Brazil opens vast Amazon reserve to mining
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-41033228?mc_cid=5850d6165f&mc_eid=eaaa9fef29
Brazil’s government has abolished a vast national reserve in the Amazon to open up the area to mining.
“Rhino-Horn Auction by World’s Biggest Breeder to Go Ahead”
An auction of rhino horns from the stockpiles of the world’s biggest private breeder will go ahead Monday after a South African court ordered that the government release permits for them.
“Dam it! How beavers could save Britain from flooding”
Since their trial reintroduction in Devon, the animal’s engineering skills have reduced floodwater and created a paradise for local wildlife. Should we bring them back for good?
“UK named as world’s largest legal ivory exporter”
The new trade analysis, which is being released ahead of World Elephant Day on Saturday, will embarrass the government, after a call by Boris Johnson for “an all out ban” on ivory exports last month.
“Chimps may hold the secret to understanding psychopaths”
Psychopaths, characterised for their superficial charm, inhibition and callousness, have been studied extensively over the years. Now, a group of researchers are turning to our closest animal relatives for clues surrounding the personality disorder.
“Bees Are Bouncing Back From Colony Collapse Disorder”
The number of U.S. honeybees, a critical component in the agriculture industry, rose in 2017 from a year earlier, and deaths of the insects attributed to a mysterious malady that’s affected hives in North America and Europe declined, according a U.S. Department of Agriculture honeybee health survey released Tuesday.
My Trip To The Amazon 
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