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How To: Protect your livelihood from wild animalsJOHANNESBURG, 22 July 2010 (IRIN) - People and wildlife have never been in greater competition for limited resources as human populations invade shrinking natural habitats in a fight for living space, food and water. In this vignette of a planet-wide battle, IRIN looks at how to keep elephants away from your crops and raiding monkeys out of your food stores.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=89916
22/07/2010
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Best Practice Guidelines for Mitigating Human - Great Ape ConflictThe IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group has published a new set of guidelines on the prevention and mitigation of conflict between humans and great apes. Presented as part of the Best Practice series for great ape conservation, this report is designed to help researchers and wildlife managers understand the causes of human - great ape conflict, and find equitable ways to resolve it.
http://www.primate-sg.org/BP.conflict.htm
22/07/2010
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DRCongo says talking to China on land for palm oilKINSHASA (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo is studying a proposal to provide land to China to grow large amounts of palm for
oil production in the vast central African country, a government minister told Reuters on Thursday.
http://af.reuters.com/article/investingNews/idAFJOE66F01920100716
16/07/2010
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Major decline seen in illegal logging (BBC News)By Richard Black Environment correspondent, BBC News
Illegal logging can remove vital wildlife habitat, leading to conflict with people. Illegal logging in the world's forests has fallen by nearly a quarter since 2002, according to what claims to be the most thorough analysis yet.
The London-based thinktank Chatham House says consumer pressure, legal restrictions by importing countries and media attention have all contributed.
Some important forest countries such as Brazil, Cameroon and Indonesia have seen much larger cuts, its report says.
But further improvements will be harder to make, it concludes.
15/07/2010
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INTERVIEW - Degraded land rules key to Indonesia climate goal
Wed Jun 23, 2010 3:28pm IST
By David Fogarty, Climate Change Correspondent, Asia
(Reuters) - Indonesia needs to quickly settle rules for deciding what is degraded land and spell out how much is available to palm oil and timber firms in order to strengthen investment certainty, an environmental expert says.
Such a move would also boost a $1-billion climate deal signed last month by Indonesia and Norway.
The deal involves a two-year moratorium from January 2011 on conversion of natural forests and peat land with the intent of using degraded land to allow Indonesia's multi-billion dollar palm oil industry to keep expanding.
http://in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-49564520100623
24/06/2010
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