Ottawa considers listing Labrador caribou herds as at-risk species
Conservation officials are trying to figure out how to reverse dwindling caribou numbers in Labrador, in Canada’s Maritimes, without impeding
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endangered species
Communities in Canada’s east-Arctic say Inuit lives need to be protected over polar bear population
In communities along the west coast of Hudson Bay, Nunavummiut are both scared and angered by the increasing number of
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Finland’s wolf population has exploded… but winter is coming
Finland’s wolf population may have spiked by as much as 50 percent since last spring, according to the Natural Resources
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Climate change threatens Arctic fox’s future in Nordic nations
Despite being legally protected from hunting and persecution for several decades, the adult population of the Arctic fox in the
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Finland’s endangered Saimaa seal population climbing back
The population of the endangered Saimaa ringed seal has risen to 392 individuals in Finland, according to the Ministry of
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Poachers suspected behind dwindling wolf numbers in Sweden
Sweden’s wolves are suddenly disappearing in large numbers, and the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency says illegal killing is the only
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Migratory birds in Finland: some return early, others go missing
Some migratory birds have arrived in south-central Finland exceptionally early. For instance a willow warbler was heard singing in Orimattila
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Endangered Finnish seal population slowly recovering
A survey of endangered Saimaa seal nests in eastern Finland has turned up 78 pups born this year. Census-takers also
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Trump administration to drop new “critical habitat” for endangered species designation
The Trump administration has agreed to rewrite rules that would have made it easier for the government to designate areas
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Finland protects 3,000 new hectares of forest
The Environment Ministry’s centennial conservation programme made vast areas of Finland’s natural environment protected by law. The move is at
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Swedish drones to combat illegal eel fishing
The Swedish Coast Guard and the Agency for Marine and Water Management will soon deploy aerial drones to help stop
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Saimaa seal population on the rise in Finland
Recent heavy snowfall and large drifts have created ideal conditions for the dens where the endangered Saimaa ringed seal raise
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Finland’s Bird of the Year population in steep decline
BirdLife Finland reports that Finnish populations of the common pochard – chosen to be Bird of the Year 2018 –
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Environmental group sues Canadian government over caribou
The non-profit national charity conservation group, the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) has launched a lawsuit against the federal
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Ultra-rare Saimaa seals still dying in fishing nets in Finland
At least two critically-endangered Saimaa Ringed Seals have drowned recently in fishing nets in eastern Finland’s lake district. Restrictions on
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