The Russian government approved a national water strategy. Severe floods paralyzed the north-west Turkey. In France, there will be taxes on carbon emissions. House plants clean the air of ozone. In Myanmar, found turtles, considered extinct. Mankind has moved away from a global environmental catastrophe on 11 minutes.
In Brazil – the campaign for the preservation of ecosystems savannas in India – a census of tigers. On climate change Send 'artificial trees'. In Sweden, will the batteries from the algae. Photo fact of the week: Amazing eyes of the animal world. Review of the week from 09.07.2009 to 09.13.2009.
In Myanmar, found turtles that were considered Special expedition discovered extinct in the impenetrable thicket of bamboo reserves of one of Myanmar's five turtle species, which was considered extinct. Arakan forest turtle, or as it is called in the local dialect 'Pyant Cheezar ', did not meet in the wild over a hundred years. Earlier Arakan Turtle were very popular with people of Myanmar. Animals used in food, made from their medications. As a result, the population of turtles has been almost completely destroyed. Now scientists hope that the discovered specimens demonstrate the revival of the species. Last week we told you about a unique case of the 'snail's life' – of a wounded turtle Lucky, who lost her front legs after a meeting with a wild raccoon. American vets have returned to normal life wounded Lakki, fashioned from a stands for a kind of prosthesis for Furniture turtles. Humanity receded from a global environmental catastrophe on 11 minutes Unique eco-clock showing the approach of humanity to a global environmental catastrophe that would call into question the very existence of man in Earth, for the first time since 2005 have been translated into 11 minutes away from disaster.