Conservation

Meet Peru’s unsung hero of the Pómac Forest

While Mr. Llauce credits others, he is an unsung hero of the Pómac Forest, a dense tangle of algarrobo and mesquite that shelters...

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Pricing Nature: Can ‘Biodiversity Credits’ Propel Global Conservation?

Backed by the UN, an alliance of conservationists and policymakers is devising new ways to finance the preservation of biodiversit...

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The NHS worker singlehandedly rewilding kelp forests in Sussex

Steve Allnutt has watched the lush beds disappear from local waters over the years, and decided to take on the job of restoration ...

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Indigenous funding model is a win-win for ecosystems and local economies in Canada

Over the past 15 years, First Nations in Haida Gwaii and central and northern coastal British Columbia, Canada, have turned the ta...

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UN states secure ‘historic’ legally-binding deal to protect high seas

UN member states finally agreed Saturday to a text on the first international treaty after years of negotiations to protect the hi...

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Deforestation Inc.: How ‘green’ firms prevent climate action

A new 9-month long cross-border investigation exposes the flaws of “green” forestry labels. Environmental auditors overlook ha...

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Tropical seagrass meadows are sand factories that can help defend coral reef islands from sea-level rise

In a new study, we discovered another reason to preserve the world’s remaining seagrass meadows: they can build and maintain co...

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Kew Gardens joins local partners to save tropical plants from extinction

While the London-based internationally renowned botanical research institute is best known for its vast collection of tropical pla...

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Pink dolphins and reformed Colombian rebels turn no-go zone into ecotourism hit

Far upriver in the rainforest, the lure of rare pink river dolphins is creating jobs and promoting conservation and reconciliation...

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Death in the marshes: environmental calamity hits Iraq’s unique wetlands

Small gangs of buffaloes sat submerged in green and muddy waters. Their back ridges rose over the surface like a chain of black is...

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Colombia’s ‘tree of life’ births a new culinary and conservation movement

The guáimaro tree is a keystone species of Colombia’s tropical dry forest, an incredibly biodiverse ecosystem with species adap...

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The race to save the Japanese giant salamander

Conservationists are calling for an alternative vision of rural development in order to protect the species from extinction...

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