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Tuesday, April 24, 2007:

Conservation and Environment News Roundup - 24th April 

Latest News Headlines

One of the last wild Amur leopards killed

Hunters shot dead one of the last seven surviving wild female Amur leopards in Eastern Russia.

Read more: Hunters kill one of last Amur Leopards (Reuters)

Tree planting in Kenya to bring back Flamingos

Nakuru's local community in Kenya are replanting a forest they destroyed in times of poverty, in the hope that the majestic flocks of flamingos will return bringing the tourists with them.

Read more: Kenyans Plant Trees To Coax Back Flamingos (Environmental News Network)

Geckos help "save" rare plant

On the island of Mauritius the Blue-tailed day gecko is the key pollinator of the threatened Trochetia flower.

Read more: Gecko Pollinators Help "Save" Rare Flower (National Geographic)

 
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