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Japan embarks on a 500 million Yen plan of planting corals to save sinking territory
In a bid to protect its coastal territory from submerging under seawater, Japan has begun planting baby coral on a remote Pacific atoll in a multi-million-dollar project. Traversed by water from all sides, Japan stands on a danger of sinking...
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UN group rules to stop tiger trade
A UN wildlife body has agreed that breeding tigers to use their body parts in medicines should stop and a ban on the global sale of ivory should be extended.
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CITES: China must not lift ban on Tiger trade
In a unanimous decision of its 171 members, CITES has not permitted China to lift ban on tiger trade. The U.N. wildlife conference strongly urged China on Wednesday not to lift the 1993 ban on domestic trade in tiger parts amid fears that any sales...
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China to lift ban on trade in tiger parts
The already endangered tigers are under severe threat of being eliminated. The danger comes in the wake of Chinese government’s decision to lift the ban on trade in tiger parts. China declared in the Convention on International Trade..
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China in the grip of severe air and water pollution
No doubt, China has emerged on the international scene as the fastest growing economy but at the cost of environment. China's booming economy is driving a rapid rise in water and air pollution. An index assessing air pollution from southern...
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Floods wreak havoc in China, 9 million affected
Millions suffer as floods and rains wreak havoc in China. As china’s typhoon season gets ready to hit the country, the rain havoc has affected nearly nine million people in the region. Torrential rains have killed at least 66 people and..
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Future grim for liquefied coal in China
China plans to halt all its efforts to make oil from coal due to its high expense and energy demands, however one plant that is being built by state-owned Shenhua Group Corp. Ltd. would be allowed to proceed with its construction of a...
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China, India reluctant to curb development by accepting G8 terms
The UN's top official on climate change has said that in the coming six months, the G8 nations face the challenge of how to involve China, India and other major developing countries in the United Nations effort to contain global warming. Executive...
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Chinese city, Shenzhen hit by 'red tide'
China's southern port of Shenzhen is hit by the biggest ever, marine algal bloom 'red tide' making the water supplies cut to Wuxi residents, in eastern Jiangsu province. The reason for occurrence of red tide is a microscopic algae that reproduces..
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Grasshoppers swarm threaten Chinese paddy fields
Swams of grasshoppers are hovering Chinese cities and have become an enigma for farmers. This herbivorous insect has attacked 1.2 million ha (4,600 sq miles) of paddy fields in south China, up 40 percent on last year. Ministry of Agriculture...
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