Wetlands
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Environment
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
Environment IndiaSecond-Largest Lake Goes from an Illegal Hunting Ground… to a Tourist Attraction
Restoring Chilika lake, India’s second-largest, was the first step in saving the Mangalajodi wetland, and undertaking tourism-related initiatives was the obvious next to strengthening ecosystems, biodiversity, and the livelihoods of local communities.
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Animals
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Environment
Environment ArgentinaRe-wilding Efforts Show Huge Success Here!
Through rewilding projects, conservationists in Argentina have managed to restore more than 800,000 hectares of damaged land and reintroduce multiple species including jaguars, red macaws and river otters, thus curbing the destruction of one of the most at-risk ecosystems in the world.
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Environment
Environment USAFrom Junkyard to Wetland: A Success Story
It took a massive cleanup worth millions of dollars and 16 years of effort, but a toxic dumping ground was converted into a healthy wetland in Ohio, United States, in the largest cleanup project as part of a nationwide goal to restore areas to their natural…
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Environment
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Animals
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Animals
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Environment
Environment ThailandVillagers Fought for Their Ancestral Forest – and Won!
Discontent with the government of Thailand’s proposal to infill their wetland, the villagers of Ban Boon Rueang launched advocacy and social media campaigns to showcase how vital their forest is to the local ecosystem - and their efforts paid off!
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Society
Society USA“You Cut Trees, We Do Not Buy From You,” Food and Drink Giant Tells Palm Oil Producers
PepsiCo Inc has announced its plans to apply a greener policy for palm oil used in its products – and enforces the same rules for all firms in the world working directly or indirectly with the U.S. company, in a first for the consumer goods industry.