Environment
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Environment AlbaniaA First in Conservation: a Whole River Becomes a National Park
Albania is home to one of Europe’s largest undammed rivers, and the Vjosa River has been designated a national park, thus addressing pollution, waste management, and deforestation and protecting many species that call the river home.
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Environment The WorldHistorical Milestone Reached to Protect High Seas
An agreement 20 years in the making has been signed to protect the high seas, helping the United Nations to reach its goal of protecting 30% of the planet’s oceans by 2030 by regulating fishing, shipping, and deep-sea mining in international waters.
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Environment BrazilFrom Patches to Fields of Green: Thriving Forest, Happy Birds, and Quenched Thirsts!
The Atlantic Forest in western Brazil has been the focus of relentless restoration efforts over the last 15 years, and the once highly fragmented area is now home to hundreds of bird and tree species with a growing surface being restored back to its natural state.
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Environment EcuadorIndigenous Communities Play Key Role in New Rainforest Reserve
The Amazon rainforest in Ecuador gains a brand-new reserve spanning more than a million hectares, and local Indigenous communities played a key role in developing an area that would protect the well-being of every living thing within the region.