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Poachers snap up crocodiles as pets, souvenirs and handbags
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Poachers snap up crocodiles as pets, souvenirs and handbags

A dozen mummified baby crocodiles peer out from the clutter of a dusty shop at the back of Aswan’s tourist…
Endangered Species: Egypt’s vultures
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Endangered Species: Egypt’s vultures

Less than a century ago, it was common to see vultures flying over Cairo and nesting in some of the…
Endangered Species: Egypt’s tree of love
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Endangered Species: Egypt’s tree of love

The ficus sycomorus, or sycamore fig, is an ancient tree that has been cultivated in Egypt since the third millennium…
Calls for investigating fire break-out in a natural reserve
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Calls for investigating fire break-out in a natural reserve

An Egyptian environmental organization has urged the launching of an investigation into a fire that erupted on the Saluga and…
Endangered species: Egypt’s marine turtles
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Endangered species: Egypt’s marine turtles

For over 100 million years, marine turtles have inhabited the world’s oceans. These reptiles, which existed before the dinosaurs, have…
Endangered Species: Egypt’s medicinal plants
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Endangered Species: Egypt’s medicinal plants

This article is part of Al-Masry Al-Youm’s weekly “Endangered Species” series, covering Egypt’s endangered flora and fauna. Since prehistoric times,…
Endangered Species: Egypt’s wild cats
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Endangered Species: Egypt’s wild cats

This article is part of Al-Masry Al-Youm’s weekly “Endangered Species” series, covering Egypt’s endangered flora and fauna. Of the ten…
Endangered Species: The argun palm
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Endangered Species: The argun palm

This article is part of Al-Masry Al-Youm’s weekly “Endangered Species” series, covering Egypt’s endangered flora and fauna.
Protectorate not Protected: Wadi el-Rayan
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Protectorate not Protected: Wadi el-Rayan

Although Wadi el-Rayan is recognised as an important region for migratory and resident birds, is a designated geological and wetlands…
Curbs on coral trade rejected at UN conference
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Curbs on coral trade rejected at UN conference

Dubai--A UN conference rejected on Sunday trade restrictions on red and pink corals used in jewelry in what environmentalists called…
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