Community Markets for Conservation

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Zambia and the Wildlife Conservation Society launched the Community Markets for Conservation (COMACO) in 2002 in an attempt to prevent poaching and conserve wildlife in the Luangwa Valley. The COMACO project promotes farming as an alternative to poaching and provides markets for agricultural products. The success of the COMACO project is discussed.

Government domestic functions, Marketing procedures, Administration of Conservation Programs, Zambia, Wildlife Protection Programs, Marketing, Wildlife conservation, Company marketing practices, Farm produce, Agricultural products, Natural resource policy

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It takes guts

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Scientists have developed a way to reduce fish bycatch but this has created economical and environmental hazards. Recent research suggests that appealing to the distinctive tastes of individual fish with carefully constructed bait of fish guts and heads could help avoid unwanted bites at the end of the hook.

United States, Nature Parks and Other Similar Institutions, Recreational Fishing, Fish & Game Recreation, Methods, Fishing, Fishing (Recreation), Baitfish, Baitfishes

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The greatest living thing on earth

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The article discusses the abundance in the varieties of flora and fauna present in the Amazon Basin ecosystem, and the threat faced by the world's largest ecosystem due to the activities of gold miners, farmers and indigenous people.

Gold Mines, Gold Ore Mining, South America, Gold ores, Gold mining, Environmental aspects, Protection and preservation, Natural resources, Amazon River region, Indigenous peoples, Ecosystems, Gold mines and mining

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