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biodiversity

the variety of plant and animal life in a particular area. Environmentalists have expressed concern about the extent to which ECONOMIC GROWTH, in particular modern methods of farming, forestry and manufacturing, has reduced biodiversity, with some plant and animal species becoming rare or extinct. See POLLUTION.

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Scottish Natural Heritage are set to apply to the Scottish Executive for a licence to release the furry mammals back into the wild.

The pounds 400,000 beaver

The Flow Country touring exhibition is presented by the Peatlands Partnership, working with the Heritage Lottery Fund, the RSPB, Scottish Natural Heritage, the Highland Council and the Environmental Research Institute.

Peatlands of Scotland; STIRLING STORIES

The National Institute of Culture (INAC) and the Ministry of Environment (MiAmbiente) will work in a coordinated manner on a program for the conservation and management of Panama'scultural and natural heritage with $107 million in financing from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).

Program to ensure management of cultural and natural heritage

Before the revolution, Syria's natural heritage was managed in a simplistic and shortsighted way.

Syria's natural heritage is being ruined

Unesco's Programme for Heritage Emergency Preparedness and Response aims to enhance its ability to assist member-states in reducing the risks to their cultural and natural heritage and ensure a timely and effective response in emergency situations to ensure their safeguarding.

QDF signs pact with Unesco to protect cultural, heritage sites

A statement here on Saturday said that the travelers using Daewoo's express bus service will now be able to watch high-definition footage of Pakistan's natural heritage as they traverse the country.

Documentaries on Pakistan's natural heritage to be screened

Completing the list for the natural heritage sites are Coron Island Natural Biotic Area (Palawan); El Nido-Taytay Managed Resource Protected Area (Palawan); Mount Iglit-Baco National Park (Mindoro); Mount Malindang Range Natural Park (Northwestern Mindanao); Mount Mantalingahan Protected Landscape (Palawan); Northern Sierra Madre Natural Park and Outlying Areas (Isabela, Aurora); and Mount Pulag National Park (Benguet, Ifugao, Nueva Vizcaya).

Mount Mayon, Turtle Islands, Chocolate Hills up for inclusion on Unesco list

Jennifer Stewart, Head of Heritage Lottery Fund Wales said: "We support a wide range of heritage projects and are keen to support applications from the natural heritage sector.

Funding aid for wildlife project

Pete Rawcliffe of Scottish Natural Heritage said: "It's great more people are getting out and about taking advantage of Scotland's natural heath service.

Outdoor visits on the rise

The minister said,"This is evident that the international community recognises the natural heritage of Okavango Delta.

Botswana's Okavango Delta is 1,000th site on World Heritage list

London: The National Field Research Centre for Environmental Conservation (NFRCEC) of the Diwan of Royal Court in collaboration with Earth Monitoring Organisation, the Omani Program for Monitoring Earth today organized at the theatre of the Royal Geographic Society in London, the Natural Heritage of the Sultanate of Oman Symposium under the theme ' Field Sciences in Oman : Past- Present and Future under the auspices of Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamoud al- Busaidi, Secretary-General of the Foreign Ministry.

Exhibition on Oman's Natural Heritage Symposium organised in London

London, Mar 4 (ONA) The National Field Research Centre for Environmental Conservation (NFRCEC) of the Diwan of Royal Court in collaboration with Earth Monitoring Organisation, the Omani Program for Monitoring Earth today organized at the theatre of the Royal Geographic Society in London the Natural Heritage of the Sultanate of Oman Symposium under the theme ' Field Sciences in Oman : Past- Present and Future under the auspices of Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamoud al- Busaidi, Secretary-General of the Foreign Ministry.