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UN calls for global ban on plastic bags to save oceans

Jeremy Hance 9 Jun 2009

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

Jeremy Hance 19 May 2009

Ecosystems are capital assets argues report

Mongabay.com 7 May 2007

98% of orangutan habitat in Borneo, Sumatra gone by 2022

Mongabay.com 6 Feb 2007

Global warming report released in Paris

Mongabay.com 2 Feb 2007

Sea levels rising at fastest rate on record

Mongabay.com 1 Feb 2007

2006 is sixth warmest year, but hurricanes below average

Mongabay.com 15 Dec 2006

Sea levels may rise higher than predicted due to global warming

Mongabay.com 15 Dec 2006

Looming desertification could spawn millions of environmental refugees

Mongabay.com 14 Dec 2006

UN says man’s global warming impact lower than thought

Mongabay.com 10 Dec 2006

Cattle produce more global warming gases than cars

Mongabay.com 1 Dec 2006

U.N. ocean trawling ban blocked by Iceland

Mongabay.com 24 Nov 2006

Migratory species threatened by global warming

Mongabay.com 20 Nov 2006

Inhofe doesn’t attend climate change meeting but issues statement on children’s book

Mongabay.com 17 Nov 2006

China surpasses Italy as world’s largest exporter of wooden furniture

Mongabay.com 13 Nov 2006

Billion tree campaign launched in Nairobi

Mongabay.com 13 Nov 2006

Greenhouse gas emissions from rich countries rising finds UN

Mongabay.com 31 Oct 2006

War-torn Congo Announces Two New Parks

Wcs 18 Sep 2006

14% of children in the United Arab Emirates starving

Tufts University 23 May 2006

Private sector trying to improve environmental, social performance says UN report

United Nations 11 May 2006

China and India show rapid increase in global warming emissions

World Bank 10 May 2006

Concern at vanishing bananas

The United Nations Food 7 May 2006

China leading the way in reducing undernutrition

Mongabay.com 2 May 2006

Life expectancy below 40 for some African countries, global population growth rates slow

Rhett Ayers Butler 16 Apr 2006

Colombia’s indigenous communities under threat warns UN agency

Un News Service 5 Apr 2006

Disappearing drylands spell trouble says UN

Rhett Ayers Butler 21 Mar 2006

Deforestation rates jump in Uganda and Burundi, fall in Rwanda

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Jan 2006

Number of hungry Africans doubles in a decade

Rhett Ayers Butler 24 Jan 2006

Coral reefs and mangroves have high economic value

Rhett Ayers Butler 24 Jan 2006

Natural disasters of 2005 partly man-made says WHO

Theresa Braine 9 Jan 2006

Tropical deforestation rates continue to climb

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Jan 2006

Afghanistan developing environmental protection with UN help

Unep 2 Jan 2006

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