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Millenium Project’s “State of the Future” Report Cites 21st Century Threats

Chinese factory closes following cadmium pollution protest

Chinese companies to be held liable for environmental damage caused overseas

Indian tiger reserve no longer has tigers

China to support greener palm oil

Pangolins threatened by illegal trade for traditional Chinese medicine

China to establish giant oil palm plantation in DR Congo

A Tasmanian tragedy? : How the forestry industry has torn an island apart

Massive deforestation in the past decreased rainfall in Asia

Wind could power the entire world

New Yangtze River dam could doom more endangered species

What is the crop productivity and environmental impact of too much or too little fertilizer?

UN calls for global ban on plastic bags to save oceans

International community calls for action against gangs’ illegal logging in Madagascar

Tropical East Asian forests under great threat

World governments to miss goal protecting 10 percent of every ecoregion by next year

US responsible for 29 percent of greenhouse gas emissions over past 150 years

Permian mass extinction caused by giant volcanic eruption

Rich countries buy up agricultural land in poor countries

Vietnam’s commercial wildlife farms threaten Asia’s species

Asia’s conversion of forests for industrial rubber plantations hurts the environment

UN: Population growth rates fall to 1.1 percent in Asia-Pacific

Peru gets $120m to protect 212,000 sq mi of Amazon rainforest

Approximately 200 new frogs discovered in Madagascar threatened by political instability

The EU and Republic of Congo announce system to eradicate illegal logging

River systems worldwide are losing water due to global warming

Gabonese environmental activist receives prize for standing up to government, Chinese company

Illegal hunting in Laos takes toll on wildlife

China’s emissions rise 45%, but Western demand accounts for 30% of increase

Fishermen – not whales as claimed by Japan – are the cause of fisheries depletion

Photo of new bird species discovered in China

Deadly ‘brown cloud’ over South Asia caused by wood and dung burning

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