Environment

Brazil's primates are at especially great risk, as they continue to be killed, captured, and subjected to habitat losses.

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The numerous dunes spreading over this expanse of coastal desert house a diverse array of unique flora and fauna.

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The IUCN Red List is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of biological species.

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Conservation organizations such as WWF, Oceana, Sierra Club, and others are working hard to save the rapidly disappearing species of our planet.

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Nature protectorates are set aside by decrees made by the Egyptian Prime Minister. We look at some of the country's most noteworthy.

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Chimpanzees are extant great apes that are one of the two species of the genus Pan, the other being the bonobo.

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These six major international environmental organizations are striving hard to address such problems as habitat destruction, poaching, pollution, and global warming.

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From the world's highest mountain to Tibetan lakes to the Shillin Stone Forest, these national parks hold some of China's greatest natural and cultural treasures.

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Peru's rainforests and river banks provide ample environs for its many native, often endemic, species of amphibians to live in.

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The Philippine islands, sometimes with only a few miles separating them, see high levels of regionally distinct endemism among their respective reptiles.

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Both native and introduced, Ethiopia's array of flora includes some of the most exotic and varied spices on earth.

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Situated along the Atlantic Coast, the park's dunes and swamps provide nesting habitats for many migratory birds.

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Venezuela is an especially snake-rich country, and these snakes accompany many different turtles, lizards, and other reptiles also found there.

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Mississippi Gopher Frogs are possibly the rarest extant species of amphibians known to be living in the U.S.A.

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5 species of Diprotodontia marsupials, one echidna, 3 bats, and several rodents face dire threats in Papua New Guinea.

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Malawi is a tropical, landlocked, East African nation filled with hilly terrains and freshwater ecosystems.

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Several of Angola's national parks began as game reserves under Portuguese colonial rule.

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At 323 miles in length, the Dalälven is the longest river wholly within Swedish territory.

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Peru shares the Amazon and most of its major rivers with its neighbors. The Ucayali is the longest wholly within its borders.

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Gambela, covering 1,954 square miles, is Ethiopia's largest national park, while Awash is its oldest.

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