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'Last chance' to save species in the wildGuardian Unlimited | 16 Oct 2010Leaders of the few remaining countries where tigers are still found in the wild are preparing for a make-or-break summit in Russia, which they believe offers the last chance to save the critically endangered animal. The Global Tiger Summit in St Petersburg next month will bring together the 13 countries that still have wild tigers, along with conservation organisations, in an attempt to thrash out a global recovery plan. Britain and the US are also being urged to attend.
Biodiversity and Trade | Biodiversity Conservation | Deforestation Brown's boost for UN climate summitYahoo! News | 20 Sep 2009Gordon Brown has delighted environmentalists by pledging to attend a crunch UN climate change summit in a bid to give fresh impetus to efforts to secure a global deal.
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