Media Watch 2013


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Media Watch - Revue de Presse - Observatorio de Medios de Comunicación - 2013

A selection of media articles concerning conservation issues of interest to CMS - une sélection d'articles concernant des questons de conservation étant d'intérêt pour la CMS - una selección de artículos de diferentes medios de comunicación relativos a cuestiones de conservación de interés para la CMS

2013
link to "Media Watch" 2012
Date	Source	Title
May
21	Spiegel	Vogel-Studie: Warum der Pinguin das Fliegen aufgab
20	Guardian	Rare crane egg given 24-hour guard
20	BBC	First crane egg in 400 years laid at Slimbridge
17	IPS	Migratory “Flyways” Decimated by Human Expansion
17	Guardian	Conservationists to count breeding birds after 'puffin wreck' winter
16	Spiegel	Fehlende Schutzräume: Forscher schreiben Weltkarte bedrohter Tierarten
16	Le Monde	A Hongkong, les dauphins roses se meurent à cause de l'urbanisation
16	BBC	World's most distinct mammals and amphibians mapped
16	Le Monde	Le réchauffement déboussole-t-il les baleines ?
15	Guardian	EU fisheries reform plan falls short of outright discards ban
15	BBC	Indian tigers face threat 'due to lack of genetic diversity'
14	Le Monde	Requins : nouvelle mesure de prélèvements à la Réunion
14	Guardian	US windfarms avoiding prosecution for eagle deaths
14	BBC	First grey whale spotted south of the equator
13	BBC	Shipping chemical 'unsafe for birds'
13	El Mundo	El cambio climático amenaza la mitad de la biodiversidad del planeta
13	Spiegel	Klimawandel: CO2-Bremse könnte Tausende Arten retten
12	BBC	'Dramatic decline' warning for plants and animals
12	Le Monde	26 éléphants massacrés en Centrafrique, où l'instabilité laisse le champ libre au braconnage
11	Spiegel	Zentralafrikanische Republik: Wilderer richten Gemetzel unter Elefanten an
10	Ministero dell'Ambiente (Italy)	L’Italia e Giuseppe Verdi alla Giornata mondiale degli uccelli migratori
10	Guardian	Indonesia's tropical forests set to benefit from further clearing ban
10	Guardian	Poachers kill 26 elephants at central African world heritage site
9	BBC	Unknown number of elephants feared dead at world heritage site
9	Le Monde	Tuer ou protéger les requins, la question continue de faire polémique
8	BBC	Cold War bunkers offer bats refuge from killer disease
7	Guardian	Pacific islands look for model to combat changes due to global warming
7	Spiegel	Nahrungstrick: Fledermäuse schlürfen mit Zungen-Mopp
6	Austrian Times	WWF suspects hunters over poisoned birds
6	Spiegel	Störche: Hungrig über Maisfeldern
6	El Mundo	Limpopo: el paraíso de los cazadores ilegales
6	Spiegel	Eingeschleppte Arten: Forscher kartieren Wege der Bioinvasoren
5	Guardian	The readers' editor on … a fishy tale of infestation and survival
5	Le Monde	Des éoliennes pour restaurer une population de homards décimés
4	Observer	To be alone in the dawn chorus reminds us how precious life is
4	BBC	Scientists map global routes of ship-borne invasive species
4	BBC	How many birds are killed by windows?
2	Independent	Cuckoo opted for reverse migration after 4,000-mile trip from Congo
2	Guardian	World's rarest duck on the rebound in Madagascar
1	Guardian	The pink-footed geese seemed restless, as if uncertain what they were doing
1	Guardian	Illegal logging robbing people in Africa of livelihoods – Global Witness
1	Guardian	Migratory birds - your Green shoots photographs
1	BBC	Aberdeen 'brilliant' for tourists to see dolphins
1	El Mundo	Crean métodos para evitar que los pesqueros cacen tortugas en el Mediterráneo
1	BBC	H7N9 bird flu is a 'serious threat' - researchers warn
-	El Mundo	La Desoladora Lista de los que Más Caen
April
30	Le Monde	Le faucon pèlerin de retour à Paris
30	Spiegel	Kommunikation im Tierreich: Wale zeigen sich Jagdtricks
29	BBC	Rare sighting of sperm whales in Firth of Forth
28	El Mundo	El guepardo, un cazador cazado
26	Guardian	Australian minister: I never saw advice against coal port at Great Barrier Reef
25	Washington Post	Elephant poaching increases in Central African Republic after government overthrow
24	Le Monde	La Nouvelle-Calédonie interdit à son tour la pêche aux requins
22	Spiegel	Umweltschutz: Satellitentechnik spürt kriminelle Fischer auf
22	Guardian	Scientists attack government climbdown on marine protection
21	BBC	Walkers urged to spot hen harriers
19	Spiegel	Überfischung: Bestände können sich schnell erholen
19	Le Monde	Une invasion d’escargots géants inquiète la Floride
18	Guardian	Tracking the causes of monarch butterfly decline
17	Le Monde	La chasse à la bernache du Canada autorisée la nuit
17	Guardian	Seabirds affected by second wave of sticky pollution 'could number thousands'
17	BBC	Lead bullet fragments poison rare US condors
16	Spiegel	Biodiversität in Europa: Artensterben vollzieht sich mit Zeitverzögerung
16	UPI	Threatened iconic deer in Chile on the way back to recovery
15	All Africa	Angola: Rehabilitating Angola's Protected Coastal Areas
15	Guardian	Stricken seabirds wash up along south coast of England
15	Times of India	Colour-banding may help save forest owlets
15	UPI	EU's Damanaki calls for high seas biodiversity protection treaty
14	Sunday Times	The elusive New Year messenger
14	BBC	China bird flu: Reported H7N9 cases rise to 60
14	BBC	New law to protect Puerto Rico leatherback turtles
13	Le Monde	Qui stoppera l'invasion du poisson-lion ?
12	Spiegel	Medikamente aus der Natur: Wie Tiere Infektionen bekämpfen
12	BBC	Australia to face Japan over whaling in UN court
11	Spiegel	Meeresmüllkonferenz in Berlin: Umweltbundesamt will Zwangsabgabe auf alle Plastiktüten
11	Nauta 360	La Boya traga plásticos
11	Guardian	Mystery sticky substance back to blight seabirds
11	BBC	Stone curlews dying in cold spring
10	BBC	Stone curlews died underweight because of 'cold spring'
10	BBC	Nature's big picture: New group of black and white bats
10	El Mundo	Medio Ambiente permitirá de nuevo el comercio con más de 200 especies invasoras
10	BBC	UK nature reserves attract new bird species
9	BBC	Ice Age bowhead whales' survival surprises scientists
9	Le Monde	Des cornes de rhinocéros empoisonnées pour lutter contre les braconniers
9	BBC	Rhino horn DNA database introduced
9	Guardian	Avian flu: Chinese pigeon fanciers vaccinate tens of thousands of birds
9	Spiegel	Asiens letzte Tiger: Dschungel ohne König
7	Spiegel	Lebendes Fossil: Experten siedeln 200 Störe in der Oder aus
7	Observer	Call for DNA biologists to join fight against deadly new threats to wildlife
5	BBC	WHO confirms five deaths from China bird flu
5	BBC	Shanghai closes poultry markets over bird flu
4	Spiegel	Langzeitbeobachtung: Die weiten Wege schwangerer Weißer Haie
4	Guardian	South African game reserve poisons rhino's horns to prevent poaching
4	BBC	Fears for golden eagle nests as wildfires sweep Highlands
4	Guardian	China reports nine bird flu cases
4	Spiegel	Haie im Pazifik: Alte Waffen belegen Artenvielfalt
3	BBC	Artefacts offer Pacific shark species absence clues
3	BBC	China: Four more infected with H7N9 bird flu
3	BBC	China bird flu: third person dies from new H7N9 virus
2	Stern	Dem Vogel-Killervirus auf der Spur
March
31	Minivan News (Maldives)	Widespread ‘secret’ slaughter of endangered sea turtles despite ban; “very tasty” say killers
30	Le Monde	Massacre à la tronçonneuse d'une défense d'éléphant au Muséum à Paris
30	Economist	Climate Science: a Sensitive Matter
30	Le Monde	Le grand orchestre de la nature est peu à peu réduit au silence
28	Guardian	Endangered garden birds continuing to decline in the UK, RSPB survey shows
27	El Mundo	Descubren decenas de especies nuevas en los mares españoles
27	Guardian	Ranger corruption 'impeding global fight against poaching'
27	CBC	Late Ontario winter weather starving birds of prey
25	Guardian	South African minister backs legalisation of rhino horn trade
25	BBC	China pulls 1,000 dead ducks from Sichuan river
25	El Mundo	Aparecen mil patos muertos en un río al oeste de China
25	BBC	Why such a fuss about extinction?
25	Spiegel	Südafrika: 19 Grindwale bei Kapstadt gestrandet
25	BBC	Falcons 'rapidly evolved' hunting skills
22	Spiegel	Schnee und Eis: Winterwetter zwingt Zugvögel zu Extratour
22	Guardian	Appetite for caviar could see paddlefish suffer sturgeon's fate
21	Spiegel	Florida: Kraftwerkschließungen könnten Seekühe bedrohen
21	El Mundo	La pardela cenicienta elegida 'Ave del año 2013'
20	BBC	Wave of prawn deaths baffles Chile city of Coronel
20	UNEP	Public Service Announcement for the International Day of Forests
20	Guardian	Polar bear hunting and migration 'hit by warming climate'
19	Guardian	86 elephants killed in Chad poaching massacre
19	Spiegel	Evolution: Schwalben passen sich an Straßenverkehr an
18	Science Daily	Conservationists Call for Radical Change to ‘War on Poaching’
18	UPI	Feeding by tourists changing wildlife ways
18	Yorkshire Post	Harried and persecuted, birds of prey are still in firing line across the region
15	Le Monde	La fin des éléphants d'Afrique d'ici dix ans ?
15	Stern	Die Spur der Dickhäuter
15	Scotsman	Fall in bird of prey poisonings in Scotland
15	New York Times	The Winter of the Monarch
14	Guardian	Mexican monarch butterfly numbers at record low, scientists say
14	Spiegel	Schiffsunglück: Ölteppich bedroht Naturschutzgebiet im Donaudelta
14	BBC	‘Gang of eight’ on ivory probation
14	El Mundo	La cumbre CITES reconoce el contrabando de especies como un crimen grave
14	BBC	Whales filter feed with a tangled hair-like net
13	New Scientist	Hammerhead sharks are winners of wildlife trade meeting
13	BBC	Conservation meeting decisions hanging in the balance
13	Spiegel International	Migratory Mess: Confused Cranes Perish in German Fog
13	BBC	Sex role reversal: Female shorebirds rule the roost
13	BBC	Deadly poison threat to tigers
12	BBC	CITES meeting: Ebony beats ivory in conservation stakes
12	Guardian	New protection for endangered trees against rampant logging trade
11	Guardian	Following the shoals of herring – with a pod of killer whales
11	El Mundo	Plásticos
11	BBC	'Historic' day for shark protection
11	Guardian	Five shark species win protection against finning trade
11	Spiegel	Handelsbeschränkungen: Fünf Haiarten sollen geschützt werden
11	El Mundo	Las especies de tiburón y raya amenazadas por el comercio contarán con mayor protección
9	El Mundo	Una Comunidad de Vecinos
9	Spiegel	Angeschwemmter Pottwal: Vollgestopft mit Plastikmüll
8	Guardian	Spanish sperm whale death linked to UK supermarket supplier's plastic
8	Guardian	Rare footage of snow leopard recorded in northwest China – video
8	Le Monde	Faire-part– Le tigre de Tasmanie a officiellement disparu
8	Le Monde	3 000 grands singes volés chaque année
8	BBC	Turtle 'victory' at wildlife meeting
8	BBC	S Africa fears 2013 rhino slaughter will break records
8	El Mundo	El depredador más temido del océano, en declive por su apreciada aleta
8	El Mundo	España es el mayor exportador de aleta de tiburón al mercado de Hong Kong
8	Guardian	Sharks swarm Florida beaches – video
8	Guardian	Tougher trade rules to protect turtles win support of nearly 200 nations
8	BBC	S Africa fears 2013 rhino slaughter will break records
7	BBC	Hong Kong shark fin trade declines
7	Guardian	CITES: bid to curb sale of ivory and rhino horn voted down
7	BBC	Polar bear trade ban vote defeated at meeting
7	Le Monde	Le commerce international de l'ours polaire ne sera pas interdit
7	Le Monde	"L'arrêt de mort de l'ours polaire vient d'être signé"
7	Spiegel	Artenschutzkonferenz: Handel mit Eisbären-Trophäen bleibt erlaubt
6	BBC	Polar bear trade ban 'too close to call'
6	Le Monde	La cybercriminalité de l’ivoire en plein essor
6	Spiegel	Uno-Report zu Wilderei: Afrikas Elefanten droht die Ausrottung
5	Guardian	US and Russia unite in bid to strengthen protection for polar bear
5	BBC	Google must drop ivory adverts say campaigners
5	Guardian	Google shopping adverts fuel ivory trade, conservation group warns
5	BBC	African forest elephants decline by 62% in 10 years
5	Guardian	Two-thirds of forest elephants killed by ivory poachers in past decade
4	Spiegel	Elfenbeinhandel: Thailand stiftet Verwirrung bei Artenschutztreffen
4	El Mundo	Elefantes, rinocerontes y tigres, acorralados por el tráfico de especies
4	BBC	Lab bids to combat species smuggling
3	BBC	CITES meeting to deal with species 'extinction crisis'
3	BBC	Thailand's promise to end ivory trade cautiously welcomed
3	Guardian	Thailand's prime minister pledges to outlaw domestic ivory trade
3	ARD	Gastgeber am Pranger
3	New York Times	In Trafficking of Wildlife, Out of Reach of the Law
2	Le Monde	Constat d'échec pour la défense du monde sauvage
2	El Mundo	El sonido de la naturaleza
2	Guardian	Sharks at risk of extinction from overfishing, say scientists
2	Observer	Shark killings exceed 100m every year as humans become the predators
1	BBC	Shark kills number 100 million annually, research says
1	Spiegel	Bedrohtes Raubtier: Kalifornisches Gesetz schützt Weiße Haie
1	Guardian	People and animals at immediate risk from wildlife crime, CITES chief warns
1	Guardian	Wildlife species on the agenda of CITES summit in Bangkok – in pictures
1	Guardian	Guts and heavy metal – how the California condor is still holding on
1	BBC	Arabian Sea humpbacks' singing put to test
1	Guardian	Tackling the illegal trade in wild animals is a matter of global urgency
February
28	BBC	Rhino horn - time to legalise the trade say researchers
28	Huffington Post	California's Leatherback Sea Turtle Could Face Extinction in the Next 20 Years
27	Spiegel	Meerestiere: Schiffslärm stresst Krabben
27	BBC	EU ministers back fish dumping ban
27	El Mundo	La UE aprueba una prohibición escalonada de los descartes pesqueros
26	ABC	Tracking Great White Sharks: Innovative GPS-Tagging Project Reveals Sharks' Swim Patterns
26	BBC	Snowy owl spotted in Cairngorms
25	BBC	Vampire bats attack penguin chicks
25	Scoop Independent NZ	“Extinct” seabird discovered breeding 50 km from Auckland
24	Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)	Manta ray struggles for survival
22	New Scientist	The chilly secret to monarch migration
22	New Scientist (Germany)	Todesgeruch schreckt ab
22	Spiegel	UNEP: Umweltprogramm der Uno wird aufgewertet
22	Spiegel	Monarchfalter: Per Kälte-Navi in die Heimat
22	El Mundo	Las especies invasoras, una amenaza para la salud
21	Guardian	'Alien' wildlife in Europe wreaks €12bn damage a year, study shows
21	Guardian	Green activists face grave threat as death toll doubles in a decade
21	Spiegel	Seltene Wintergäste: Bunte Tundravögel erobern Deutschland
21	BBC	Glowing shark scares off predators with 'lightsabers'
21	BBC	Endangered sharks return to Bahamas 'home'
20	BBC	Study finds dolphins mimic calls of social group
20	BBC	Just quackers: Hunting decline lands ducks in the soup
20	Guardian	Bid to solve mystery of 50,000 red-breasted geese lost in migration
19	BBC	Whales benefit from action on ocean noise
14	Scientific American	Whale Sharks in the News: Citizen Science, Migration Revelations and High Fashion
14	Guardian	Chinese appetite for shark fin soup devastating Mozambique coastline
14	BBC	Three charged in rhino horn smuggling ring
14	BBC	A new owl species from Indonesia is formally described
13	BBC	Early life care shapes African elephants' future
12	Die Welt	Schildkröte Yu kann mit Prothesen wieder schwimmen
12	Guardian	Albatross astonishes scientists by producing chick at age of 62
11	Le Monde	L'ONU se penche sur la protection de la haute mer, le dernier Far West
10	Observer	The high seas are too precious to be left to plunderers and polluters
9	Guardian	David Miliband to head global fight to prevent eco-disaster in oceans
8	New Scientist (Germany)	Wer nicht sehen will, muss fühlen
8	Spiegel	Innerer Kompass: Rotlachse finden dank magnetischer Landkarte nach Hause
7	BBC	Sockeye salmon 'sense magnetic field of home'
7	Times of India	Indian birds under threat from climate change: Study
7	BBC	Ecoguards on patrol to protect Africa's forest elephants from poachers – video
7	Süddeutsche Zeitung	Vogelmama mit 62 Jahren
7	Guardian	WWF plans to use drones to protect wildlife
7	BBC	Protection 'insufficient' for Yangtze finless porpoise
7	El Mundo	El Parlamento Europeo vota poner fin a los descartes en la pesca
6	BBC	Euro MPs back large-scale fishing reform to save stocks
6	Guardian	MEPs vote to ban discards in historic reform of fishing policy
6	Le Monde	Le Parlement européen approuve l'évolution vers une pêche durable
6	Spiegel	Ausbeutung der Meere: EU-Parlament stimmt für Ende der Überfischung
6	New York Times	Europe Adopts Sweeping Changes to Fishing Policy
6	BBC	Funding for Aberdeen research using shark immune systems to develop drugs
6	BBC	Seabird deaths substance 'identified as oil substance'
6	Guardian	Oil additive polymer PIB may be responsible for seabird deaths
6	El Mundo	SEO/BirdLife y WWF piden a Rajoy un presupuesto europeo verde
6	BBC	Poaching boom sees thousands of elephants killed in Gabon
6	BBC	African elephants prefer Serengeti National Park
5	BBC	Sheikh's Borders falcon centre approved
4	Le Monde	Les zones humides, un patrimoine universel en péril
4	Guardian	Many more seabirds may be affected by Channel pollution, RSPB says
4	El Mundo	En el Día Mundial de los Humedales
4	BBC	Hawksbill turtles' monogamous sex life revealed
3	BBC	Australia dolphins 'saved' by juvenile's distress call
3	Independent	HS2 (Highspeed railway) - the hidden cost to Britain's wildlife
1	Guardian	100 birds covered in mysterious sticky substance wash up on south coast
1	BBC	Rescue for birds covered in 'wax' in the south west
1	BBC	How owls swivel their heads
January
31	BBC	Ivory haul from Africa seized in Singapore
30	Spiegel	Karibische Korallenriffe wachsen kaum noch
30	BBC	The threat of hidden plastics in our seas
30	BBC	In Pictures: Tracking hammerheads
29	Spiegel	Vogelwanderung: Starenschwärme fliegen zurück nach Europa
29	Guardian	Hydro dams could jeopardise 'Grand Canyon of the east', say green groups
29	Guardian	Tigers under threat from disappearing mangrove forest
29	BBC	Rare pygmy elephants 'poisoned' in Borneo
29	Le Monde	Des éléphants pygmées empoisonnés à Bornéo
28	BBC	Dolphins try to save dying companion
28	El Mundo	Los delfines altruistas
26	BBC	Yorkshire bat colonies 'cohabit all year'
26	Spiegel	Meeresforschung: Mein Freund, der Hai
25	Spiegel	Finnwal strandet in französischem Urlaubsort
25	El Mundo	Migración masiva de peces hacia el océano Ártico por el cambio climático
25	Le Monde	Venez observer les oiseaux dans les jardins de France
25	Guardian	Mistle thrush numbers in decline
25	BBC	Mistle thrushes 'missing' from UK gardens
24	Marine Stewardship Council	McDonald's USA first national restaurant chain to serve MSC certified sustainable fish at all U.S. locations
24	El Mundo	Un camarón del Pacífico invade el Mediterráneo
24	Guardian	Solomon Islands villagers kill 900 dolphins in conservation dispute
23	Guardian	Cat lovers pounce on campaign to save New Zealand's birds
22	BBC	'Dead duck' in Inverness turns out to be rare grebe
22	Guardian	Greater protection of UK's seas could deliver economic benefits, report finds
22	Spiegel	Körperkamera: Auf Beutezug mit Pinguinen
22	El Mundo	Las estrategias de los pingüinos para cazar
21	BBC	Cameras reveal penguins' efficient hunting techniques
21	Spiegel	Erste Sitzung: Neuer UNO-Rat tritt zur Artenrettung an
19	BBC	Spoon-billed sandpipers threatened by trapping in China
18	BBC	Attacks prompt Nepal to cap wildlife growth
18	Guardian	Vietnam and Cambodia tell Laos to stop $3.5bn Mekong River dam project
16	Guardian/ITN	Ivory haul seized in Mombasa, Kenya - video
16	Save Our Seas	Ellie the porbeagle moves north
15	Le Monde	L’oiseau qui se met en travers du gaz de schiste aux Etats-Unis
15	BBC	African elephant poaching threatens wildlife future
14	Guardian	125 years of National Geographic – in pictures
14	Le Monde	Les rhinos sauvés par les maths?
10	BBC	Rhino poaching in South Africa reaches record levels
10	BBC	Zambia bans hunting of lions and leopards
10	Guardian	Stranded killer whales break free from Hudson Bay ice
10	Spiegel	Orcas vom Eise befreit
10	BBC	Killer whales trapped in Canada's frozen Hudson Bay
10	Spiegel	Ein Dutzend Orcas unter dem Eis gefangen
10	BBC	Shark embryos 'freeze' to evade predators
10	Spiegel	Haifischbabys stellen sich bei Gefahr tot
9	Independent	16-stone lowland gorilla says: keep your hands off my baby
9	Guardian	Overfishing causes Pacific bluefin tuna numbers to drop 96%
9	BBC	'Superpod' of 500 dolphins filmed in waters off Wales
9	BBC	South Georgia prepares to cull its invasive reindeer
9	Guardian	US government sued over endangered sea turtles
9	El Mundo	Una herramienta 'made in Spain' para proteger a las aves de los molinos éolicos
8	Guardian	West African lions on verge of extinction, report says
8	YLE (Finland)	Surge in birds of prey on Finnish coast
8	BBC	Kenya hunts ivory poachers after elephant family killed
8	Guardian	Giant squid filmed in natural habitat for the first time - video
7	Le Monde	Des cornes de rhinocéros d'une valeur de plus de un million d'euros saisies en Asie
5	El Mundo	El Despartar de los Gansos Salvajes
5	Observer	Hawks in danger of extinction in illegal hunting campaign
4	Belfast Telegraph	Banba the basking shark's amazing 3,000-mile journey leaves experts open-mouthed
4	BBC	Arctic foxes suffer while reds thrive in northern Canada
4	Guardian	Illegal ivory worth $1.4m seized in Hong Kong
4	Guardian/ITN	Thousands of shark fins found drying on Hong Kong rooftop - video
3	Le Monde	Les défenseurs de l'environnement dénoncent le commerce de l'aileron de requin à Hongkong
3	The Star (Malaysia)	Outrage over Hong Kong's 'shark fin rooftop'
3	Straits Times (Singapore)	Outrage over thousands of shark fins on Hong Kong rooftop
2	Daily News (New York)	Hong Kong shark-fin sellers hide delicacy on rooftops as backlash grows against practice
2	NBC	Backlash forces shark fin traders onto Hong Kong rooftops
2	CNN-IBN (India)	Bird hunting creates friction between India, Pakistan
2	BBC	Mauritania bans plastic bag use
2	The Northern Echo (UK)	Fishermen trained to identify sharks
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