by Jovin Hurry, Singapore; originally from Mauritius More than 4800 participants met in Bangkok, Thailand, from 17-25 November 2004 at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre, for the 3rd IUCN World Conservation Congress (WCC). The Congress convened under the theme of “People and Nature: Only One World in three parts: the Commissions at Work to assess [...]
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A Review of Organic Waste Recycling Practices in Kathmandu by Michelle A. Huang BACKGROUND With the rapid increases in human population and urban habitation over the past century, urbanization has been increasingly recognized as one of the most significant social transformations of modern times (Elander and Lidskog 2000). Proceeding at an unprecedented scale, this trend is taxing [...]
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by Morie Alpha, Torjia Karimu For years, the chimpanzee population has been known to decline. Pet trade is still a major problem today. However, a new programme has been launched by some NGOs and the Government of Sierra Leone to reduce the danger of local extinction of this species, atleast temporarily. Chimpanzee numbers have steadily declined since [...]
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Saturday, April 23, 2005
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