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	<span style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; ">Wolves Delisted, Insects of Mozambique, Tiger Conservation, Waves into Energy, and Other News</span></p>
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		Photo credit:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/">www.nytimes.com</a>&nbsp;(Associated Press)&nbsp;(left);&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bbc.com/">www.bbc.com</a>&nbsp;(Durrell Conservation Trust and TRAFFIC)&nbsp;(right)</p>
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		Species Conservation</h2>
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			<strong><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/02/magazine/bugging-out.html?_r=1&amp;partner=rss&amp;emc=rss">Terrific photographs of insect wildlife in Mozambique</a></strong>&nbsp;from a Harvard project led by E.O. Wilson.</li>
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			<strong><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/04/world/africa/africas-elephants-are-being-slaughtered-in-poaching-frenzy.html?partner=rss&amp;emc=rss">African Elephants are being poached at &quot;epic&quot; rates</a></strong> throughout the Congo for their ivory (video).</li>
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			The Fish and Wildlife Service will <strong><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-19445436">delist the gray wolf from the endangered species list in Wyoming</a></strong> by the end of the September.</li>
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			<strong><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/19161652">Madagascar spider tortoises</a></strong> face serious threats with some glimmers of hope.</li>
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			Detection dogs are being used to &quot;spot <strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120815174906.htm?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Ftop_news%2Ftop_environment+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Top+News+--+Top+Environment%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader">Northern Spotted Owls</a></strong>.&quot;</li>
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			<strong><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/a-rampant-moth-killer-bacteria-combine-to-threaten-the-great-chestnut-trees-of-europe/2012/09/05/784c67dc-f730-11e1-a93b-7185e3f88849_story.html">Horse chestnuts are under threat</a></strong> from a combination of moths and bacteria.</li>
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			The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) applauds India for its work on <strong><a href="http://www.business-standard.com/generalnews/news/india-lauded-for-its-commitment-to-tiger-conservation/53073/">tiger conservation</a></strong>.</li>
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		Discoveries</h2>
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			A <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/19399735"><strong>wingless, stick insect</strong></a>, <em>Conlephasma enigma</em>, was discovered by scientists in the Philippines.</li>
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		Forests</h2>
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			A BBC article investigates the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-19469571"><strong>impacts of extensive forest concessions</strong></a> on Liberia&#39;s rainforests.</li>
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			A new report, <strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120815175049.htm?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Ftop_news%2Ftop_environment+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Top+News+--+Top+Environment%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader">&quot;Changing Climate, Changing Forests,&quot;</a></strong> analyzes the dramatic effects climate change could have on Northeastern forests.</li>
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			Research out of the University of Leeds indicates that <strong><a href="http://phys.org/news/2012-09-loss-tropical-forests-rainfall.html">rainforest deforestation</a></strong> &quot;can have a significant effect on tropical rainfall.&quot;</li>
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			<strong><a href="http://app1.kuhf.org/articles/npr1346947219-Guess-Whos-Chopping-Down-The-Amazon-Now.html">Amazonian deforestation has shifted</a></strong> from Brazil to the &quot;moon-shaped arc of countries from Bolivia to Colombia to French Guiana...&quot; (NPR radio).</li>
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			Dogs are being used in Minnesota to <strong><a href="http://kaaltv.com/article/stories/S2756313.shtml?cat=10217">sniff out emerald ash borer</a></strong>.</li>
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		<strong>Energy</strong></h2>
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			Scientists are installing new technologies in Oregon that <strong><strong><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/04/us/project-aims-to-harness-wave-energy-off-the-oregon-coast.html?partner=rss&amp;emc=rss">harness ocean waves for energy creation</a></strong>.</strong></li>
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			A Cambridge University scientist analyzes the <strong><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19496674">impacts of arctic sea ice melt</a></strong>, which has melted to historically low levels, on greenhouse gas emissions.</li>
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		<strong>Animal Behavior</strong></h2>
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			A recent from Nepal indicates that <strong><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19464751">Tiger activity has shifted to the night</a> </strong>in order to avoid humans.</li>
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		<strong>Marine Life</strong></h2>
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			<strong><strong><a href="http://www.sacbee.com/2012/09/02/4780245/humpback-whales-rebounding-on.html">Humpback whales have &quot;tripled over the last 10 years&quot;</a></strong></strong> along the Brazilian coast.</li>
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