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Schoolkids Across Asia Team Up to Save the Spoon-Billed Sandpiper

10,000 Birds

The project seems to be just as much about the process as about the product, since the coloring sessions were wonderful teachable moments that got kids enthused about saving this Critically Endangered species. With population estimates in only the triple digits, these special shorebirds need all the help they can get.

Asia 148
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Demand for Wildlife Products on the Rise in China

Critter News

The trade in TCM {Traditional Chinese Medicine} products has also been growing at an annual rate of 10 percent, which has seriously impacted medicinal plant and animal populations, though more than half of plants and animals being used by TCM are from artificial propagation or captive breeding. From the China Daily.

China 100
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The Rarest Bird I’ve Ever Seen

10,000 Birds

Road birding along India’s main roads is surprisingly productive, but here, where there are no power lines or fences and even the barest impression of a road, there was little to see. It wasn’t that long ago that Sociable Lapwing was considered a critically endangered species with a population of only around 1500.

India 172