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Thursday, January 25, 2007:

Conservation and Environmental News Roundup - 25th January 

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Do you realise that by yesterday, the average UK citizen had already emitted the same amount of carbon dioxide that an average citizen of Paraguay will emit over the whole year?

The World Development Movement has produced an online CO2 calendar which shows by when during 2007 the average UK citizen will have emitted as much as a citizen from another country will during the whole year. With additional information on the divide between lifestyles across the world, this is essential, if alarming reading. A permanent link is also available from the WLT links page (http://www.worldlandtrust.org/links/index.htm).
Read more: Climate Change Calendar (World Development Movement)

Heritage coast wildlife under threat of long term damage

The container ship MSC Napoli, which ran aground offshore from Branscombe on Saturday, will leave a wake of destruction, conservationists have warned. So far, it is thought that at least 2000 birds have died from the oil that has leaked from the vessel, but this is just the start. The effects of oil, chemicals, metals and plastics could be sizeable given the quantities and range of materials carried on the Napoli, said Mellissa Moore, the Marine Conservation Society's senior policy officer.

Read more: Warnings for wildlife from legacy of pollution (this is Devon)

Safeguard for meadow set to become a road

Cary's Meadow, a popular patch of land just outside Norwich was earmarked to become an access road to a new development. This loss upset campaigners and prompted the Broads Authority to state that such a move would go against planning policies and other access routes should be found. Members of the board will be asked on friday to declare the meadow as a nature reserve, giving it better protection.
Read more: Thorpe land to get nature reserve status (Norwich evening news 24)

Peru reveals a new mammal

Isothrix barbarabrownae is a nocturnal tree-climbing rodent of the Andes Mountains. Found by field researchers in the Manu National Park and Biosphere Reserve of southern Peru, this squirrel-like creature extends the already long list of bird and mammal species found in the Manu. Early DNA tests have shown it to be related to lowland rodents, such as the spiny rat. The researchers have described it as a "handsome novelty".
Read more: New squirrel-like rodent found in Peru (New Scientist)

 
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