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» 23.09.2009 - Malagasy NGOs unite against plunder of natural resources
» 22.09.2009 - Local group makes mark at Egypt's Lake Qarun
» 22.09.2009 - Ban calls for global collective action on climate change
» 09.09.2009 - Kenya launches appeal to save Mau forest
» 04.09.2009 - International call to learn to love vultures - or lose them
» 13.08.2009 - South Sudan most hit by global meltdown, UN official
» 07.08.2009 - Madagascar’s food security remains vulnerable
» 05.08.2009 - Former border agent sentenced on Tanzanian Leopard Tortoises case
» 04.08.2009 - World bank signs first biocarbon agreement in DRC
» 27.07.2009 - Madagascar’s humanitarian appeal revised down
» 20.07.2009 - Rare gorillas flee to DRC
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» 18.06.2009 - Elephant rescue resumes in Malawi
» 08.06.2009 - Conservationists call for action against illegal logging
» 11.05.2009 - Kenya villagers join global greenhouse project
» 08.05.2009 - DRC in the face of another volcanic eruption
» 20.04.2009 - Uganda celebrates big earnings from gorilla tourism
» 24.03.2009 - Kenya deploys security officers to help fight wild fires
» 23.03.2009 - Wild fire forces animals to flee Kenya forest
» 19.02.2009 - Cameroon creates park to conserve threatened species
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