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In defence of rodents – why healthy ecosystems need them

You might think you have the measure of the rodent family. Perhaps just the word “rodent” conjures images of invasive rats, those urban denizens accused of spreading pathogens and parasites, chewing through wires and spoiling food.

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Rights of nature

The idea that nature — forests , rivers, mountains — could have rights, in the same way that human rights, or corporate rights exist has been building momentum.

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Extinction Rebellion in Australia could shift tactics to encourage ‘greater participation’

Australian branches of the climate change protest group Extinction Rebellion could shift tactics in light of an announcement from UK division that it will temporarily stop engaging in acts of civil disobedience.

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UK climate group calls temporary halt to disruptive protests

The U.K. division of climate change protest group Extinction Rebellion says its activists will temporarily stop blocking busy roads, gluing themselves to buildings and engaging in other disruptive acts of civil disobedience because such methods have not achieved their desired effects

The Independent UK

Extinction Rebellion to ‘shift away from public disruption’ after year of divisive protests

Climate group says it will temporarily stop using public disruption as ‘primary tactic’

The Independent UK

Extinction Rebellion UK to halt disruptive protests

The British arm of the Extinction Rebellion environmental group said on Sunday it would take a break from acts of public disruption in order to bring more people on board its campaign for urgent action to counter climate change.

Reuters

Extinction Rebellion vow to stop protests that disrupt public in New Year's resolution

The climate group, which uses radical protesting tactics such as blockading traffic and spray painting buildings, said “very little has changed – emissions continue to rise and our planet is dying at an accelerated rate"

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Extinction Rebellion to temporarily 'shift away' from disruptive public protests

CLIMATE change protest group Extinction Rebellion has announced that it will "temporarily shift away from public disruption as a primary…

The National (Scotland)

Extinction Rebellion will 'shift away from public disruption' - for now

Climate campaign has said it is to temporarily stop using public disruption tactics

Wales Online

Extinction Rebellion announces move away from disruptive tactics

Climate protest group says temporary shift will ‘prioritise relationships over roadblocks’

The Guardian - UK

Extinction Rebellion ‘to temporarily shift away from public disruption’

The climate activists said they are making a ‘resolution to temporarily shift’ from disruption tactics because ‘very little has changed’.

The Independent UK

Koalas could be extinct within 30 years. Could the Blue Mountains hold the key to their survival?

Conservationist Dr Kellie Leigh says that unexpected discoveries within the World Heritage area offer clues for saving koalas from extinction.

ABC News

Feds: Vanishing right whale must remain on endangered list

Federal officials say the fading North Atlantic right whale will remain protected under the Endangered Species Act and requires a series of protective steps to stave off extinction

The Independent UK

The Myth of Wild Nature and Creating a New Form of Paradise

A review of the new book Tickets For The Ark, by Rebecca Nesbit

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Extinction crisis puts 1 million species on the brink

Nature is in crisis, and it's only getting worse. As species vanish at a rate not seen in 10 million years, more than 1 million species are currently on the brink.

The New Daily

Karens and Donalds ‘teetering on the edge of extinction’, experts say

Experts at a UK baby online resource company say the name 'Karen' and 'Donald' are both in danger of going extinct.

Evening Standard

Animal Rebellion activists film dogs in captivity

Animal Rebellion activists have filmed themselves breaking into an animal testing facility to free more than a dozen beagles. The group, aligned with eco-warriors Extinction Rebellion, can be seen using a saw to cut through a security gate at the MBR facility in Wyton, Cambridgeshire at 5am on Tuesday. One…

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Five ways you can help stop biodiversity loss in your area – and around the world

Biodiversity refers to the variety of life found on Earth and underpins the natural systems which grow our food, cleanse our air and water and regulate our climate. Human life cannot exist without it. But around one million animal and plant species are now threatened by extinction.

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Tech & Science Daily podcast: Supercomputer predicts extinction

A supercomputer has predicted that more than a quarter of the world’s animals and plants will go extinct by the end of the century.

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Study Reveals Diving Birds Are More Prone To Extinction

Diving birds like penguins, puffins and cormorants may be more prone to extinction than non-birds">diving birds, according to a new study by the Milner Centre for Evolution at the University of Bath. Read on for details:

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The historic COP15 outcome is an imperfect game-changer for saving nature. Here's why Australia did us proud

Billed as the event that’ll determine the fate of the entire living world, the United Nations’ COP15 nature summit has wrapped up in Canada with a historic deal, which includes protecting roughly a third of nature by 2030.

Axios

Countries agree to take major steps to protect biodiversity worldwide

The actions come in the midst of an extinction crisis that climate change is accelerating.

Pedestrian.tv

Chaotic Queen La Niña Appears To Be Resurrecting Bogong Moths From The Brink Of Extinction

They bogong together.

The Guardian - UK

Return of the rhino: can we bring the northern white back from extinction?

An enthralling project to save the northern white rhino is raising challenging questions as scientists debate the ethics of de-extinction. Mattha Busby reports

The Conversation

Children born today will see literally thousands of animals disappear in their lifetime, as global food webs collapse

Climate change is one of the main drivers of species loss globally. We know more plants and animals will die as heatwaves, bushfires, droughts and other natural disasters worsen.

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