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Stopping the Next Amphibian Apocalypse
Posted by New York Times: Karen R. Lips and Joseph R. Mendelson III on November 15th, 2014
New York Times: FOR the past 25 years we have watched helplessly as a wide range of amphibians around the world have died from a pathogenic fungus, known as Bd (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis). Now, yet another fungal contagion appears to have been unleashed. This one is spreading among salamanders in parts of Europe and threatens devastation.
This new menace, known as Bs (Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans), appears to have invaded Europe from Asia by way of the pet trade. In Asia, salamanders carry the infection...
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Great Barrier Reef: Queensland lobbies Unesco behind the scenes at G20
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on November 15th, 2014
Guardian: The Queensland government is furiously lobbying Unesco representatives behind the scenes of the G20 to stop the Great Barrier Reef from being listed as “in danger” by the UN’s cultural and heritage body.
The state premier, Campbell Newman, told Guardian Australia on Saturday that his environment minister, Andrew Powell, was talking to G20 countries who were members of the Unesco world heritage committee to combat the “dishonest” campaign being waged by environmentalists about threats to the reef....