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Wildlife News Archives (2000)

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United States to get tough with illegal loggers
Leigh Environmental falsifies environmental reporting.

English Nature sees increase in budget.
Millennium bug down under
Habitat edges holds the key to survival.
United Nations restart talks on GMOs.
Wildlife recognised in grants for sea defences.
Fertilizers and amphibian deaths.
Environment Agency to improve Lune Valley environment.
Anglo-American research to look into Global Warming.
Greenpeace takes on Whalers.
More money to record British biodiversity
Recycle your Christmas cards at boots
The weather; it's all in the stars
Organic farming boom in the UK
New era in teaching nature studies
Extreme living micro-organisms better understood
Toxic algae blamed for sea lion deaths
Greater protection for tigers urged
Swallows re-act to climate change
Dolphin Management Plan drafted
New fish species named
Acid pollution of protected nature site - successful prosecution
Wildlife and humans under threat from exotic disease
New marine fungi discovered
Flies evolve as they head north
Thai incinerator emmits toxins in Phuket
Cost of environmental disasters mount
Agenda2000 claims of success
EU takes action against 3 member states over nitrates
UK joins the Tiger Forum
Elephant poaching continues
Major find in tiger parts smuggling
EU takes action for wild birds
Grizzly bears go to court.
Austria and Belgium rebuked by EU over animal experimentation
EIA Investigators escapes hired thugs
Peat bashing on World Wetlands Day
Salt marshes a source of ozone depleting methyle bromide
Life on Europa becomes more likely
Forest carbon budgets seems to balance
New members required for Environment Agency
France wins reprive on bird protection
Pesticides and their consequences for life
Wetlands Protection increased
Concerns over Australian Mine Security.
Shareholders to force vote.
International Biosafety Agreement
Nerc launches consultation on gene flow initiative.
Beaches to clean for wildlife
US against toxins treaty
Tube worms live longer in cold
Secret to land colonisation found?
World Bank concedes deforrestation continues
Sustainable tourism a step closer
Transgenic fish threat to wild populations
New face at Coral Reef Alliance
New Essex wildlife scheme.
Crabgrass joins pollution battle.
British Coastline Protection
Hanson commits to wildlife.
Chinese Dragon threat of extinction.
Right Whales Disappear
Another study clears Bt-corn impacts on monarch butterflies
Poachers disrupt plant regeneration patterns
Droughts will cause major problems
UN produces policy plans on deforestation
England's commons need greater protection
Sandbach Flashes restored
Black Grouse conservation in Wales
Forest Watch set up to monitor rainforest clearance
Bats aid Organic Farmers
Frog decline investigated
War declared on wildlife criminals
Coral reef protection recognised
New Costa Rican sustainability assessments.
Tourists threaten wildlife
WWF objects to Polish dam proposals
UN teams back in Yugoslavia
UN team heads for Romania
Ocean Futures team up with divers
Mexican parrot habitat protected
French dolphins stranded
Insurers shy away from GM
Parks protection required for biodiversity
Forest Watch set up to monitor rainforest clearance
Climate cleared of frog deaths?
Sea Empress assessment
Dead whales bring life to the seas.
Bio-prospecting for conservation
Statement on amphibian declines
Ancient forest and dormice make a move
Ancient Yew receives attention
UN Environment Awards nominations
UK Water Conservation code of practise updated
New UK Biodiversity grants
Environment Agency hunts for rare fish
Farmers biggest threat to wildlife claim
New booklet on mud
Ethiopian forest fires endanger rare wildlife
Baja Grey Whales saved.
Logging affects monkeys for decades
New Countryside Bill for Britain
English Nature response to Countryside Bill
Countryside Agency responds to increasing access
Lunar volcano caused extinction.
Fossil sloth raises evolution questions
Baboons call but don't communicate
Urban sprawl cuts Earths primary productivity
UK Environment Agency helps Mozambique flood appeal
Alaskan eagles affected by tourists
New laws for ecology?
UK climate change action announced
Dominant birds remain lean.
UN backs forest actions.
Additional funding for Endangered species
New standard for zoos
Cambrian explosion caused by meteor impacts?
Woodland access welcomed
New marine monitoring equipment launched
EU takes France and Belgium to court over information freedom
Do constructed wetlands work or is it too soon to tell
Cruise ship industry examined
International pressure for closure of Ok Tedi mine
Ice ages originate south of the tropics?
Milford Haven appeals over Sea Empress
Judges show contempt for wildlife and nature
Biodiversity loss drivers investigated
Tiny fossil primate found
Pintail ducks spied on by satellite
Geological missing link found
Battle against the Aliens
Sustainable tourism initiative launched
Environmental board game launched
Population ecologist receives inaugural award
Nutrition of leaves examined
Cosmonauts land in Wales
Scottish forestry plans published for consultation
Refugees place strain on environment
Badger cull extended
Animal testing on way out?
GM crops site locations announced
Big baby born at Antarctica
Ocean currents lead to warming
UK agriculture and global warming
Fossil snake with legs found
New UK conservation appointments announced
Salmon poachers jailed
Nemesis theft foiled
Burning season comes to a close
Solar panel VAT cut
Prescott welcomes budget for environment
Environment Agency response to budget
Quarrying levy details including all the exemptions
Sierra Club and Amnesty International join
Cleveland bird protection
Thames Estuary and marshes protected
CITES conference prepares
EU lays down it's CITES position
Call to allow trade in Minke whales
Environment Agency takes on hormone disrupters
Support for renewables in UK energy market
GM maize added to UK list
Relocation of Proudman Laboratory to University of Liverpool
UN aids Ethiopian forest fire battle
Frogs without tadpoles
10 million years for recovery
WWF fights Greek Olympic development
UK to phase out PCBs
Sea turtles still threatened
Extinction events not random
Information increases on frog deformities.
Hazelnut in cancer discovery
South Downs National Park
Satellites come to rescue of mountain gorillas
£1 million countryside stewardship scheme announced
Marine pollutants worsened by sunlight
Energy waste shown to cause fish abnormalities
Greenpeace takes on BP Amoco in the arctic
Campaign to help protect Devon SSSI
Free advice to farmers to help River Avon
CITES 2000 conference ends
Ecosystems decline
World Heritage conference meeting.
International Dive-in events being held
UK fails to gain protection for basking shark.
Road side Jays fail to survive.
Dartmoor bird survey.
Hawksbill turtles remain protected
Neglected lizard has a heart
New rainforest web site launched by WCS
Countries fail in EU PCB policies
Birch trees a potential cash crop
Whale trade ban continues
Giant Sequoias monument
Cave species conservation
Two new primate species discovered
Antarctic education pack receives award
New woodlands for Snowdonia
Countryside 2000 report released.
Make a home for creepy crawlies
Latin american bird maps
Pesticides and children
New Deputy Chair at EA
Russian forestry become sustainable
UK in Turkish dam action
Welsh bat groups receive support
Life on Mount St Helens
Animal pesticide poisoning report
Hen harrier found dead
New Zealand rainforest destruction
Tropical Island bought.
Clean up for whales
Beetles mimic bees
Rhino Mayday 2000
Yellowstone gives clues to ET life
Greenpeace study casts doubts on gm experiments
Plant vaccine cures all?
Value of UK countryside highlighted
Green Party gains seats on London Authority
Call to end animal pain by 2020
UK protection for Endangered animals
Chernobyl legacy continues.
Meeting on biodiversity crisis
North Kent bird success
Algae or sewage?
New evidence on fox hunting
Chimps share food for the quiet life
Right whale ship strike research starts
Protect the protected areas plea by WWF
Round table report on sustainable development released
Dandelion control by fungus?
Diverse ecosystems do not protect against invaders
Genes behind flowers within flowers discovered
World Environment Day message
UK climate change costs
Canada's National Parks under threat.
Kenyan ranchers go easy on predators
Carbon dioxide reduces coral growth.
Orca whale education on-line
Basking sharks to be shot
Bioluminescence chemical modeled
Children's Environmental Conference in Eastbourne
Pools of blood dumped by public footpath
Last call on stewardship scheme
Stellar sea-lions reduce in number
Brazils environmentalists win major victory
Rainforest reserve threats increase.

New marine reserve for Florida
International biodiversity conference
International petition launched
Dormice head for the tubes
Sand Lizards return
Black smoker pulled from ocean depths

Understanding in population dynamics increases.
Ozone musical CD released
English Nature response to crop contamination
Join the Environment Agency
Forest Enterprise campsite review
Irish Sea web site launch
English Hedgerows continue to be at risk
E.A takes action for crayfish
Toxic algal blooms predictable?
Environmentalists rewarded.
US Navy stops sonar tests
Turning brownfields Green
Pesticide pollution modelled
Leatherback turtles closer to extinction than thought.
Greenpeace applauds Amazonian loggers
Sea twinning to help conservation
Woodlands grants over subscribed
American forestry trade mission in UK
Kyoto climate loopholes need closing
Antarctic sheds further light on global warming
Genes leading to root growth discovered
UK seeks to save White-headed duck
Black Swallowtail butterflies safe from Bt Corn.
Pacific sharks could receive greater protection from finning.
Water voles see home improvements.
Spiders arise early for work
Stonehenge plans launched
30,000 free videos launched.
New national park for Madagas
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International loggers destroying tropical forests
The power of hairy feet
Fossil mollusc and the Arctic Ocean
Genes monitor bioremediation
Heathlands receive major grants
Woodland walk in top ten
Biodiversity prevents Lyme disease
AONB plans brought forward
Calls for pesticide ban
GM crops lack productivity
EU wildlife sites left unprotected
Loggers strip Gabon's forests
Countryside Agency welcomes AONB proposals
Scotland proposes EU designation for another 90 sites
North East Atlantic report to be published shortly
Migratory birds affected by El Nino
Sponsor a plant
Global Ecosystem decline report
Spain sinks boats
Caribbean Wildlife Treaty
CCW announces work plans
Foresters look after red squirrels
Travel Green this Summer
UK seeks to cut radioactive discharges
EU Life funds for English Nature
Bright future for countryside
Protesters try to prevent naval bombing
Belugas fail to become endangered
Environmental Web site go for bankruptcy
New UNEP centre for UK
Long Mynd Agreements
Countryside walks and rides register published
Japan tries to silence Greenpeace
Flood victims studied
Major investment in waterways
River Don improvements
New rainforest station
Chimps rescued from chains
Giant ground sloth fossils discovered
Wildlife Interpol meeting
Pirate fishers head for China
Burying of shallow reefs through dredging
Treasure spill latest
Quaggas project boost
CITES 25 Years old
Life at South Pole
Closure of UK marine research centre
UK condemns Japan
New World Heritage Site proposals
New EU freedom of information bid
Hampshire Avon HAP published
Re-organisation of Dorset scientists
Whale friendly sonar developed
Oil cleaning plants
Scientists discuss endocrine disrupters
Mediterranean needs protection

English Nature gains protection for SSSI
EU acts against Austria and Portugal
EU acts against Portugal and Spain
EU acts against Greece
Ecosystem size matters.
Pesticide meeting held for the former soviet republics
New appointments to NERC
Tortugas Marine Reserve protection
Aleutian goose back from extinction
Seal seeks baby-sitters
Giant Squid found
Wildlife Report released
Kelda Water proposals ignores the environment
Right whales on brink of extinction
Saving the Peatlands
JNCC chairman re-appointed
Saving the porpoise
Turtle tracking the space way
Rainbow Warrior II raided by Japanese police
Birmingham and Black Country BAP launch
Coral reef threats

Tir Gofal payments prove their worth in protecting Welsh countryside. More...
English Nature annual report highlights continuing losses to wildlife habitats More...

Europe warns UK and others on PCB notifications. More...

11 children die each year in garden ponds More...

Souvenir Alert campaign launched More...

Chlorpyrifos not to be banned in UK More..
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Juvenile rare turtles found More...
NERC receives new plane to increase its research capabilities More...
Sierra Club acknowledges value of Endangered Species Act in protecting grizzlies More..
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UK Science receives major funding boosts More...
Johnathon Porritt joins Government advisors More...

Rio Grande endangered minnows at risk of extinction More..
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Improved UK oil pollution response contracts More...
EU to launch new pollution register More...

EU warns UK and others over shellfish habitats More...

UK Government takes stand against illegal loggers More...
Winter GM trial sites named More...
FOE responds to GM trials More...
Novartis turn from GM ingredients More...
Dormice back in Staffordshire More...
Field margins safe this year More..
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Farm woodlands back on course More...
New farmland walks published More...
Coral reefs of Aussie outback More...
Blackdown and Dartmoor ESA's call More...
French commandos take on Greenpeace More...
Cures for TB from Peruvian forests More...
More clues for early Earth atmosphere More...
New emmissions scrubbing materials More...
Arctic warmest for 400 years More...
Limestone pavement destruction More...
New Chief for Environment Agency More...
Giant jelly fish invade Gulf of Mexico More...
Reptiles approaching crisis point More...
Forests and peatlands togeather More...
New woodland survey grants More...
New woodland managment guidence published More...
Another culprit for amphibian declines More...
River Cale fish kill investigated More...
Otters doing well in Yorkshire More...
Trees clean up pollution More...
Volcano erruption on-line More..
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Song bird brains evolve in a similar pattern More...
Carnivores survive persecution in NE America More...
Lake ecosystems recover from acid rain More...
New Yorkshire EPA designated More...
Rare shad sighted in River Ouse More...
Bulfrogs invade Canada More...
New oil spill monitoring trial More...
Black rhino risks increase More...
Atlantic salmon research continues More...
Elephant sanctuary expands More...
Orca dies at marine park More...
Ozone threatens plant growth More...
English wildlife to receive greater protection More...
Boxley Warren protection improved More...
Rare crayfish killed in Cumbria More...
Dartford Warbler moves to Wales More...
Arctic sea ice cracking up More...
Water voles go home More...
Fish learn the tricks of fishing More...
National Parks seeks new members More...
Goverments join to oppose Japan on whaling More...
EA Wessex seeks new members More...
Tomato growers pollute water More...
UK & India research climate change More...
Microorganisms live in clouds More...
3% of people die due to motor fumes More...
Ecologists speak out against conservation policies. More...
Jellyfish to save Black Sea ecosystem More...
Cash for horses and wildlife More...
Impact of GM on birds studied. More...
A third of habitats to disappear due to climate change More...
New rare sea turtle marine reserve More...
Jawfish to remain protected. More...
Cormorants prove to be productive fishers. More...
UN meeting highlights faith and the environment More...
CO2 persecuted unfairly for global warming? More..
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Ice sheets normal in Greenland More...
Drought prediction ability increases More...
IUCN World Congress meets next month More...
Ozone hole back with a vengence More...
SAFARI 2000; the effects of bush fires More...
El Nino stirs up the waters More...
The undersea world of Wales More...
Free science CDs for Welsh schools More...
Plants went with the dinosaurs More...
Toxic algae hits US marine reserve. More...

European earthworms bring down the forests More...
History of photosynthesis revealed More...
Soil to release medical treasures More...
Freeze-thaw cycle highlights warming trends More...
Fossil shells aids studies in climate change More...
El Nino forces cholera epidemics More...

International report calls for end to ecosystem degradationMore...
Germans report on global biodiversity More...
UK supports US on japanese whaling More...
IFAW welcomes US whaling action More...
Plankton blooms cool the earth More...
EC acts against Finland for birds More...
EC acts against 4 countries for habitats More...
What's killing coral More...
460 million year old fungi found by road More...
Life on underwater mountains More...
Global warming to make UK flood hot-spot More...
Gone with the wolves; aspen tree groves More...
For ice ages look to the tropics More...
Glaciers reveal climate secrets More...
UN inspects Albanian and Macedonian environment More..

Global biodiversity hotspot gains protection More...
Colobus monkey loss leads to fears of extinction spasm More...
Scottish beaver site identified More...
UK river quality breaks records More...
Scottish coral threatened by trawling More...
Donoch Firth SAC extension proposals More...
West Midland farmers go organic More..

UK warning for Northern Lights More...
Australian lizards go missing More...
Big birds cool down to survive winter More...
Air pollution won't increase global tempuratures More...
Snapping shrimps deafen sonar More...
Zebra mussels have low impact on Lake Erie More...
Bees deliver fungicide to strawberries More...
Wellcome Trust launches science writing competition More..
Flowers; eleven years later More...
Bad news for marine wildlife on publication of Red List 2000
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Vultures face extinction More...
Rare plant discovered in Wales More...
Native butterflies under threat More...
Wildlife loses due to lack of advice More...
Lottery win for green spaces More...
Good news for Smews More...

Web site for tree seed collectors More...
Biodiversity information to head for desktops More...
Painted hunting dog killed in Africa More...
Grand old fir trees to go More...
Antarctic salt comes from life More...
Ice-breakers frighten belugas More...
Thinking amoebae solves puzzles More..
Two new badger cull areas announced More...
UK launches rural development programme
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British Waterways receives big boost More...
Polluters of Inuits tracked down More...
Human-pig hybrid patent applications More...
Greenfield housing development changes More...
Tighter controls on ozone depletors More...
Gravel banks good for wildlife More...

Loggers threaten Canadian Bruce Peninsula National Park More...
Future of medicine lies in the seas More...
Evolution of seperate sex plants outlined More...
Plants to reduce lead poisoning in children More...
Kenyan conservation education programme launched More...
Io's mantle similar to Earths More...
Earth and its inhabitants to be eaten by strangeness? More.

Japan takes action against basking shark proposals More...
International treaty for protection of sea turtles signed More...
Shark finning banned in US waters More...
Unauthorised GM crops grown in UK More...
Extreme weather to increase with global warming More...
EU proposals to restrict GM seeds More...
Top year for autumn colours More...
Elliot Morley visits RSPB farm More...
Southern Ocean's impact on global warming More...
EU backs off shore wind turbines More...
UK Government warned of mega-tsunami More...
Keikos winter quarters prepared More...
Riddle of chitin in oceans solved? More...
Acorn collection for Dartmoor National Park More...
Dead foxes wanted More..
Report published on badger cull procedures More...
New Forest NP consultations launched
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Greenpeace launches on-line guide to gm food More...
Wales throws out GM crop laws More...
Millions of Russians sign up to protect nature More...
Funding boost for Environment Agency More...
Oil spill compensation levels increased More...
Wildlife Conservation Society takes over Hornocker Wildlife Institute More...

Calls to increase wolves range in the US More...
New species can arise quicker than previously thought More...
Marine mass extinction secrets revealed More...
New South Pole station for US Antarctic researchers More...
250 million year old bacteria wakes up More...
Ice berg tagging to take place in Antarctica More...
Cold snap shows up in penguin pooh More..

Black grouse numbers increase thanks to MAFF More...
Catastrophe looms for Caspian Sea More...
River Teith, top European wildlife site? More...
Paddling protesters complete 4,500kms for forests More...
Global freshwater systems at peril More...
Small birds raises big habitat questions More...
Radioactive floods of Chernobyl monitored More...
Sleep-singing helps songbirds to learn their music More...

Siberian forests mapped from space More...
Dinosaurs lack the heart for browsing on tree tops More...
Pollen and hayfever to increase with global warming More...
Four more moons for Saturn discovered More...
Ocean sponges to provide powerful new medicines More...
Sheep grazing caused environmental disaster 1,000 years ago More...
Birds: be bright, be dull but don't be normal More..
UK to increase support for tiger protection More...
Alport Valley protection proposals
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Forest of Clunie becomes SSSI More...
UK reviews green groups funding More...
Freak weather not so unusual More...
Calls for soil management research to aid flooding prevention More...
Register of organic farming standards to be reviewed More...
International scientists call for better protection of corel reefs More...

Landsat 7 to monitor corel reefs More...
UN leads calls for better marine management More...
UN 2000 environment prize goes to french scientist More...
Juniper tree - ideal dendrothermometre More...
UK opens first astrobiology centre More...
International childrens painting competition launched More...
Stay in bed and help european space research More..

Link between frog deformities and pollutants strengthens More...
UK scientist wins Italgas Environment Prize for work on atmospheric pollution More...
South Crofty mine begins to leak More...
Badger roadkill carcasses to be tested for TB More...
River Allen wildlife habitat improvements More...
Learning through Landscapes celebrates 10 years. More...
Canada geese tracked from space brought to your PC More...

15,000 birdwatchers to look into effects of milder winters More...
Old lakes may not become richer with age More...
Calls to end dolphin cruelty in Mexico's marine parks More...
The poor and hot will just get hotter with global warming More...
Ocean minerals gives up secrets of oceans and climate More...
Land use changes account for North American carbon sink and missing carbon balance More...
Tour operators launch new sustainablilty practices in London More..

Some british species to be lost due to global warming More...
British wetlands to receive more protection More...
North Pacific right whales a new species More...
World's first marine census to be launched More...
5 million more acres of Canadian wilderness protected More...
Song birds quickly learn their own dialect More...
Female songbirds look for brainy mates through complex songsMore...
Scottish hen harrier site considered for SSSI More...

Deer hunting shifts male/female birth ratios More...
Having a giggle at global warming More...
New predator-prey formula produced More...
Lava flows bring climate change More...
Microbiology Today looks at extraordinary life forms More...
Snails and crabs lead global warming ecology studies More...
Venomous dinosaurs really existed More..
Bitterns booming thanks to MAFF More...
Global warming and the Arctic; New video shows impacts More...
English Nature welcomes decision on hedgerows More...
New studies on gene flows in crops More...
Countries to disappear as sea levels rise More...
Environment Agency looks into agricultural impacts More...
Dartmoor completes moorland bird survey More...
Mature bull elephants have calming role More...

English Nature begins new studies on coastal erosion More...
Funds run out for endangered species in US More...
Asian dry lands in crisis More...
Bilbies return to central Australia More...
Reason for spiral descent of birds of prey discovered More...
When populations rise female squirrels stop reproducingMore...
Environment Agency wins international award for educational CD More..
British 'quality of life' wild bird indices released More...
Mixed news for British wildlife and habitats in Countryside Survey 2000 More...
Countryside and Rights of Way Act receives Royal Assent More...
Nitric acid finally found in polar clouds More...
Red algae threatens coral survival More...
Humpbacks undertake a cultural revolution More...
Natural resources report discussed in Africa More...
Tigers paralysing roar investigated More...

Colorado River delta productivity down to 5% of pre-management level More...
Is it climate or habitat that endangers owls More...
Deadly gas bubbles from the deep More...
Nature cleans up polluted arctic lake More...
Sea grasses originate in the desert More...
Mine waste water drinkable thanks to bugs More...
Plants: Junk food for insects More..

United Nations launches coral reef initiative More...
Ugie wetland project wins award More...
Pesticides poisonings down last year More...
New bird species discovered in Colorado More...
Bowhead whale count to be undertaken More...
Agriculture a culprit in amphibian declines More...
New measures to prevent another Erika accident More..
Predator-prey modelling submit to simple rules More...

Groups join to protect beluga sturgeon More...
European environment awards made for sustainable development More...
UK signs Basel Convention on hazardous waste More...
Further meeting to help protect ozone layer More...
Climate change without the carbon dioxide More...
Nitric oxide; more potent than previously thought in acid rain More...
Earth's continental land masses produced in short bursts More..
Persistent Organic Pollutants agreement signed More...
80% of spawning chinook females were born males More...
Mercury levels decline in Everglade waders More...
Trees increase levels of pollution? More...
Natural global warming occurred in decades not centuries More...
Natural ozone destruction greater then previously thought More...
New evidence for Martian life More...
'Lost City' of the deep sea More...

Big islands have fast evolution More...
Lizards take on multiple mating strategies More...
Plate tectonics studied in Antarctica More...
Elephant seals recruited to study deep sea More...

 
 


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