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Environment ComorosThis Archipelagos Will Have Five New Protected Areas
Following twenty years of efforts, the archipelagic nation of Comoros is finally expanding its network of protected areas, going from one to six - including three marine protected areas - to better protect turtles and other species.
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Environment NiueTiny Pacific Island Vows to Protect 100% of Its Waters
The island of Niue, located in the Pacific Ocean, is pledging to protect the totality of the waters surrounding its territory, in an exemplary decision meant to save biodiversity and the ecosystem from outside threats and to decrease the impacts of climate change.
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Environment USABorder Control Win: Customs Agents Discover Rare Invasive Moth in “Medicinal Tea”
An invasive species of moth last spotted in Sri Lanka in 1912 was confiscated by United States federal customs officers at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport — effectively stopping what could have been a major threat to US agriculture.
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Society USAIndigenous Tribe Can Now Collect (and Protect) Plants in National Park
The Cherokee Nation has been granted permission to gather ancestral plants along the Buffalo National River in Arkansas, the United States, and intends to dedicate a part of their reservation to the protection of culturally and medicinally significant plants.
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Animals
Animals USAFarmers Flood Their Rice Fields to Bring This Fish Back (and It Worked!)
A group of scientists, rice farmers, and conservationists joined forces to revive the Chinook salmon population in California, the United States, a marine species on the verge of extinction, and the decade-long project is delivering positive results.
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