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		<title>2 New Species Per Week Discovered in New Guinea</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/06/29/2-new-species-per-week-discovered-in-new-guinea/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 13:13:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A staggering 1060 new species have been discovered over the past ten years on the pacific island of New Guinea according to a new report by WWF. Around 260 new species of vertebrate, 580 species of invertebrates and 220 new &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/06/29/2-new-species-per-week-discovered-in-new-guinea/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>New Government Report on Palm Oil Use Identifies Possible Policy Options</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 09:20:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new government report titled Mapping and Understanding UK Palm Oil Use has identified possible policy options to increase the volume of sustainable palm oil used in the UK. The use of by-products of the palm oil industry in animal &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/05/11/new-government-report-on-palm-oil-use-identifies-possible-policy-options/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Almost half of the world’s primate species face extinction</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2010/02/18/almost-half-of-the-worlds-primate-species-face-extinction/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2010/02/18/almost-half-of-the-worlds-primate-species-face-extinction/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:17:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A report being launched today at Bristol Zoo shows that 48% of the world’s 634 primate species, which includes apes, monkeys and lemurs, are threatened with extinction. The report, which was compiled by 85 primatologists, highlights the top 25 most &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2010/02/18/almost-half-of-the-worlds-primate-species-face-extinction/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>UK Forests and Climate Change</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2009/11/26/uk-forests-of-the-future/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:32:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The BES Policy Team yesterday attended the launch of the National Assessment of UK Forestry and Climate Change report, an exercise established by the Forestry Commission and conducted by a team of experts, led by Professor Sir David Read, Biological &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2009/11/26/uk-forests-of-the-future/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>REDD &#8211; Tackling Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2008/11/03/redd-tackling-climate-change-and-biodiversity-loss/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2008/11/03/redd-tackling-climate-change-and-biodiversity-loss/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 10:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Climate change remains a present and future threat to biodiversity. REDD, Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation, aims to curb climate change by conserving the world&#8217;s remaining forests. REDD aim to ensure that measures to tackle climate change include accounting &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2008/11/03/redd-tackling-climate-change-and-biodiversity-loss/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Debate Rages on How Best to Manage Tropical Forests</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2008/03/19/debate-rages-on-how-best-to-manage-tropical-forests/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the UN climate conference in Bali in December last year, the international community accepted the need to build forest protection into the successor to the Kyoto Protocol. However, how forests will be protected was not decided and is now &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2008/03/19/debate-rages-on-how-best-to-manage-tropical-forests/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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