Tue, 10 May 2011 01:40:19 +0200 (AFP) - Conservationists protest against the project to build several hydroelectric power stations in the Chilean Patagonia, in Coihaique, Aisen, Chile. A controversial $3.2 billion hydroelectric project billed as key to satisfying Chile's growing energy needs but potentially an environmental concern, got a green light Monday.(AFP/Francesco Degasperi)
Bangladeshi wildlife conservationist Sitesh Ranjan Deb (R) posing ...
Mon, 27 Sep 2010 06:00:17 +0200 (AFP) - Bangladeshi wildlife conservationist Sitesh Ranjan Deb (R) posing with a pair of Indian bears named Rambo and Jambo in Sreemangol, some 200 kms northeast of Dhaka. Sitesh is Bangladesh's lone wildlife conservationist fighting a mighty battle to save the remains of what was once one of the richest families of animals and birds in the impoverished country.(AFP/Munir Uz Zaman)
This file photo shows a conservationist displaying turtle eggs. ...
Sun, 29 Aug 2010 07:00:16 +0200 (AFP/File) - This file photo shows a conservationist displaying turtle eggs. Malaysian marine police said Sunday they had seized 6,250 turtle eggs smuggled in from a neighbouring country to be sold on the island of Borneo as a delicacy.(AFP/File/Ahmad Zamroni)
Conservationists examine a darted fallow deer on Robben Island, ...
Sat, 24 Apr 2010 18:00:02 +0200 (Reuters) - Conservationists examine a darted fallow deer on Robben Island, off Cape Town, April 24, 2010. About 75 of the non-indigenous deer are being relocated to the Lions Rock sanctuary by the Four Paws (Vier-Pfoten) conservation group. In recent years rabbits, cats and deer have been culled to lessen the negative environmental effects to the island, a World Heritage site where former President Nelson Mandela spent much of his 27 year incarceration. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings (SOUTH AFRICA - Tags: SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT ANIMALS)
This undated handout picture released by the conservationist ...
Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:00:17 +0100 (AFP/FFI) - This undated handout picture released by the conservationist group Fauna and Flora International (FFI) shows a new species of gecko named Cnemaspis neangthyi. The gecko was discovered in the foothills of the Cardamom Mountains in Cambodia's southwest.(AFP/FFI/Lee Grismer)