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The health of the ocean: What's at stake

WebThe health of the ocean: What's at stake? Washington DC September 20, 2010. Renowned oceanographer and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Sylvia …

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Protected Areas Have a Lot of Benefits. Here’s How to Maximize …

WebHere’s How to Maximize Them. Effectively managed protected areas are a critical tool for safeguarding biodiversity, maintaining ecosystem balance, and providing …

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What Are Ecosystem Services, and How Do They Help Our Planet

WebProtecting diverse ecosystems and the natural benefits that they provide is essential to the future of life on our planet and the well-being of humanity. Those …

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Climate Change and Human Impacts Are Altering Mt. Everest …

WebNovember 20, 2020 Washington, D.C.. -- Today, new findings from the most comprehensive scientific expedition to Mt. Everest in history have been released in the interdisciplinary …

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Major new commitments and finance for nature ahead of global

WebNew York, New York (22 September 2021)—Over 20 heads of state, as well as business, philanthropy and Indigenous leaders, made major funding announcements and …

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Economic Benefits of Protecting 30% of Planet’s Land and Ocean …

WebThe report considers various scenarios of protecting at least 30% of the world’s land and ocean to find that the benefits outweigh the costs by a ratio of at least 5-to-1. …

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Nature Based Solutions Essential For Climate Mitigation

WebWashington DC December 11, 2020. New opportunity emerging five years on from the Paris Climate Agreement. On the 5th anniversary of the Paris Climate Agreement, Nature …

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Global Biodiversity Is in Crisis, but There Is Hope for Recovery

WebThe Earth is facing a dual crisis of rapid climate change and unprecedented biodiversity loss. A recent UN report on biodiversity estimates the global rate of species …

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30 Days of Hope: Stories of Nature Resilience in the Sea and on Land

WebGreat things happen when we all work together. Earlier this year in Dorset, United Kingdom, seven conservation organizations and numerous landowners banded …

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Report: 2022 Okavango Delta Crossing Reveals A Healthy …

WebFuture research directions abound. The 2022 report identified a number of future research directions, with the goal of building a bigger, better picture of the Delta’s …

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All Plants Are Medicine; We Just Need To (re)Learn How

WebEach person, each plant, each day enforced an awareness of a wisdom obscured by steel buildings and cemented expanses. The Earth provides all that we …

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The Global Impacts of Habitat Destruction

WebHabitat destruction, defined as the elimination or alteration of the conditions necessary for animals and plants to survive, not only impacts individual species but the …

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New study: Protecting large ocean areas doesn’t curb fishing catches

WebA new study published in Science Advances today provides evidence that large-scale, offshore, and fully-protected marine areas (MPAs) protect biodiversity …

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Sustainable Land Management is Key to Reducing the Impacts of …

WebUN Report Says Human Demand Driving Unprecedented Depletion of Natural Resources. Today’s UN special report on climate change and the future of land use …

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How Paper Cranes Became a Symbol of Healing in Japan

WebIn 2012, the 9/11 family association donated to Japan a paper crane welded from World Trade Center debris as a symbol of hope and resilience in the face of …

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The Strong & Subtle: Women in Waste Management

WebShare. Washington DCMay 29, 2018. I have a theory. Taiwan's waste management system is dependent on a subtle, strong, yet almost invisible force--women. Walk into a …

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