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IN BRIEF <\/span><\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n

Flower power<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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An initiative called Bee Lines, which aims to create a new network of wildflower corridors to support bees and other pollinators is already proving to be a success in South Downs National Park. Among its projects is the transformation of a field to create a wildflower meadow \u2013 a 72 percent increase in pollinator species using the site has now been recorded. Wildflowers are key for pollinators <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Critical habitat<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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ZSL has surveyed harbour porpoises <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

A new Zoological Society London report finds that the Thames estuary is an important habitat for porpoises. Surveys conducted in spring 2022 along the south-east coast of the UK found several groups of porpoises, with a significant number residing in the outer Thames. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saiga bounce back<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Saiga antelope numbers in Kazakhstan have made a remarkable recovery, going from fewer than 40,000 individuals in 2005 to 1.3 million today. It\u2019s thanks to an international conservation effort that includes the RSPB and the Kazakhstan government. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Missed chance<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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No agreement was reached in the latest UN high seas talks. Member states gathered in August but failed to hammer out a long-waited treaty to govern the high seas (200 nautical miles beyond the territorial waters and jurisdiction of nations) and protect marine life.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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FACT.<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Heard about the shark-infested golf course? A river flood in 1996 stranded several bull sharks in a lake on the 15th hole of a course in Queensland, Australia.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n

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