Deputy Director of the U Minh Thượng National Park in Kiên Giang province of Âu Lạc (Vietnam), Phạm Quốc Dân, states that the number of rare birds as well as those at risk of extinction is rapidly increasing, thanks to general preservation and reforestation efforts.

http://www.monre.gov.vn/v35/default.aspx?tabid=675&CateID=58&ID=106728&Code=6YNW106728


As Germany is shutting down all 17 of her nuclear reactors over the next 11 years, the Greek government announces plans to export sustainable energy to Germany from the development of 20,000 hectares of solar power parks, according to Greece’s Ta Nea news on Saturday, August 27, 2011.

http://www.france24.com/en/20110827-greece-export-solar-power-germany

The dangers of global warming causing the ocean's excessive absorption of carbon dioxide are demonstrated in an August 2011 study carried out by an international team of scientists, which shows that regions of the Mediterranean Sea that are high in CO2 due to volcanic activity suffer from major losses of biodiversity.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1108/S00444/shell-shock-damage-to-marine-ecosystems-revealed.htm
http://www.divernet.com/home_diving_news/1024491/experiments_demonstrate_warming_threat.html