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Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve: the Tiger Afternoon

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Our mobile phones had no signal inside the reserve, yet, the guides were communicating on some local network, informing each other where the tigers are. Conservation endangered species India Mammals tiger' Very dusty Swarovski CLs. Cover photo: Telia, copyright © Nitin Bhardwaj.

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Endemic Birds of Cuba: A Book Review

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It is a lovely, well-packaged, informative guide, created with thought and creativity. Forty-eight species. The information here is more extensive than what is offered in Field Guide to the Birds of Cuba by Orlando H. Design and layout are by Pepe Nieto; James W. There is a sense of luxury in having so much space per bird.

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Bird Litigation: Wind Turbine Near Ottawa NWR

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The American Bird Conservancy (ABC) and Black Swamp Bird Observatory (BSBO) recently filed a lawsuit against the federal government arguing that a planned wind turbine near the famed birding hotspot of Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge is illegal. A handful of endangered species have been observed at the refuge (or in the vicinity) as well.

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Ghana – Rainforest Birding on the Brink by Adam Riley

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Very little information was available at the time, so we hired a car and off we went, following the few tips we had managed to gather but mostly our noses. According to the World Bank, up to 80 percent of Ghana’s forests had been destroyed by illegal logging by 2008. And wow, what a trip we had! million hectares in 2007.

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Will Environmental Laws Prevent a Wall Through Santa Ana NWR?

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One might assume that construction of a border wall through a sensitive national wildlife refuge would be prevented, or at least slowed, by a thicket of lawsuits under statutes such as the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The more comprehensive answer requires background.

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