Environment
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If you lived near a planned or active UK shale gas site and protested against it, we want to hear from you -
After a series of natural and manmade disasters in the 1980s and 1990s, Jamaica lost 85% of its coral reefs. Now the corals and tropical fish are slowly reappearing thanks to the work of local ‘gardeners’
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New South Wales farmer Jason Maloney shares his experience of the worst drought to hit the region in 100 years
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Fossil records suggest the species could be relocated from alpine areas to lowland rainforests -
Peak bodies oppose ‘unnecessary’ baited hooks and say more research needed into shark behaviour
The polluters
Monday
4 November 2019
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Exclusive: analysis reveals lenders provided $700bn to expand sector since Paris climate pact -
After almost 1,000 days camping out in a field near Blackpool and obstructing fracking operations, the ‘Nanas’ have seen off energy company Cuadrilla. James Cartwright meets the fearless female activists behind the yellow pinnies
Around the world
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Firm says it will work with Oil and Gas Authority to allay communities’ concerns
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Discover Australia’s threatened plant species, as well as their major threats -
The incoming environment minister has a clear opportunity to tackle this debilitating disease. Wildlife carers and conservationists want it to be a priority
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Special investigation: During the 1990s workers were told not to worry about breathing in the poison – but years later they suffer debilitating illnesses
This year, in collaboration with Global Witness, the Guardian will attempt to record all of the deaths of people who are killed while defending their land, forests, rivers or wildlife
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Nation replaces Brazil for first time in annual list of murders compiled by Global Witness -
Environmental campaigners against electric plant and pipeline say Samir Flores Soberanes’s murder is a ‘political crime’ -
Trial is notable for highlighting land and nature defender murders that ordinarily go unpunished -
Verdict against eight men accused in the murder of Honduran indigenous environmentalist will be handed down on Thursday
In pictures
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Crude oil oozes into the waters of Lake Maracaibo, yet fishermen still scratch a living on its sticky shores -
The Society of German Nature Photographers has chosen its winners and runners-up
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With so few places like this left anywhere on Earth, its people stick around for what nature can still provide the adventurous spirit -
More than 5,700 images were submitted overall by almost 2,000 photographers for this year’s Royal Meteorological Society competition -
Cuddling foxes, venomous sea snakes and a 1,000-year-old oak tree -
Malaysia and Indonesia produce more than 85% of the world’s palm oil, which cultivation and production have caused deforestation, water pollution, air pollution, land degradation and human-wildlife conflict. Deforestation has endangered the Borneo elephant, isolating it from large foraging grounds. Now, some plantations are working with WWF-Malaysia to create ecological corridors to enable elephants to travel between forest patches
Opinion & analysis
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They’re an eye-popping treat, but drought and the bulldozer have thinned their numbers. Now a coal plant and dam wall threaten their survival -
The fairy penguins under my shack are gone, and soon the forty-spotted pardalotes and swift parrots will join them. Our children knew these birds; their children will not
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Key issues
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Landowners were painted as battling victims of heartless bureaucrats by the Sydney broadcaster. But was he telling the whole story? -
An epidemic of land clearing is sabotaging efforts to address climate change. Farming communities are bitterly divided over the issue – but it also has global consequences
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Hotspots of forest loss due to fires, logging, ranches and soya firms are evident in Africa -
Chance of ending deforestation by 2030 seems lower than when pledge was made five years ago -
More than 90% of the land cleared was not referred to the federal government for assessment -
Pristine forests are vital for climate and wildlife but trend of losses is rising, data shows
Video
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Pollution in Delhi has reached its worst levels so far this year, at almost 400 times the amount deemed healthy
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Firefighters in California have been battling wildfires across the state as winds are expected to pick up again
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200,000 people are under evacuation order and millions are without power in the state
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