Endangered habitats

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  Leopards from British zoos could boost wild population

  2 Jan 2012: Fewer than 40 Amur leopards remain in the wild, but plan to use animals bred from captive big cats may provide a lifeline

• Traditional farming can save threatened species, study finds

  23 Dec 2011:

  SciDev.net: Features associated with arable farming, such as hedgerows, are essential to keep several bird species alive

• Disappearing Cerrado: 'Brazil's great untold environmental disaster' - audio slideshow

  Audio slideshow, 22 Dec 2011:

  Photographer Peter Caton talks about his visit to the Cerrado – the world's largest savannah. It contains 5% of the world's biodiversity, but is being destroyed at an incredible rate to make way for monocultures

• Frankincense production 'doomed'

  21 Dec 2011:

  Numbers of the Boswellia tree, which produces the resin, could be down 90% in 50 years' time, scientists warn

• WWF announces discovery of over 200 species in Greater Mekong area

  12 Dec 2011: Group warns that regional co-operation and decision-making must take centre stage to preserve richness of the area

• Where to find Kenya's turtles – and what you can find

  Interactive, 12 Dec 2011:

  Kenya holds five of the world's seven turtle species, but their survival is being threatened by the booming coastal tourism industry

• Whales, dolphins, seals: newcomers crowd into British waters in pursuit of their prey

  4 Dec 2011:

  Scientists predicts cetaceans from as far away as the Pacific will live here as climate change heats up our waters

• Cairn finds no oil off Greenland

  30 Nov 2011: City patience runs out as Cairn Energy's drilling comes up dry and oil prospector looks for partners to share $1bn cost of sinking wells in Arctic

• Autumn statement: George Osborne slams 'costly' green policies

  29 Nov 2011: Chancellor tells parliament that environmental rules are a 'burden' on British businesses

• Hopes for a breakthrough in plans to protect world's oldest nature reserve

  29 Nov 2011:

  World Bank and Mongolian authorities will meet to discuss controversial property deals that have encroached on Bogd Khan

• The week in wildlife – in pictures

  Gallery (16 pictures), 18 Nov 2011:

  Migrating birds, unseasonally warm weather and an underwater paradise are among the pick of this week's images from the natural world

• We must suffer short-term economic pain to make our seas sustainable

  15 Nov 2011: Paul Gompertz: Easing the pressure from fishing and shipping will hurt – but collapse of our oceans will hurt a great deal more

• Which is your favourite natural wonder? – poll

  Poll, 11 Nov 2011:

  The voting has closed on a four-year-long competition to name the seven wonders of the natural world. Before the results are announced this evening, which is your favourite?

• Seven wonders of the natural world – in pictures

  Gallery (10 pictures), 10 Nov 2011:

  A list of the new seven wonders of the natural world is about to be announced following a global poll. But which sites will make the cut? We present the 10 most likely candidates

• Competition for seven wonders of natural world runs into trouble

  10 Nov 2011:

  Organisers of contest to choose seven wonders accused of asking for millions for marketing, despite entry fee of $199

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