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Environment AfricaFrom Massive Desert, to a “Great Green Wall”
Stopping desertification is no easy task, and the pockets of forest that bloom along the Sahara and the Sahel as part of the Great Green Wall prove that it can be done, notably with the implementation of a holistic and participatory approach and the implication of…
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Environment The WorldNew Biosphere Reserves Help Humans “Live in Balance with Nature”
UNESCO’s network of biosphere reserves is growing with the addition of 11 new sites where innovative local solutions are promoted to preserve biodiversity and ecosystems and tackle climate change while improving livelihoods by developing agroecology, renewable sources of energy, and green industries.
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Environment European UnionProducts Linked to Deforestation? Not On Our Watch!
The European Union Council is going ahead with a new regulation aiming to minimize deforestation from products being either imported on its territory or exported from it, ensuring that consumption and trade don’t further degrade forest ecosystems.
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Environment Costa RicaLandowners of This Tiny Place Are Helping Save Biodiversity – Here’s How
A tiny peninsula on the west coast of Costa Rica is making a huge impact on the restoration and protection of its landscape by offering financial incentives to landowners, creating jobs, and supporting rural economies by the same token.
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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 EcuadorGood News for Our Ecosystem: New Conservation Area Comes to Life
A new conservation area located on the southern coast of Ecuador has been established to protect dry forests and mangroves, as well as water sources for inhabitants and precious ecosystems to many threatened species.
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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.