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How many UNESCO World Heritage Sites are there in Africa?

UNESCO (The United Nation’s Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) runs a programme to protect and maintain places that are extremely important either for conservation of the environment or culturally important…

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Martin Clunes New Wildlife Documentary Screens Tomorrow Night

Tomorrow night (Friday 4th April) at 9pm ITV are screening a wildlife documentary series called “Martin Clunes and a Lion Called Mugie”. Clunes has been visiting and filming in the…

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Conservation News from South Africa

Great news in the conservation battle to save the rhino in South Africa. A well-known philanthropist (the Howard G. Buffett Foundation) has donated R255 million (USD $23.7 million) to fund…

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Fairtrade Fortnight

Fairtrade Fortnight has just come to the end for 2014 but once again it has been very successful in raising awareness for Fairtrade across the world. It has also has…

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Slinging mud and hiding in the bushes – it’s all in a day’s work for mischievous elephant orphan, Kithaka

Kithaka, pictured, is a boisterous young elephant. He likes nothing more than a game of football, a roll in the mud and a bit of a wrestle with fellow playmates…

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