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The Biggest Urban Pygmy Cormorant Roost is Finally Protected!!

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Up to the mid-20th century, Pygmy Cormorant was a common breeding species of wetlands around Belgrade until most wetlands were drained and the birds were lost, at one moment – from the entire territory of Serbia. With the construction of the huge Iron Gates dam on the Danube, the birds returned to breed in newly flooded river islands.

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The Belgrade Amazon Campaign or the House of the Eagle

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That is hardly a surprise: this area holds 3 to 4 breeding pairs of White-tailed Eagles, which represents the biggest density per square mile anywhere in the country! And there is only one certain way to protect the lower parts of the city from floods: let the river spread and flood some other area, before it reaches the city.

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

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Consequently, the Ross Sea has become a focus of numerous environmental groups who have campaigned for a world marine reserve. In July 2013, the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources held a meeting in Bremerhaven in Germany, to decide whether to turn the Ross Sea into a marine protected area.

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Potential Efficiency Improvements

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Supporting local conservation organizations and participating in citizen science initiatives allows us to contribute to the protection of Shanghai’s bird species and their habitats. Many native bird species have been displaced or lost their breeding grounds, leading to a significant decline in their numbers.

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You Gotta Fight When You Think it’s the Right Thing to Do

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Strictly speaking, they were always forbidden for driving, but there is a difference between me, driving along the very top of the dyke and collecting scientific data for the first national breeding birds atlas and someone exploring the possibilities of his flashy new 4×4 while driving figures of eight along the embankment slopes.

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Black-throated Brown Warbler Dendroica domesticus

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It is accused of driving native species out and it has the protection of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act withheld from it. Once our multi-million dollar advertising and rebranding campaign hits the market they will return to their laboratories and specimen cabinets and their natural state – completely ignored.

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A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds–A Book Review

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I was especially interested in “To Hide From God,” the chapter on songbird slaughter and protection in Cyprus. 192) from the timing of seasons to the ferocity of weather to the shape of breeding, wintering, and stopover habitat to even the size of birds themselves. It is often hard to be positive.

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