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avaaz.org: Stop limestone quarry to secure fresh water reserve and natural habitat for a number of endangered species.

jul 17, 2012Robert SvenssonNyheteragera online

Skriv på för Ojnareskogen! Ojnareskogen på norra Gotland. Foto: Robert Svensson ”Nordkalk, a Finnish company, has by Swedish courts been given the rights to mine for limestone in an area bordering to Natura 2000 sites (http://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/natura2000/index_en.htm) and Gotlands biggest fresh water reserve. A number of protected species will be severely damaged. Notably, Gaffelfibbla,Apollo (Parnassius Apollo)…

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rainforestportal.org: Action Alert: Congo’s Rainforests

mar 30, 2012Robert SvenssonNyheteragera online

”The Congo Basin – home to some of Earth’s last large, ecologically intact, biodiversity rich rainforests – may soon be decimated by oil rigs, pipelines, deforestation, and oil spills. SOCO International – a London-listed oil company – has announced oil exploration plans in Virunga National Park – Africa’s oldest national park.” Läs mer och skriv…

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forests.org: Action Alert: Critical Indian Elephant Habitat Threatened Again, Must Enact Important Elephant Corridor

mar 11, 2012Robert SvenssonNyheteragera online

”More than 6,000 Asian elephants and hundreds of tigers still roam wild in South India, but rampant development and rapidly growing villages in the Sigur region of the Nilgiri foothills are choking off critical access corridors utilized by elephants to travel between still viable habitat areas.” Läs mer och skriv under här

act.greenpeace.org.uk: Stop Asia Pulp & Paper pulping Indonesia’s rainforests

mar 4, 2012Robert SvenssonNyheteragera online

”Asia Pulp and Paper, which is pulping Indonesia’s rainforests and threatening Sumatran tigers with extinction, has been caught using timber from an protected rainforest tree species in its pulp mills.” Läs mer och skriv under här

thepetitionsite.com: Save the Yasuni National Park in Ecuador

mar 3, 2012Robert SvenssonNyheteragera online

”Ecuador’s Yasuni National Park is being threatened by oil drilling. According to an article by the BBC, the government of Ecuador needs to raise $100 million in order to protect the Yasuni National Park by using alternative and less damaging sources of energy. If it doesn’t reach its goal, the government will open the Yasuni…

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