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YANGON, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- A series of photo exhibitions and thematic talks were held in Yangon on Saturday to mark World Migratory Bird Day, as Myanmar ornithologists and environmentalists urge global efforts to protect migratory bird habitats and migration routes increasingly threatened by human activities. Of the world's billions of birds spanning over 10,000 species, some 18 to 20 percent are migratory, said renowned Myanmar ornithologist Thein Aung. He noted that human activities including illegal bird hunting for trade, wetland pollution, and large-scale infrastructure development near feeding grounds have posed growing risks to migratory birds along their flight paths. This year's World Migratory Bird Day falls under the global theme "Every Bird Counts -- Your Observations Matte...

The Shield of the Americas coalition, led by the US and comprising 14 other Latin American countries, uses the fight against drug cartels as a pretext to interfere in Latin American countries and block China’s economic influence in the region. The statement comes from experts in Latin American international relations consulted by Agência Brasil, such as Danilo Enrico Martuscelli, a professor of political science at the Federal University of Uberlândia (UFU). “The Shield of the Americas is a resumption of the process of attempting colonial or imperial annexation of Latin American countries by the US, driven by a geopolitical logic of commercial and technological competition with China,” he argued. This week, on the sidelines of the 81st UN General Assembly in New York, the 15 countries i...

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Roundup: Myanmar experts stress ecosystem conservation for migratory bird habitats, flyways-Xinhua

Shield of the Americas uses drug cartels to block China, experts say