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Monday, July 23, 2007:

Conservation and Environmental News Roundup - 23rd July 

Latest News Headlines

Big retail names put ban on palm oil

Two of the biggest retail names in the UK are to put a ban on the sale of palm oil from unsustainable sources.

Read more: Asda palm oil ban to save rainforests (The Observer)

Mass dolphin killings by Brazilian fishing vessel

83 tucuxi dolphins, a seriously threatened species suffocated to death in the nets of a Brazilian fishing vessel.

Read more: 83 dolphins killed by Brazilian fishing vessel (Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society)

Rare bird chicks spotted

Three Montagu's Harrier chicks have been spotted at Digby Fen, Lincolnshire by the RSPB, with hopes that there could be more.

Read more: Chicks hatched at rare bird site (BBC News)

Dead Zone in the Gulf of Mexico is expanding

The dead zone is a swath of water with levels of oxygen so low that marine life can be either threatened or killed. This zone is now thought to be the largest its been since it was first measured in 1985.

Read more: Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone Could Expand This Year(Environmental News Network)

 
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