To further reduce pollution, the government of China expands the ban on plastic bags at the beginning of June 2011 to now include bookstores and pharmacies, saying that ban since 2008 for most merchants has prevented 600,000 tons of plastic waste.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-05/28/content_12597526.htm,
http://english.eastday.com/e/110529/u1a5914720.html
http://gulfnews.com/business/economy/beijing-expands-ban-on-plastic-bags-1.814515,
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=3&art_id=111510&sid=32548991&
con_type=1&d_str=20110530&fc=10


Prague Zoo in the Czech Republic sends four rare Przewalski horses on June 14, 2011 to Mongolia, where they will be joining over 20 other horses on the Khomiin Tal Reserve in an effort to revive them from previous extinction in their native habitat.

http://www.ceskapozice.cz/en/news/society/przewalski-horses-leave-prague-ancestral-home ,
http://rt.com/news/line/2011-06-14/#id12217

As of June 14, 2011, Kuwaiti officials reported an estimated two tons of perished fish had been found perished in Persian Gulf waters due to what regional experts are saying was likely suffocation from decreased oxygen levels in waters whose temperatures are now much higher than in previous years.

http://www.sott.net/articles/show/229827-Fish-Continuing-to-Die-in-Large-Numbers-Say-Experts,
http://www.arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/170138/reftab
/36/Default.aspx,
http://www.arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/170304/reftab
/36/Default.aspx