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<title>Meeting in India gives huge hope for South Asia's endangered vultures </title>
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<description><![CDATA[A meeting between all four South Asian governments has been hailed by the RSPB, as giving more hope to endangered vultures than ever before.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 16:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Time to tackle gillnets</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A number of BirdLife partners, including the RSPB, met in Berlin on 3-4 May to look at the problem of seabird bycatch in gillnet fisheries in Europe and identify best practice in ways to tackle the issue. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 12:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Threatened birds lose nests in flood catastrophes</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The ongoing floods are having a catastrophic impact on some of Britain's already-threatened wildlife, says the RSPB. 
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<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 00:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Landmark move to protect albatrosses in the Indian Ocean announced</title>
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<description><![CDATA[All longline vessels in the Indian Ocean will now be required to use two seabird bycatch mitigation measures]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Scientists discover a 'glass wall' that holds the answer to one of nature's little mysteries </title>
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<description><![CDATA[Why would a smart and adaptable bird that eats almost anything and can survive happily in even the most heavily degraded habitats, have a world range so small it would fit comfortably inside Norfolk? ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 00:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Global seabirds on the down slope of a wave</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Albatrosses and penguins are among our best-loved seabirds, but a new report shows these birds are increasingly in trouble]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 00:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Saved: African wildlife haven threatened by biofuels land grab </title>
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<description><![CDATA[A Kenyan wildlife haven threatened by the rush to grow biofuels for European companies such as IKEA, has been saved. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 12:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Shout it from the treetops</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A combination of Tarzan, Lois Lane and David Attenborough might just be the perfect mix for those taking part in an exciting new competition. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>RSPB and Tesco come Together For Trees</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Tesco and the RSPB today announced a ground-breaking partnership called 'Together For Trees' to help protect rainforests around the world. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>First assessment of endangered UK penguins since oil spill </title>
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<description><![CDATA[Early indications show speedy response from islanders gave birds the best chance, but too early to tell long-term effects on the population.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>An epic tale of conservation success</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Seychelles warbler was once one of the rarest birds in the world. But now, thanks to a conservation programme the species has a much brighter future.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New forest study helps identify priorities</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Global study of the world's forests identifies the most important areas for global conservation]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:09:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>RSPB restoring an island paradise by removing rats</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A ground-breaking &#x00A3;1.5million RSPB project to eliminate introduced rats from an uninhabited island in the central Pacific has attempted to remove the fingerprints of man from an otherwise idyllic tropical paradise. As a bonus, the project has also increased the known size of the UK's overseas territories by six square kilometres.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Rare bird rescue hits new milestone</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Efforts to save one of the world's rarest and most unusual birds have today (Monday 19 December) taken another step forward.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>RSPB officers assist in Bulgarian wildlife crime invesitgation</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A tip-off to the RSPB has led to an international wildlife crime operation to raid the home of an Englishman in Bulgaria.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sierra Leone protects Gola Forest for the world</title>
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<description><![CDATA[As the world's richest countries once again play brinksmanship in Durban, Sierra Leone has embraced the vital role tropical forests play in preventing climate change by conserving its most important forest]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Falling in dove: the dramatic decline of an icon of summer</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Turtle doves are now the UK's most threatened farmland bird, according to official figures released today. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Public call on Government to save British hummingbirds, albatrosses and whales</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Almost 17,000 people are calling for the Government to step up and honour its responsibilities to the UK Overseas Territories, which contain over 85% of the UK's globally threatened species,]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Will public opinion turn the tide on marine protection?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The RSPB hopes that the pleas of over 50,000 people - who are calling on the government to create a network of marine protected areas for birds, other species and habitats - will turn the tide on this long overdue commitment to wildlife protection. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>MEASURES TO PROTECT UK ALBATROSSES GET THEM OFF THE HOOK IN THE NICK OF TIME</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Significant hope for the protection of iconic UK birds]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 10:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>International action a must to save birds uniting Europe and Africa</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Populations of turtle dove, nightingale, cuckoo, wood warbler and other long-distance migratory birds are declining so rapidly in the UK and Europe that the RSPB, BirdLife International and BirdLife partners from other European and African countries will be lobbying this week for their plight to be addressed at a conservation gathering focused on conserving the world's migratory species. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 09:29:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Born to fly</title>
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<description><![CDATA[RSPB launches new film about wild cranes
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>From Russia with love</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Rare bird entrusted to British conservationists arrives in the UK]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Scotland's seabird cities continue to struggle</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Reports of seabird breeding performance on a number of RSPB Scotland coastal reserves indicate continuing problems for internationally-important seabird colonies.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 09:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>A third of the global population of one of the planet's rarest species discovered at threatened site</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A third of the global population of the critically endangered spoon-billed sandpiper has been discovered at a key stop-over site in China]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 16:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
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