CONSERVATION NEWS
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This Earth Day, 10 Conservation International experts share reasons for hope
By Kiley Price
April 22, 2022
To provide a boost of climate optimism, 10 Conservation International experts are sharing why they have hope for the planet — and why you should, too.
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Cactuses are struggling to beat the heat: 3 stories you may have missed
By Kiley Price
April 18, 2022
In case you missed it: Global warming is threatening cactuses, reduced genetic diversity is putting our food systems at risk and climate change is altering the way sounds travel across the ocean.
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New PBS program chronicles our ‘Changing Planet’ — and offers dose of hope
By Kiley Price
April 15, 2022
Hosted by Conservation International CEO M. Sanjayan, a new PBS series is exploring exactly how climate change is disrupting six of the world’s most iconic biomes — from Africa’s savannas to the icecaps of the Arctic.
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To spur action, don’t give in to ‘climate doom’: 3 stories you may have missed
By Vanessa Bauza
April 11, 2022
In case you missed it: Scientists fight "climate doom," forests managed by Indigenous peoples are powerful carbon sinks and honey from stingless bees in the Amazon can treat a range of ailments.
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That UN climate report wasn’t all bad news
By Bruno Vander Velde
April 7, 2022
The recent IPCC climate report was bleak, but there are silver linings. Our expert weighs in.
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