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Animals EcuadorTortoises Thriving on a Volcano’s Slopes
The largest island in Ecuador’s Galápagos archipelago is home to the booming population of the Alcedo giant tortoise, a cold-blooded reptile endemic to the island, where conservation efforts paid off to save the species and its importance in maintaining its surrounding ecosystems.
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Environment JapanScience Prove Fishers Right: Happy Forest Means Happy Sea
For more than 30 years, fishers in Kesennuma, Japan, started planting trees along the coastal watersheds, and today, science has confirmed the hunch these men of the sea had regarding the intimate link between a healthy forest and a thriving marine life.
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Environment IndiaRiver Resurrection: a Magnificent Success
Five years of combined efforts has brought back to life the Kuttamperoor River in Kerala, India, with local community members being among the first to act: today, animals and humans alike can once more reap the benefits of a well-orchestrated river resurrection.
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Animals USANative Buffalo Is Coming Back Home
Millions of dollars will be injected in the transfer of the buffalo to Native American lands, returning the iconic animal to its tribal grasslands under the stewardship of Indigenous communities, whose deep historical connections to the burly beast date back centuries.
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Animals IndiaArmy of Women Protects Rare Stork
Over almost a decade, the state of Assam, India, has witnessed the rise of a conservation army to protect a rare stork and its nesting trees, and the thousands of women within the army’s ranks are fierce advocates whose conservation efforts led to economic independence.
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