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Environment Environment (Sweden) Sweden 

Wolf hunt in central Sweden next year

Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, December 20, 2013 at 10:33
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The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency is to allow a licenced wolf hunt in central parts of Sweden next year. A

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An environmental group says more needs to be done to prevent an iconic Canadian animal from going extinct. The woodland caribou is at risk due to loss of its habitat. (B.C. Forest Service/Associated Press)
Canada Environment Environment (Canada) Special Features 

Canada’s woodland caribou still at risk

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, December 17, 2013 at 11:27
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An environmental group says more needs to be done to prevent an iconic Canadian animal from going extinct. The Canadian

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Picture evidence from an infrared camera on why Rudolf's nose is red. (University of Lund / Radio Sweden)
Environment Environment (Sweden) Sweden 

Swedish researchers prove rudolph’s nose really IS red

Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, December 16, 2013 at 12:26
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Researchers at Lund University in southern Sweden have proved that Rudolf’s nose actually IS red. They have filmed the nose

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Barney Aggark of the Chesterfield Inlet Hunters and Trappers Association says hunters in Chesterfield have noticed the loss of marine mammals since shipping started to the mine in Baker Lake. He says he's going to fight for compensation. (The Canadian Press)
Canada Environment Environment (Canada) 

Hunter sounds alarm on gold mine in Canada’s North

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, December 12, 2013 at 15:17
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Hunters in the community of Chesterfield Inlet  in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut say shipping from Agnico Eagle’s Meadowbank

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Aerial image of the Western Arctic Caribou herd, 2011. (Jim Dau / Alaska Department of Fish and Game / Alaska Dispatch)
Environment Environment (USA) Special Features USA 

Alaska’s Western Arctic Caribou Herd numbers continue to slide

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Tuesday, December 10, 2013 at 13:43
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North America’s largest caribou herd is continuing a decade-long population slide, a drop for which there is no easy explanation

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Aatu was abandoned by his reindeer mother when he was a calf. (Yle)
Finland Society Society (Finland) Special Features 

TV-loving domestic reindeer becomes celebrity in Arctic Finland

Yle News
Posted: Friday, November 29, 2013 at 10:31
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Aatu, a domesticated reindeer in Finland’s Arctic city of Rovaniemi, enjoys watching his favourite TV show, Heartbeat and has become

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Inuit hunters point to seal holes near the Arctic Canadian community of Clyde River, Nunavut. (Eilís Quinn / Eye on the Arctic)
Blog Canada Politics Politics (Canada) Special Features 

FEATURE INTERVIEW: Canadian Inuit leader denounces WTO ruling on EU seal ban

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Tuesday, November 26, 2013 at 16:54 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 13:24
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On Monday, the World Trade Organization upheld the European Union ban on seal products, a law that Canadian Inuit have

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(Don Emmert / AFP)
Society Society (Sweden) Special Features Sweden 

Family of moose attack schoolboy in Sweden

Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, November 22, 2013 at 09:55
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A nine-year-old boy got the fright of his young life when he was surrounded by a family of angry moose.

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This Greenland shark was found beached in Norris Arm North, N.L. on Nov. 16. (Courtesy Derrick Chaulk / CBC.ca)
Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) 

Moose-eating Greenland shark rescued in Atlantic Canada

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, November 21, 2013 at 16:09
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Two quick-thinking men on Newfoundland’s northeast coast managed to save a Greenland shark from choking to death on a large

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Society Society (Sweden) Sweden 

Wild boar pack mounts road-rage attack in eastern Sweden

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 at 09:58
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Police in central Sweden got a call Tuesday night from a man who was surrounded by a pack of angry

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Polar Bears International is monitoring the bears' size, stature and reproduction with the help of both citizen scientists and professional researchers. (explore.org)
Canada Environment Environment (Canada) Special Features 

Churchill, Canada polar bear cam shares ‘amazing’ live footage

Emily Chung, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 at 10:50
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A wolverine attacking a polar bear is a rare sight, so it’s an encounter that Krista Wright recalls vividly. For

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A three-year-old polar bear named Storm who attacked a man in Churchill in September now lives at Winnipeg's Assiniboine Park Zoo. (Assiniboine Park Conservancy)
Canada Environment Environment (Canada) 

Polar bear captivity rules loosened in Manitoba, Canada

The Canadian Press
Posted: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 at 15:20
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Manitoba, Canada is being criticized for making it easier to take polar bears from the icy shores of Hudson Bay

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Sweden's 'outdoor access rights' have been translated into several languages to encourage immigrants to explore nature. (Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP)
Environment Environment (Sweden) Sweden 

Nature excursions offered to young Swedes from immigrant backgrounds

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, October 23, 2013 at 10:17
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Young immigrants are getting the taste of Swedish nature and wildlife, as part of an initiative by the Swedish Hunters

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Muskrat fur from Canada's Northwest Territories is very popular in China. (CBC.ca)
Business Business (Canada) Canada 

Fur prices rebounding in Canada’s Northwest Territories

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 at 10:23
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Fur trappers in Canada’s Northwest Territories (N.W.T.) are gearing up for a good season, and a new reality TV show

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A polar bear mother and her two cubs walk along the shore of Hudson Bay near Churchill, Man. Students at Qarmartalik School in Resolute were told to stay home Monday due to the number of polar bears around the community. (The Canadian Press)
Canada Society Society (Canada) 

Resolute, Canada on alert for polar bears

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 at 10:14
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Students at Qarmartalik School in Resolute, a community in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut, were told to stay home

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Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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