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Flights of Passage: a book review

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There are 59 million mature Blackpolls, which sounds good until the authors note that their population declined by 92 percent between 1970 and 2014: the math alone seems unbelievable. ” In other words, wind turbines don’t harm birds just by smashing them to smithereens — they harm birds by merely existing.

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Solid Air: Invisible Killer Saving Billions of Birds From Windows–A Book Review

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Maybe it’s because he’s still focusing on the research that still needs to be done–a long list that he would like to see encompassing areas of economics, law, architecture, psychology, sociology, and recreation as well as biology, zoology, and ecology. It’s not a bad idea. with a median estimate of 599 million.

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The Smell of Napalm in the Morning

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Only two years ago, in the spring 2014, Serbia had catastrophic floods. Until the new bridge next to the Beljarica floodplain was finished in 2014, two harbour alternatives were considered, one in the village of Vinca, downriver from Belgrade, and another one within the city, in the suburb of Krnjaca.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

BRUCE FRIEDRICH Senior Policy Director Farm Sanctuary Washington, March 4, 2014 To the Editor: The humane laws for hens in California that provide them more space in which to live should be countrywide. ELAINE SLOAN New York, March 4, 2014' Compassionate consumers can take a stand against this cruelty by choosing vegan options.

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The Ross Sea – the Last Intact Marine Ecosystem on Earth – and I

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“Below the 40th latitude there is no law; below the 50th no god; below the 60th no common sense and below the 70th no intelligence whatsoever.” (“Antarctica” by Kim Stanley Robinson, 1998). In October 2014, during a meeting in Hobart, Australia, the protection of this important region was once again blocked by China and Russia.

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How to Know the Birds: The Art and Adventure of Birding – A Book Review

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(I do need to note that a rare error crops up here–LISTSERV is not a generic electronic bulletin board, it is a propriety product owned by a company and the use of the term is protected by trademark law. It’s spelled this way, all caps, because that is the official name.).

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Germany’s Great Bustards and how to see them

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Since then, we have seen a marvellous recovery, with an estimate of 123 in 2012, 145 in 2013, 165 in 2014, 197 in 2015 and now in 2016, around 232 Great Bustards roam the wilds of Germany, nearly doubling their number within just a handful of years! This is prohibited under German nature conservation laws and a moral no-go.

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