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World Service,22 Aug 1996,13 mins

Tortoise Deaths

Global Concerns

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Eight giant tortoises have died of a mystery disease on Santa Cruz Island in the Galapagos. Howard Snell talks through where the illness may have come from. Also on the programme: Replanting trees in Ivory Coast to reverse deforestation and how sonar sound pollution from the US navy is affecting marine mammals.

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