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Australia, US, France urge Antarctic protected areas Australia, New Zealand, the United States, France and the EU on Wednesday stepped up pressure on Russia for a swift agreement to create vast Antarctic marine sanctuaries.

16 October 2013

Indonesia to host Miss World final despite Muslim anger The Miss World final takes place on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on Saturday after weeks of protests from Muslim hardliners and warnings that extremists could attack the pageant.

26 September 2013

Rome diverts traffic to protect Colosseum The city of Rome from Saturday barred private vehicles from using the main road to the Colosseum in order to protect the iconic monument that has been blackened by pollution and is in a poor state.

05 August 2013

Namibia forced to roll back free condom programme Reduced donor funding has forced the Namibian government to shrink the supply of free condoms.

31 July 2013

Australia pledges more cash for reef starfish battle Australia pledged another Aus$5 million (US$4.6 million) to the fight against a predatory starfish devastating the iconic Great Barrier Reef Thursday, revealing 100,000 of the creatures had been wiped out so far.

18 July 2013

Katon-Karagay Park in Kazakhstan may become part of UNESCO reserves network Thr Ministry of Environment Protection of Kazakhstan is going to submit an application to include the Katon-Karagay National Park into the UNESCO list of world heritage sites.

12 July 2013

Arm Syrian rebels or risk rise of extremism: McCain The United States must deepen its engagement in Syria by equipping the rebels or setting up a safe zone to protect the opposition.

08 June 2013

Indonesia extends logging ban to protect rainforest Indonesia has extended a logging ban aimed at protecting rainforest despite fierce industry pressure.

15 May 2013

DiCaprio environmental art auction tops $33 million Leonardo DiCaprio urged wealthy art collectors Monday to bid at an environmental charity auction in New York as if the planet's fate "depends on us" -- and they responded by splashing out $33.3 million.

14 May 2013

Indonesia moves towards approving deforestation plan The Indonesian government has said it aims to approve within a month a plan that would free up vast swathes of protected virgin rainforest on Sumatra island for commercial exploitation.

19 April 2013

There may be no steppe eagles left in Kazakhstan in 50 year The project Make your contribution. Preserve the nature kicked off in 2012 to restore the number of golden eagles in Kazakhstan.

01 March 2013

Stone dam protects Astana from floods: Emergency Situations Minister Astana Maslikhat (local executive body) increased the anti-flood budget 15-fold in 2013.

19 February 2013

New York wraps up five years of handing out free condoms New York City this week marked the fifth anniversary of a groundbreaking free condom program that has distributed tens of millions free rubbers, under the racy slogan "NYC Condoms -- Get Some!"

16 February 2013

Internet users seeking more 'invisibility': study Consumer efforts to protect personal data and remain "invisible" online is leading to a "data blackhole" that could adversely impact digital advertisers.

06 February 2013

Australia failing UNESCO demands on Barrier Reef: WWF Australia insisted Friday that protecting the Great Barrier Reef was a top priority, but conservationists WWF said not enough had been done to prevent UNESCO deeming it a world heritage site "in danger".

02 February 2013

Solomons seeks to prevent mass dolphin killings The Solomon Islands on Friday urged villagers to stop the mass slaughter of dolphins, saying the traditional practice was damaging the Pacific nation's tourism industry.

01 February 2013

French, Malian troops patrol Timbuktu after hero's welcome French and Malian forces were patrolling Mali's fabled desert city of Timbuktu on Tuesday, after a hero's welcome following their lightning advance north.

30 January 2013

Amid rape fears, Indian party gives knives to women A far-right political party is distributing thousands of knives to women in a western Indian state to help them protect themselves after a fatal gang-rape last month alarmed the country.

27 January 2013

Indian PM appeals for calm, vows to protect women Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh urged calm and vowed to protect women as police on Monday struggled to quell increasing outrage over sex crimes following the gang-rape of a student.

24 December 2012

Australia creates world's largest marine reserves Australia Friday created the world's largest network of marine reserves, protecting a huge swathe of ocean environment despite claims it will devastate the fishing industry.

16 November 2012

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