation and ecotourism in the region.
#SouthAfrica
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A new meta-analysis across six continents establishes that large wild herbivores affect ecosystems in numerous important ways, from soils to vegetation to smaller animals, and promote #ecosystem variability.
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#Delhi residents, who frequently breathe the world’s worst-quality air, widely view these dumpsites as apocalyptic places, dark monuments to the city’s failures to deal with the mounting problem of rubbish and pollution.
#India
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Asian hornets are intensive predators of native bees and other pollinators. 'The bees stop foraging because the risk of being caught is so high. Then, because they're not foraging, they can't build up food stores. So, they die the following winter.'
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