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		<title>Will ice sheets collapse in a warming world? &#8211; probably not</title>
		<link>http://wildlifenews.co.uk/2013/will-ice-sheets-collapse-in-a-warming-world-probably-not/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 13:22:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Heath</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Human Impacts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global warming]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Collapsing ice sheets and rising sea levels are often described as a feature of a warming world and many climate scientists predict that this will happen thanks to climate change. But a recently published study could quite literally blow those predictions out of the water. One of the ways to look to the future is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indonesian courts orders land ownership back to tribes</title>
		<link>http://wildlifenews.co.uk/2013/indonesian-courts-orders-land-ownership-back-to-tribes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 07:37:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Heath</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Human Impacts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indonesia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In 1999 a new law was bought into effect in Indonesia which saw vast swathes of forest taken into state ownership. That law was over-ruled yesterday by the Constitutional Court and following its judicial review, the land ownership was ordered to be returned to local indigenous people. The move will have major impacts for development in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lion cub in Twitter sale is seized by authorities</title>
		<link>http://wildlifenews.co.uk/2013/lion-cub-in-twitter-sale-is-siezed-by-authorities/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 13:26:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Heath</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pet trade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Arab Emirates]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On Monday a lion cub was put up for sale on the Twitter web site. Photographs of the cub was tweeted together with a price tag of Dh30,000 by a Dubai based pet shop. Today wildlife officials of the United Arab Emirates have taken the cub into custody. The pet shop owner who is currently [...]]]></description>
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		<title>United States sentences Vietnamese rhino traders to 3.5 years in prison</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 07:51:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Heath</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poaching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rhinos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wildlife crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wildlife trade]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Judge went easy on two rhino horn traders in the United States yesterday when she sentences one to 42 months and another to 46 month in prison. This was less than the sentences that the US Federal prosecutors called for. The father and son team who were Vietnamese emigrants were also fined and ordered [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3 rhino a day killed in South Africa last week</title>
		<link>http://wildlifenews.co.uk/2013/3-rhino-a-day-killed-last-week/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 19:19:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Heath</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poaching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rhinos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[south africa]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[South African authorities have just released the weekly statistics for rhino poaching in the country. Last week 21 rhino were killed taking the total so far this year to 313. The 21 rhinos killed in the last week means that the current average of rhinos being poached is 3 a day. The Kruger National Park [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New snake species named after assassinated forest campaigner</title>
		<link>http://wildlifenews.co.uk/2013/new-snake-species-named-after-assassinated-forest-campaigner/</link>
		<comments>http://wildlifenews.co.uk/2013/new-snake-species-named-after-assassinated-forest-campaigner/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 16:15:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Heath</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reptiles and Amphibians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[honduras]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new species]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[snakes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A deadly but beautiful new species of palm pit-viper snake has been named after the assassinated forest campaigner Mario Guifarro. The gorgeous new species was discovered by scientists during two expeditions in 2010 aimed at studying the fauna of Texiguat Wildlife Refuge, one of the most endemism-rich and diverse highland forests in Mesoamerica. The new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sir Simon &#8216;two house&#8217; Jenkins finally goes into denial over housing need</title>
		<link>http://wildlifenews.co.uk/2013/sir-simon-two-house-jenkins-finally-goes-into-denial-over-housing-need/</link>
		<comments>http://wildlifenews.co.uk/2013/sir-simon-two-house-jenkins-finally-goes-into-denial-over-housing-need/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 09:34:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Heath</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Human Impacts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[uk]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It appears that Sir Simon Jenkins, chairman of the National Trust and owner of at least 2 homes, has finally gone into denial over the housing crisis that is impacting the UK. In an interview on Channel 4&#8242;s news series Green and Pleasant Land he said that just because new households &#8211; or more accurately [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Elephant campaigner charged with ivory possession</title>
		<link>http://wildlifenews.co.uk/2013/elephant-campaigner-charged-with-ivory-possession/</link>
		<comments>http://wildlifenews.co.uk/2013/elephant-campaigner-charged-with-ivory-possession/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 14:36:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Heath</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elephants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kenya]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poaching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wildlife crime]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of the top officials of an elephant campaigning group in Kenya has been charged with illegal possession of ivory after 19Kg of ivory was found in the back of her car. Her son has also been jointly charged. Soila Sayialel is the deputy director of Kenyan campaign group  Amboseli Trust for Elephants and was [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>23</slash:comments>
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		<title>Are gardens an ecological trap for birds?</title>
		<link>http://wildlifenews.co.uk/2013/are-gardens-an-ecological-trap-for-birds/</link>
		<comments>http://wildlifenews.co.uk/2013/are-gardens-an-ecological-trap-for-birds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 09:56:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Heath</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[garden birds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wildlife gardens]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Gardens are often thought of as havens for many bird species and many gardeners don&#8217;t just feed the birds but put up nest boxes to attract birds into their garden to breed. However an interesting study just released by Boise State University means it may not all be a bed of roses for birds in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wildlife moving from the plate to the cabinet</title>
		<link>http://wildlifenews.co.uk/2013/wildlife-moving-from-the-plate-to-the-cabinet/</link>
		<comments>http://wildlifenews.co.uk/2013/wildlife-moving-from-the-plate-to-the-cabinet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 17:40:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Heath</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[china]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wildlife crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wildlife trade]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[China has released details about its latest round of raids by police in tackling the illegal wildlife trade in the country. In April 80,000 police took part in an operation which saw over 6,000 markets, dealers and websites raided.  Liu Wenshu, a spokeswoman for public security office of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Landscape and [...]]]></description>
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