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  New Publication: “The Tortoise”

  “The Tortoise” The Turtle Conservancy’s -For Members Only-New Periodical Publication (But it’s not just about Tortoises). “The Turtle Conservancy is dedicated to preserving the world’s most endangered turtles and tortoises and their habitats through innovative and strategic conservation. The Tortoise is a platform for the conservation community to share creative and bold strategies towards conservation. We also hope to encourage everyone to play a larger part in the conservation of these endangered species.”

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  Threat Thursday: The African Penguin

  Threat Thursday today focuses on the African Penguin. This species was chosen because last week the Government Gazette published the Draft Biodiversity Management Plan (BMP) for the species. The development of this BMP is enabled by an act of parliament, through legislation that was passed in 2004: National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act, 2004 (Act No. 10 of 2004). This Act is usually referred to as NEMBA. This 72-page document can be downloaded as a pdf: http://www.environment.gov.za/?q=content%2Flegislation%2Fgazetted_notices .

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  Amazing Species: São Tomé Giant Treefrog

  The São Tomé Giant Treefrog, Hyperolius thomensis, is listed as ‘Endangered’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The largest member of its genus, this remarkable species is endemic to primary rainforest on the island of São Tomé in the Gulf of Guinea.

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  Experts: Holding Off on Listing Dunes Sagebrush Lizard Wise Choice

  Petroleum and ranching interests in the Southwest United States can breathe a sigh of relief after officials at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have decided not to list the dunes sagebrush lizard as needing federal protection. The animal lives in four counties of southeastern New Mexico and four others in West Texas.

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  Amazing Species: Purple Frog

  The Purple Frog, Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis, is listed as ‘Endangered’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. This recently discovered burrowing frog is the sole surviving member of an ancient family of frogs (Nasikabatrachidae) that diverged from their closest relatives some 130 million years ago. It is endemic to the Western Ghats of India where it is currently known from just five localities.

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  Amazing Species: Purple Marsh Crab

  The Purple Marsh Crab, Afrithelphusa monodosa, is listed as ‘Endangered’ on the IUCN RedList of Threatened SpeciesTM. This species was first collected in 1947 in Guinea, West Africa,and not seen again until 2005 when a small population was found living in holes in marshy,waterlogged farmland in the Upper Guinea forest in northwest Guinea.

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  Lawsuit Launched to Protect Habitat for Endangered Pacific Loggerhead Sea Turtles

  The Center for Biological Diversity and Turtle Island Restoration Network (SeaTurtles.org) filed a formal notice of intent to sue the Obama administration today seeking to protect critical habitat for endangered Pacific loggerhead sea turtles along the U.S. West Coast and across the Pacific Ocean. North Pacific loggerheads, which nest in Japan and cross the Pacific to feed along the coasts of Southern California and Mexico, have declined by at least 80 percent over the past decade. The lawsuit also calls [...]

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  Lawsuit Filed to Speed Recovery of Endangered California Tiger Salamander

  The Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit today against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for failing to develop a legally required recovery plan for the California tiger salamander, which has been protected under the Endangered Species Act for about a decade.

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  Wild Turtles Move Closer to International Trade Protection

  The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced that it may propose 17 species of U.S. freshwater turtles for protection at the next meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in Thailand in 2013. Today’s announcement that the turtles cleared the first hurdle toward international restrictions responds to a 2011 petitionsubmitted by the Center for Biological Diversity that asked the Service to help end unsustainable international trade in U.S. freshwater turtles. Millions of wild [...]

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