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5 nature-friendly gifts for this holiday season
By Kiley Price
November 24, 2021
Conservation International’s 2021 gift guide offers a variety of meaningful and unique items that give back to nature. Here are some of the top picks from our newest partners.
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Coral reefs are facing their own pandemic: 3 stories you may have missed
By Kiley Price
November 22, 2021
In case you missed it: Coral reefs are at risk due to a disease outbreak, Indigenous knowledge could help communities in India adapt to climate change and deforestation in Brazil is surging.
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These ecosystems could determine our climate future: study
By Kiley Price
November 18, 2021
Nature’s stashes of climate-warming carbon is packed into a small percentage of Earth’s lands, finds a new study that pinpoints the ecosystems humanity must protect to avert a climate disaster.
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Nothing beats peat: 3 stories you may have missed
By Will McCarry
November 16, 2021
In case you missed it: The most carbon-dense lands on Earth are finally getting the respect they deserve, the world’s carbon balance sheets just aren’t adding up and reinstated protections for threatened owl species help conserve critical old growth forests in the Pacific Northwest.
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Experts: UN climate talks a 'turning point' — but pledges must become progress
By Kiley Price
November 15, 2021
The UN climate talks (COP26) yielded key climate commitments. Our experts weigh in on the main takeaways — plus needed next steps.
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