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HONG KONG — Authorities in northern China are searching for a wild tiger, after it attacked two men and left one of them needing surgery. Social MediaFollowing the attack, the Heilongjiang Forestry and Grassland Administration held an emergency meeting Monday evening, identifying the animal that caused the injury as a Siberian tiger. Siberian tigers are the world’s largest cats, can weigh up to 660 pounds and grow to be almost 11 feet long. A Siberian tiger. Philipp Schulze / DPA via Getty Images fileAnyone injured in Heilongjiang by wild Siberian tigers is eligible for economic compensation, Northeast China Tiger and Leopard National Park said in a statement.
Persons: Liu Dan, Philipp Schulze Organizations: HONG KONG — Authorities, Social, Grassland Administration, Research, Getty, Northeast China Tiger, Leopard, country’s National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Conservation Alliance Locations: HONG KONG, China, Boli County, China's, Heilongjiang, Heilongjiang Forestry, Russia, Boli
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Persons: Dani Reiss, Oscar, Reiss, Goose, Sam Tick, Bean, Eddie Bauer, Reiss's, David Reiss, Canada Goose Organizations: Canada, CNBC, Metro Sportswear Ltd, Antarctica's, Lacoste, University of Toronto, Conservation Alliance, Bain Capital, New York Stock Exchange, People, Animals Locations: Wells, Canada, Poland, Snow, Europe, Asia, paychecks, Toronto, New York
Lula's team also worked to secure a jungle conservation alliance announced on Monday between the three largest rainforest nations - Brazil, Indonesia and the Democratic Republic of Congo. That includes pushing for rich nations with high greenhouse gas emissions to pay poor nations for historic damage the climate. Colombia's Environment Minister Susana Muhamad said Lula's election would allow for renewed regional cooperation among Amazon rainforest nations to tackle deforestation, a major contributor to climate change. Lula environmental advisor Izabella Teixeira said she felt the mood about Brazil has shifted at COP27 from previous summits. "When I come to COP and meet people after the election of President Lula, there is hope," she said.
An EU official said Lula would also meet on Wednesday with EU climate policy chief Frans Timmermans. Last month, Lula defeated right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro, who oversaw mounting destruction of the Amazon rainforest and refused to host the 2019 climate summit originally planned for Brazil. His team also worked to secure a jungle conservation alliance announced on Monday between the three largest rainforest nations - Brazil, Democratic Republic of Congo and Indonesia. They said other countries know Brazil will soon have a Lula government that has promised to take the issue more seriously than Bolsonaro, a climate change sceptic. Colombia's Environment Minister Susana Muhamad said Lula's election would allow renewed regional cooperation among Amazon rainforest nations to tackle deforestation, a major contributor to climate change.
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