Wildlife News Weekly updates of happenings in the natural world http://www.wildlifenews.co.uk Interest waning on logging issues? The latest survey seems to show the europeans are less concerned with illegal logging activities http://www.wildlifenews.co.uk/articles2006/april/april2206d.htm UK restates it's stance against whaling As the whaling season begins the UK and other european countries have made a formal request to Norway to end it's activities http://www.wildlifenews.co.uk/articles2006/april/april2206f.htm Minister shown future of biodiversity data sharing The NBN Gateway has been launched; a new online biodiversity database for Britain http://www.wildlifenews.co.uk/articles2006/april/april2206a.htm Calls to halt development at Sakhalin There's concerns about some of the environmental mitigation measures proposed for the new oil and gas facility at Sakhalin http://www.wildlifenews.co.uk/articles2006/april/april2206c.htm Frog species discovered in Laos Six new frog species have been discoverd in Laos over the lst 2 years http://www.wildlifenews.co.uk/articles2006/april/april2206j.htm Ethiopian coffee growers gains Rainforest alliance certification The first Rainforest Alliance certified coffee award has been goven to Ethiopian farmers http://www.wildlifenews.co.uk/articles2006/april/april2206g.htm Britain's finest natural wonder named Caves in the Brecon Beacons have been named as Britian's finest natural wonder http://www.wildlifenews.co.uk/articles2006/april/april2206.htm Wetlands could help protect against threat of bird flu Reinstating wetlands could help in the battle against avian flu by keeping wild and domestic birds apart http://www.wildlifenews.co.uk/articles2006/april/april2206e.htm How 10,000 bees make a decision on moving house What's the decision making proccess when 10,000 individuals want to set up house elsewhere? http://www.wildlifenews.co.uk/articles2006/april/april2206m.htm Red Sea expedition to study corals The Living Oceans Foundation will be using the best divers and lastest technology to look into the 'rainforests' of the Red Sea http://www.wildlifenews.co.uk/articles2006/april/april2206i.htm Massive rivers discovered under Antarctic icesheets The lakes under the Antarctic icesheet could be connected with a network of rivers http://www.wildlifenews.co.uk/articles2006/april/april2206l.htm One of a kind meteorite revealed A pristine meteorite that fell to earth in 2000 could reveal secrets of the early solar system http://www.wildlifenews.co.uk/articles2006/april/april2206h.htm Gabbro recovered from under ocean crust for first time Deep drilling under the ocean crust has recovered gabbro from a fossil magma chamber http://www.wildlifenews.co.uk/articles2006/april/april2206b.htm Rainfall plays a role in plate tectonics Rainfall is known to erode mountain tops but now it's been shown to affect plate dynamics under the mountain http://www.wildlifenews.co.uk/articles2006/april/april2206k.htm Rare form of alzheimers found in Camelford resident High levels of aluminium was found in a woman who died from a rare form of alzheimers, could the Camelford water contamination incident be connected? http://www.wildlifenews.co.uk/articles2006/april/april2206n.htm