France prepares for climate meeting with "Noah's Ark"

An installation of 140 animal shape sculptures is set on the deck of a barge, in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

The art project named "Noah's Ark for climate" is intended to raise awareness of climate change

As part of Gad Weil's artistic project "Climate Noah's Ark", two boats travelling along the River Seine carried the art project into Paris, as France prepares for a climate summit.

The barges travelled down the River Seine loaded with sculptures

Leaders and important people from around the world will meet in the French capital in November to discuss the issues surrounding climate change.

Toucans, parrots and other birdlife designs displayed against a backdrop of the Eiffel Tower

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Bald ibis chicks shipped to Spain

Four captive-bred northern bald ibis chicks have been sent from Chester Zoo to Jerez in Spain, where they will soon be released into the wild as part of an effort to reintroduce the species.

Apart from captive ibis like this one in Chester Zoo, the species is nearly extinct

The bird was once widespread, from North Africa to Central Europe, but is now almost extinct in the wild.

In Europe, there have been no northern bald ibis in the wild for 300 years.

The Chester chicks will join others, from zoos around Europe, for a bonding period before they are set free.

"It's amazing enough working with these remarkable birds in the zoo, but to be part of a successful reintroduction programme is something extra special," said Lauren Hough, a bird keeper at the zoo.

"We hope that by reintroducing birds into the wild, they will go on to breed and boost the wild population themselves, securing the future of the species."

Four ibis chicks, born and bred in Chester Zoo, arrived safely in Spain on Friday

At present only about 500 of the birds can be found in the wild, largely in a population in Morocco.

A second, tiny group remains in Syria, where the birds are threatened by the advance of IS militants.

They have disappeared from Europe due to habitat loss and hunting of their chicks and eggs.

Chester Zoo currently houses 28 northern bald ibis, a "safety-net population" the zoo has cared for since 1986.

The latest four chicks from Chester are joining an international conservation effort, which has already seen wild numbers of the birds begin, slowly, to recover.

They will live in a holding aviary at Jerez Zoo in southern Spain until they are released, possibly in late November.

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Madagascar's carbon credits plan

At the World Forestry Congress 2015 - held in Durban, South Africa - it was said that the rate of deforestation across Africa is four times the world average.

One of the most vulnerable countries is Madagascar, which has lost thousands of hectares of its unique forest to illegal logging and urbanisation over the past 50 years.

But things there are changing because of several ongoing projects, which could not only slow the rate of deforestation, but potentially bring in millions of dollars for the country and its people.

The island of Madagascar has a massive array of plant life, the majority of which is found nowhere else on earth.

The rainforests are a major draw for tourists however, they also hold allure for scientists hoping to discover something new and hopefully profitable.

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