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Making Switzerland a better place for birds

This content was published on Aug 9, 2018 If you’re a crested tit in the woods, Switzerland is a great place to live. But if you’re a skylark you’re in trouble.

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Tour of the bird clinic

This content was published on Aug 7, 2018

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Grey partridge family

This content was published on Aug 2, 2018

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Common swift

This content was published on Aug 2, 2018

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From Serbia to the Swiss Alps: a bear’s adventure

This content was published on Jul 9, 2018 After being freed from a cage at a circus, and recovering at a Serbian zoo, Napa the bear is now having a Swiss adventure.

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Rapid escalation in Swiss fines for freight trucks

This content was published on May 20, 2018 A further 24,464 fines and cautions were issued against HGVs according to the SonntagsZeitung newspaper. Most infringements concerned overloaded vehicles, followed by sanctions against drivers who did not get enough rest. Some 100 drivers were caught drink-driving. + Read more about Swiss struggles to reduce road freight “Most drivers come from Eastern Europe, where working conditions…

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Plastic: How can the Swiss use so much and recycle so little?

This content was published on May 2, 2018 Switzerland consumes three times as much plastic as EU countries, but recycles 30% less. Bans on plastic in the EU and China may change that.

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Alpine flowers fight for food and space

This content was published on Jan 30, 2018 Global warming is affecting the range of alpine flora – creating winners and losers, says a joint study from Swiss and Austrian scientists.

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‘I hope we’ll find ways to coexist with bears’

This content was published on Mar 15, 2017 In terms of biodiversity, Switzerland is doing very badly, finds the head of conservation biology at the University of Bern.

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The difficult hunt for wild boar

This content was published on Dec 1, 2016 In many places, wild boar are a plague for farmers. The damage they cause throughout Switzerland each year amounts to CHF4 million. Farmers are engaging hunters to weed out the boar. But these highly sensitive animals are very difficult to kill. (SRF/swissinfo.ch)

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