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North Donegal coast identified as potential marine protected area

North Donegal's coast has been identified as high biodiversity ‘Area of Interest’ for potential Marine Protected Area (MPA) designation, in a recent report by Fair Seas, a coalition of Irish environmental non-governmental organizations (eNGOs). The ...

29 Jul 2022 at 15:33

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North Donegal coast identified as potential marine protected area

29 Jul 2022 at 15:33

Poaching of rhinos ‘shows encouraging decline but remains an acute threat’

There has been an “encouraging” decline in the poaching of rhinos, although it remains an acute threat to the animals, conservation experts have said. A report from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and wildlife trade ...

22 Aug 2022 at 15:29

World

Great Barrier Reef ‘should be on heritage danger list’

A United Nations-backed mission is recommending that the Great Barrier Reef be added to the list of endangered World Heritage sites. The body says that without “ambitious, rapid and sustained” climate action, the world’s largest coral reef ...

28 Nov 2022 at 16:42

Impact of roadkill ‘more shocking’ than previously thought – scientists

The impact of roadkill is “far more shocking” than previously thought, researchers have warned, based on an analysis of animal populations worldwide. Collisions with vehicles on the road was found to be the most common cause of death in ...

18 Mar 2023 at 02:45

Scotland

Endangered piglets born at Edinburgh Zoo

A litter of a critically endangered species of pig has been born at Edinburgh Zoo. The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland announced the birth of four Visayan warty piglets on Tuesday. Keepers say the piglets, born to parents Nikki ...

01 Aug 2023 at 10:22

Rare on-screen glimpse of critically endangered oceanic whitetip shark

The oceanic whitetip is one of the world’s most endangered sharks that has declined by 98% throughout the world after being hunted for its fins or mistakenly caught in fishing nets. Around the Cayman Islands, where the species is ...

28 Dec 2023 at 07:44

Hoverflies vital for pollinating crops are under threat in Europe, say experts

More than a third of hoverflies, a key pollinator of crops, are under threat of extinction in Europe, a new assessment has warned. The analysis from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List found that ...

11 Oct 2022 at 12:43

Threatened seabirds may have ‘lifeline’ with potential sandeel fishing ban

Industrial fishing for sandeels could soon be banned under new Government proposals, offering some of the UK’s best-known bird species a “lifeline”. Sandeels are small, eel-like fish that are an important source of food for ...

07 Mar 2023 at 00:01

UK undermining its credibility at global ocean treaty talks, say campaigners

The UK is undermining itself at a UN negotiation to safeguard the world’s oceans because it allows fishing in protected areas off the British coast, campaigners have said. Officially called the Intergovernmental Conference ...

24 Feb 2023 at 02:45

World

Australia argues against ‘endangered’ Great Barrier Reef status

Australia’s environment minister has said her government will lobby against Unesco adding the Great Barrier Reef to a list of endangered World Heritage sites, arguing that criticisms of government inaction on climate ...

29 Nov 2022 at 08:38

Hedgehogs listed as ‘near threatened’ after suffering rapid population declines

Hedgehog numbers have suffered rapid declines, conservationists warned as the species was listed as “near threatened” in a global assessment. The latest update to the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s ...

28 Oct 2024 at 15:00

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