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    Inside the Pacific's largest exotic animal export industry

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    Jun 20, 2025
    ABC News

    Inside the Pacific's largest exotic animal export industry

    The exotic pet industry is booming, fuelled by global demand for rare parrots, reptiles and other wild creatures — but in Solomon Islands, one of the Pacific's most active wildlife trading hubs, it is under growing scrutiny, with concerns that weak regulation is driving biodiversity loss.
    ‘Ayahuasca tourism’ is a blight on Indigenous peoples and our environment

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    Jun 17, 2025
    The Guardian

    ‘Ayahuasca tourism’ is a blight on Indigenous peoples and our environment

    The popularity of ‘healing’ through psychedelics is fueling exploitation of Indigenous peoples and threatening biodiversity, say Nina Gualinga and Eli Virkina, both Indigenous women of the Ecuadorian Amazon
    Here's what's not being discussed

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    Jun 16, 2025
    CP24 Toronto

    Here's what's not being discussed

    Gender equality, climate change, biodiversity, poverty, health, gay rights and more - the list of issues missing at the Canada G7 from past summits is long.
    Who's the real invasive species: us or them? Ecologists are rethinking urban biodiversity

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    Jun 15, 2025
    Salon

    Who's the real invasive species: us or them? Ecologists are rethinking urban biodiversity

    Our cities and suburbs have spiders, rats, raccoons, lizards — and people. Which of us is really the invader?
    Country, culture and connection in the spectacular Kimberley

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    Jun 14, 2025
    ABC News

    Country, culture and connection in the spectacular Kimberley

    The Kimberley is a land defined by its extremes: a wild climate, harsh terrain and remarkable biodiversity. Join Nyikina man Mark Coles Smith as he guides us on a journey through his ancestral lands, celebrating the people, places and animals that define this extraordinary part of the world.
    Westmeath school named biodiversity school of the year

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    Jun 11, 2025
    RTE.ie

    Westmeath school named biodiversity school of the year

    A school in Co Westmeath has been named the Green-Schools Secondary Biodiversity School of the Year.
    How to turn store-cupboard grains, nuts, seeds and dried fruit into a nutritious loaf - recipe

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    Jun 11, 2025
    The Guardian

    How to turn store-cupboard grains, nuts, seeds and dried fruit into a nutritious loaf - recipe

    This overnight no-knead bread casts a vote for biodiversity and is a great way to enrich your family’s diet
    Ancient fossils show how the last mass extinction forever scrambled the ocean’s biodiversity

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    Jun 9, 2025
    The Conversation UK

    Ancient fossils show how the last mass extinction forever scrambled the ocean’s biodiversity

    Not everything dies in a mass extinction. Sea life recovered in different and surprising ways after the asteroid strike 66 million years ago. Ancient fossils recorded it all.
    Prince William calls for action to protect oceans

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    Jun 8, 2025
    PerthNow

    Prince William calls for action to protect oceans

    Prince William has urged action on protecting ocean biodiversity ahead of the United Nations Ocean Conference.
    Hedgehog poo could hold important secrets about local biodiversity

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    Jun 8, 2025
    The Conversation UK

    Hedgehog poo could hold important secrets about local biodiversity

    The spiny mammals are on the decline, but they hold the secrets to biodiversity in their local areas.
    'Biodiversity needs and deserves a warm, welcome Limerick embrace throughout the year'

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    Jun 8, 2025
    Limerick Leader

    'Biodiversity needs and deserves a warm, welcome Limerick embrace throughout the year'

    Green Limerick: Council launch bold plan that aims to protect biodiversity in the region
    « Nos pratiques protègent l’eau, l’air, la biodiversité, les sols et la santé humaine »… À Quimper, 250 personnes sont venues défendre l’agriculture biologique

    Français

    Jun 7, 2025
    Le Télégramme

    « Nos pratiques protègent l’eau, l’air, la biodiversité, les sols et la santé humaine »… À Quimper, 250 personnes sont venues défendre l’agriculture biologique

    Quelque 250 personnes se sont rassemblées à Quimper, ce samedi 7 juin 2025 après-midi, pour défendre l’agriculture biologique. Dans le collimateur des participants : « les orientations politiques agricoles » prises en ce moment.
    Mussel power: how an offshore shellfish farm is boosting marine life

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    Jun 5, 2025
    The Conversation UK

    Mussel power: how an offshore shellfish farm is boosting marine life

    Researchers have found that one offshore mussel farm is boosting marine biodiversity and regenerating the seabed.
    Weatherwatch: How 60 species are just one cyclone away from extinction

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    Jun 4, 2025
    The Guardian

    Weatherwatch: How 60 species are just one cyclone away from extinction

    Hurricane Dorian killed off the Bahama nuthatch and more biodiversity hotspots are at risk from extreme weather
    First fungi survey in Southern Islands in over a century yields species new to S’pore

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    May 31, 2025
    The Straits Times

    First fungi survey in Southern Islands in over a century yields species new to S’pore

    44 animal species were also documented in the biodiversity survey led by NParks. Read more at straitstimes.com.
    In a first, NParks trials use of dead bird effigies to prevent crows from congregating

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    May 31, 2025
    The Straits Times

    In a first, NParks trials use of dead bird effigies to prevent crows from congregating

    House crows are considered an invasive species in Singapore and pose a threat to local biodiversity. Read more at straitstimes.com.
    Government accused of watering down environment rules in housebuilding proposals

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    May 27, 2025
    Sky News

    Government accused of watering down environment rules in housebuilding proposals

    The government has described the simplified biodiversity net gain rules for medium-sized developments as a "win-win for nature and development".
    Meath Gaelscoil wins prize worth €10,000 as overall winners of the Nature Hero Award

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    May 27, 2025
    TheJournal.ie

    Meath Gaelscoil wins prize worth €10,000 as overall winners of the Nature Hero Award

    “Our pupils have had an amazing time transforming our school grounds into a biodiversity haven.”
    North Devon just got greener with three massive new forests

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    May 27, 2025
    Devon Live

    North Devon just got greener with three massive new forests

    North Devon has planted over 200,000 trees across new woodlands as part of a historic rewilding project to fight climate change and boost biodiversity
    Fast-track to where? The new law opening up New Zealand to a mining boom

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    May 27, 2025
    The Guardian

    Fast-track to where? The new law opening up New Zealand to a mining boom

    Critics say the country’s unique biodiversity is at risk as the government plans to boost mineral exports to $3bn by 2035