Conservation Efforts
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Environment
Environment USACelebrating 50 Years of the Endangered Species Act (with Two Plants Getting Off the List!)
Two plants endemic to California’s Channel Islands, in the United States, no longer require the protection of the Endangered Species Act, adding them to the list of the islands’ species that have successfully recovered.
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Animals
Animals CanadaLess Decline, More Hope for Endangered Whales
According to the latest estimate, the population of the critically endangered North Atlantic right whales has stabilized, positive news after a decade of decline, and measures taken in Canada are proven to work to safeguard the mighty cetacean further.
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Animals
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Animals
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Animals
Animals PortugalConservation Win That’s Good for Nature and Its Endemic Bird
São Miguel Island in the Azores, an autonomous region of Portugal in the Atlantic, is home to the elusive Azores bullfinch, and conservation efforts have been deployed for more than two decades to save the difficult-to-observe endangered bird.
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Animals
Animals EcuadorReintroducing Endemic Birds and Turtles Here Is This Country’s New Priority
The government of Ecuador is investing millions in a project dedicated to reintroducing 12 endemic bird and turtle species on the Galapagos archipelago, renowned for their astonishing biodiversity both on land and in the ocean.
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Animals
Animals TanzaniaHolistic Approach to Save This Elusive Monkey
Tanzania is home to the kipunji monkey, whose population has increased by 65% following intensive holistic conservation efforts over two decades, by granting greater legal protection for forests and community engagement to help save the elusive primate’s habitat.
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Animals AfricaMore Black Rhinos, More White Rhinos (a First in a Decade!)
Through a combination of protection and biological management initiatives, the number of rhinos is on the rise in Africa - including white rhinos, for the first time since 2012 - which is positive news for the highly endangered species.
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Environment
Environment USAReplenishing Wetlands: a Relief for Ecosystems and Communities
One of the largest resilience projects in the world has been going strong for two decades now, and it aims at not only replenishing Louisiana’s wetlands in the U.S., but also reconnecting them to the Mississippi River, a source of agriculture and food for millions of…