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   		  <title>Poaching still a factor in declining forest elephant populations</title>
		 <description><![CDATA[Forest elephants survey in the Cote d'Ivoire. Forest elephants in Cote d'Ivoire are still under threat from poaching despite a worldwide ban on the sale of ivory, a new WWF study has revealed. Researchers initially set out to determine the numbers of forest elephants in Cote d’Ivoire's Tai National Park.]]></description>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[Forest elephants survey in the Cote d'Ivoire. Forest elephants in Cote d'Ivoire are still under threat from poaching despite a worldwide ban on the sale of ivory, a new WWF study has revealed. Researchers initially set out to determine the numbers of forest elephants in Cote d’Ivoire's Tai National Park.                                                                                                                              <br /><br />© The Earth Times. <br />
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         <pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 16:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   		  <title>Booming bitterns are bouncing back</title>
		 <description><![CDATA[Britain's loudest bird is making a comeback. A relative of the more commonly seen grey heron, the highly secretive bitterns spend most of their time hidden in reed beds, making them incredibly difficult to survey by sight alone. Luckily for scientists, male bitterns have a unique booming call which they create by filling their gullets with air and then releasing it.]]></description>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[Britain's loudest bird is making a comeback. A relative of the more commonly seen grey heron, the highly secretive bitterns spend most of their time hidden in reed beds, making them incredibly difficult to survey by sight alone. Luckily for scientists, male bitterns have a unique booming call which they create by filling their gullets with air and then releasing it.                                                                                                                                                                                    <br /><br />© The Earth Times. <br />
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         <pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 18:23:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   		  <title>Twenty critically endangered Siamese crocodiles hatch in Lao PDR</title>
		 <description><![CDATA[Researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society have good news about one of the world's rarest crocodiles. Twenty critically endangered Siamese crocodiles have hatched in a zoo in Lao PDR, representing a significant step in the successful conservation of this species.]]></description>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[Researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society have good news about one of the world's rarest crocodiles. Twenty critically endangered Siamese crocodiles have hatched in a zoo in Lao PDR, representing a significant step in the successful conservation of this species.                                                                                                                                                                                    <br /><br />© The Earth Times. <br />
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         <pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 17:18:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   		  <title>Mapping mangroves aids conservation of valuable habitats</title>
		 <description><![CDATA[Scientists use remote sensing to determine the best method of monitoring mangrove habitats. Mangroves are particularly good at reducing coastal erosion by providing a buffer against the effects of waves, currents and flooding.]]></description>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[Scientists use remote sensing to determine the best method of monitoring mangrove habitats. Mangroves are particularly good at reducing coastal erosion by providing a buffer against the effects of waves, currents and flooding.                                    <br /><br />© The Earth Times. <br />
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         <link>http://www.earthtimes.org/conservation/mapping-mangroves-aids-conservation-valuable-habitats/1193/</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 12:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   		  <title>Conservation without borders - the future of global conservation initiatives</title>
		 <description><![CDATA[Cross-country conservation is the key to successful wildlife preservation. A new publication shows that conservation is most effective when it is carried out collaboratively, across country borders. Conservation projects involving neighbouring countries increase the benefits to wildlife and bring help to conserve large areas of natural habitats.]]></description>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[Cross-country conservation is the key to successful wildlife preservation. A new publication shows that conservation is most effective when it is carried out collaboratively, across country borders. Conservation projects involving neighbouring countries increase the benefits to wildlife and bring help to conserve large areas of natural habitats.                                                                                                            <br /><br />© The Earth Times. <br />
<br /><br />Published on <a href="http://www.earthtimes.org/conservation/conservation-borders-future-global-conservation-initiatives/1167/">The Earth Times</a><br /><br /><br /><h3>Related Articles</h3><a href="http://www.earthtimes.org/nature/pandas-bamboo-eating-earthquake-prediction/2327/" title="Panda-monium!">Panda-monium!</a><br /><a href="http://www.earthtimes.org/conservation/leatherback-strikes-back/2317/" title="The Leatherback Strikes Back">The Leatherback Strikes Back</a><br /><a href="http://www.earthtimes.org/going-green/world-water-day/2302/" title="World Water Day 2013">World Water Day 2013</a><br /><a href="http://www.earthtimes.org/conservation/reptiles-finished-habitat-loss-called-harvesting/2279/" title="Reptiles finished off by habitat loss and so-called 'harvesting'">Reptiles finished off by habitat loss and so-called 'harvesting'</a><br /><a href="http://www.earthtimes.org/conservation/most-valuable-virtually-extinct/2174/" title="Most valuable or virtually extinct?">Most valuable or virtually extinct?</a><br /><br />]]></content:encoded>
         <link>http://www.earthtimes.org/conservation/conservation-borders-future-global-conservation-initiatives/1167/</link>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 15:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   		  <title>Controversial badger cull one step closer</title>
		 <description><![CDATA[Scientists and the public against the government's plans. UK Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman announced today that the government is ''strongly minded to back'' a cull of badgers in an attempt to halt the spread of bovine tuberculosis (TB).]]></description>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[Scientists and the public against the government's plans. UK Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman announced today that the government is ''strongly minded to back'' a cull of badgers in an attempt to halt the spread of bovine tuberculosis (TB).                                                                        <br /><br />© The Earth Times. <br />
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         <link>http://www.earthtimes.org/politics/controversial-badger-cull-step-closer/1162/</link>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 21:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   		  <title>Rare northern white-cheeked crested gibbons discovered in Vietnam</title>
		 <description><![CDATA[Exciting find of northern white-cheeked gibbons in southeast Asia. Across the hoots, rustles and chirrups sounding through Vietnam's remote Pu Mat National Park, a dawn chorus can be heard. One haunting sound represents a new hope for a critically endangered primate, the northern white-cheeked crested gibbon.]]></description>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[Exciting find of northern white-cheeked gibbons in southeast Asia. Across the hoots, rustles and chirrups sounding through Vietnam's remote Pu Mat National Park, a dawn chorus can be heard. One haunting sound represents a new hope for a critically endangered primate, the northern white-cheeked crested gibbon.                  <br /><br />© The Earth Times. <br />
<br /><br />Published on <a href="http://www.earthtimes.org/nature/rare-northern-white-cheeked-gibbons-discovered-vietnam/1160/">The Earth Times</a><br /><br /><br /><h3>Related Articles</h3><a href="http://www.earthtimes.org/conservation/hoolock-gibbons-india-subject-rescue-operation/1672/" title="Hoolock gibbons rescued in India">Hoolock gibbons rescued in India</a><br /><br />]]></content:encoded>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 21:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   		  <title>Underwater volcanoes found under the Southern Ocean</title>
		 <description><![CDATA[Active volcanoes discovered deep under cold waters. Previously unknown volcanoes have been discovered under the Southern Ocean around the remote South Sandwich Islands. Scientists from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) used sea-floor mapping technology to find 12 underwater volcanoes, some up to 3 kilometres high.]]></description>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[Active volcanoes discovered deep under cold waters. Previously unknown volcanoes have been discovered under the Southern Ocean around the remote South Sandwich Islands. Scientists from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) used sea-floor mapping technology to find 12 underwater volcanoes, some up to 3 kilometres high.                                    <br /><br />© The Earth Times. <br />
<br /><br />Published on <a href="http://www.earthtimes.org/nature/underwater-volcanoes-southern-ocean/1137/">The Earth Times</a><br /><br /><br /><h3>Related Articles</h3><a href="http://www.earthtimes.org/nature/earthquake-damage-report-2011/1775/" title="Earthquake damage report for 2011 published by CATDAT">Earthquake damage report for 2011 published by CATDAT</a><br /><a href="http://www.earthtimes.org/nature/dormant-volcano/430/" title="There is no such thing as a dormant volcano">There is no such thing as a dormant volcano</a><br /><a href="http://www.earthtimes.org/energy/iceland-volcanoes-geothermal-power-europe/354/" title="Iceland's volcanoes in from the cold to geothermal power Europe">Iceland's volcanoes in from the cold to geothermal power Europe</a><br /><br />]]></content:encoded>
         <link>http://www.earthtimes.org/nature/underwater-volcanoes-southern-ocean/1137/</link>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 22:17:01 GMT</pubDate>
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   		  <title>Hotspots driving tectonic plate movement</title>
		 <description><![CDATA[New research published in Nature shows that plumes of hot magma are responsible for the movement of whole continents. This movement is driven by the heat of the Earth's core, causing the viscous substance beneath the Earth's crust to flow and move the plates above, like pieces of toast floating in a massive bowl of hot beans.]]></description>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[New research published in Nature shows that plumes of hot magma are responsible for the movement of whole continents. This movement is driven by the heat of the Earth's core, causing the viscous substance beneath the Earth's crust to flow and move the plates above, like pieces of toast floating in a massive bowl of hot beans.                                                                                                            <br /><br />© The Earth Times. <br />
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         <link>http://www.earthtimes.org/nature/hotspots-driving-tectonic-plate-movement/1124/</link>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 22:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   		  <title>DNA tests unravel a tricky tortoise mystery</title>
		 <description><![CDATA[Just how many species of desert tortoises are there? For 150 years since the species' discovery, it was believed that the desert tortoise is one species. However, evidence has been mounting that desert tortoises should in fact be two separate species.]]></description>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[Just how many species of desert tortoises are there? For 150 years since the species' discovery, it was believed that the desert tortoise is one species. However, evidence has been mounting that desert tortoises should in fact be two separate species.                                    <br /><br />© The Earth Times. <br />
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         <link>http://www.earthtimes.org/nature/dna-tests-unravel-tricky-tortoise-mystery/1089/</link>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 16:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   		  <title>Good news for wildlife in Afghanistan</title>
		 <description><![CDATA[Despite a decade of conflict in Afghanistan, the country's wildlife is holding on. A new survey carried out by Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) scientists has shown that large mammals are surviving in some areas of Afghanistan after ten years of conflict.]]></description>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[Despite a decade of conflict in Afghanistan, the country's wildlife is holding on. A new survey carried out by Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) scientists has shown that large mammals are surviving in some areas of Afghanistan after ten years of conflict.                                    <br /><br />© The Earth Times. <br />
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         <link>http://www.earthtimes.org/conservation/good-news-wildlife-afghanistan/1081/</link>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 19:58:01 GMT</pubDate>
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   		  <title>World Heritage sites in danger</title>
		 <description><![CDATA[Over-exploitation of resources is damaging the world's valuable natural World Heritage Sites. IUCN have stated that mining and oil/gas exploration should not be permitted within World Heritage sites. African World Heritage sites are particularly at risk from commercial mining and oil/gas exploration, with a quarter of all sites threatened.]]></description>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[Over-exploitation of resources is damaging the world's valuable natural World Heritage Sites. IUCN have stated that mining and oil/gas exploration should not be permitted within World Heritage sites. African World Heritage sites are particularly at risk from commercial mining and oil/gas exploration, with a quarter of all sites threatened.                                                      <br /><br />© The Earth Times. <br />
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         <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 20:09:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   		  <title>More support needed for Arab World Heritage sites</title>
		 <description><![CDATA[Only two natural sites located in Arab states have been added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in the past 15 years. A new report by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) found that Arab countries should propose more sites for inclusion on the list, as well as managing their existing sites more successfully.]]></description>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[Only two natural sites located in Arab states have been added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in the past 15 years. A new report by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) found that Arab countries should propose more sites for inclusion on the list, as well as managing their existing sites more successfully.<br /><br />© The Earth Times. <br />
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         <link>http://www.earthtimes.org/conservation/more-support-needed-arab-world-heritage-sites/1060/</link>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 15:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   		  <title>Marine species at risk of mass extinction</title>
		 <description><![CDATA[An unprecedented number of marine species are at risk of extinction. Increasing levels of CO2 contributes to rising temperatures. In turn, increased temperatures lead to more CO2 being absorbed into the ocean. Increased CO2 in the ocean leads to increasing ocean acidification and hypoxia, which are devastating for marine life.]]></description>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[An unprecedented number of marine species are at risk of extinction. Increasing levels of CO2 contributes to rising temperatures. In turn, increased temperatures lead to more CO2 being absorbed into the ocean. Increased CO2 in the ocean leads to increasing ocean acidification and hypoxia, which are devastating for marine life.                                                                                                                                                                  <br /><br />© The Earth Times. <br />
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         <link>http://www.earthtimes.org/conservation/marine-species-risk-mass-extinction/1053/</link>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 07:56:01 GMT</pubDate>
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   		  <title>Eye in the Sky: Google Earth used to monitor animal behaviour</title>
		 <description><![CDATA[Researchers have discovered that Google Earth provides a novel and inexpensive way to monitor animal behaviour. The beauty of Google Earth for scientists is that animal behaviour which leaves a footprint on the landscape can be observed remotely.]]></description>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[Researchers have discovered that Google Earth provides a novel and inexpensive way to monitor animal behaviour. The beauty of Google Earth for scientists is that animal behaviour which leaves a footprint on the landscape can be observed remotely.                  <br /><br />© The Earth Times. <br />
<br /><br />Published on <a href="http://www.earthtimes.org/nature/eye-sky-google-earth-monitor-animal-behaviour/1031/">The Earth Times</a><br /><br /><br /><h3>Related Articles</h3><a href="http://www.earthtimes.org/pollution/reef-destruction-ecological/2297/" title="Reef Destruction is Ecological">Reef Destruction is Ecological</a><br /><a href="http://www.earthtimes.org/nature/goby-bodyguards-defend-coral-world/2241/" title="One-inch ''bodyguards'' defend the coral world">One-inch ''bodyguards'' defend the coral world</a><br /><a href="http://www.earthtimes.org/conservation/coral-cover-deadly-decline/2172/" title="Coral cover's deadly decline">Coral cover's deadly decline</a><br /><a href="http://www.earthtimes.org/conservation/white-syndrome-ws-destroys-coral-reefs/2162/" title="White syndrome (WS) destroys our coral reefs, but how?">White syndrome (WS) destroys our coral reefs, but how?</a><br /><a href="http://www.earthtimes.org/scitech/survival-symbiosis-corals/2151/" title="The survival and symbiosis of corals">The survival and symbiosis of corals</a><br /><br />]]></content:encoded>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 13:07:01 GMT</pubDate>
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