Abstracts » Zoology and wildlife conservation

Wildlife caught in crossfire of US immigration battle

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The US-Mexico border, one of the longest policed borders in the world, is a conservation priority, as its rich biodiversity which allows hosting many plant species and vulnerable animals including the pronghron antelope, and species of bat, owl and jaguar, is being threatened by a declining water supply in the region. Conservation biologists believe that the squeezing of migrants into the desert due to the tougher border enforcement at major crossings has aggravated the threat by making life dangerous for local wildlife and the biologists studying it.

Legal issues & crime, Government regulation (cont), Government regulation, Mexico, Legal/Government Regulation, Laws, regulations and rules, International aspects, Environmental aspects, Biological diversity conservation, Biodiversity conservation, Mexican-American border region, Wildlife

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Green activists enlist penguins to save the world

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Environmental activists are using the film "Happy Feet" and a popular documentary "March of the Penguins" to spread their messages on the dangers of increasing fishing in the Southern Ocean and climate change. The National Environmental Trust and Pew Charitable Trusts are involved in the Antarctic Krill Conservation Project and many environmental groups are pressurizing U.S. Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources to consider the whole Antarctic ecosystem while setting fishing restrictions in the Southern Ocean.

Public affairs, Protection and preservation, Media coverage, Environmental protection, Penguins, Environmental issue, Marine resources

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Merck opts for shake-up to clear drug pipeline

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The failure of the painkiller Vioxx and a lack of new products leaves the world's third-largest drug company Merck in the lurch and the employees will lose their jobs as the corporation in Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, refocuses its research and streamlines its manufacturing operations. The company is planning to restructure its entire organization so that it can save billions of amounts a year, as the company's product pipeline does not contain any blockbusters to fill the gap.

Organizational history, Pharmaceutical preparations, Medicinal and Botanical Manufacturing, Medicinals and botanicals, Analgesics & Antipyretics NEC, Pharmaceutical industry, Complications and side effects, Company restructuring/company reorganization, Reorganization and restructuring, Analgesics, Vioxx (Medication), Company organization, Merck & Company Inc.

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