Yet conservationists say that many of these top-down initiatives fail to gain traction with local populations.
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Conservationists say a rare spider they have reintroduced to a Suffolk nature reserve has started breeding.
Conservationists say illegal fishing is threatening the valuable stocks of Patagonian toothfish in Antarctic waters.
Conservationists say timber and plantation companies often use devious methods to obtain rights on tribal lands.
Conservationists say stability in the DRC is essential to ensure that bonobo conservation programs are not jeopardized.
Conservationists say orchards play a significant role in an area's biodiversity as they support over 1, 800 associated species.
Conservationists say that the likelihood is that poachers are turning to Kaziranga because of tighter controls in Nepal.
But wildlife management officials and conservationists say the aerial hunting strategy is based on myth and not science.
Steps to protect the toothfish stocks, the conservationists say, are simply not working.
In the dozen Western states where prairie dogs live in the U.S., conservationists say there are as many as 20 million.
But the dunes attract tens of thousands of visitors a year and conservationists say their preservation was under threat from forestry.
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Conservationists say there are long-term benefits to the poor if they conserve the forests, as the land retains water and nutrients.
They are also now confronting not just local poachers, but also seasoned fighters from war-torn areas of the continent like Sudan, conservationists say.
Conservationists say that high levels of exploitation, loss of habitat and habitat degradation has led to the species experiencing a "significant population reduction" over the past 20-30 years.
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Farmers get compensation when their sheep are killed and conservationists say only 300 are taken by wolves each year - out of a total flock of around 800, 000.
Conservationists say poachers pull out their teeth - as the primates have a toxic bite - with pliers, making it impossible for them to return to the wild.
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Since there is little scientific data on the survival within estuary and ocean habitat, conservationists say recovery efforts should target the migration corridor, which has been greatly impacted by the four lower Snake River dams.
Once burned, say conservationists, forest areas will inevitably be taken over by farmers.
The project has a number of aims to protect and restore the seabird population - including the storm petrel and the Manx shearwater - for which the UK has a global responsibility, say conservationists.
Once an area is chosen, should the science move on and it be discovered that the area is, say, 10% worse than a neighbouring site, conservationists will probably not ask for an exchange.
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