CONSERVATION NEWS
News, views and features from the front lines of conservation
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3 ways Indigenous knowledge protects nature
By Mary Kate McCoy
August 9, 2023
On International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, Conservation News is highlighting three stories about Indigenous peoples on the frontlines of protecting the nature they rely on.
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On U.S. East Coast, smoky skies latest sign of a changing climate
By Bruno Vander Velde
June 8, 2023
This week, the East Coast of the United States is grappling with something that other places around the world are all too familiar with: wildfire smoke. But it may not stay a novelty for long, Americans should start expecting more of these episodes thanks to climate change.
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News spotlight: How Indigenous communities brought a sacred caiman back from the brink
By Mary Kate McCoy
May 26, 2023
For years, two communities in southeast Colombia have worked to protect the black caiman — the largest predator in the Amazon River basin, which was hunted to near extinction in the area for its highly-prized skin.
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In Amazon, small towns are a force of nature
By Mary Kate McCoy
April 12, 2023
Years ahead of schedule, Bolivia has met an ambitious goal to protect 30 percent of its land — and that's thanks in large part to Amazonian towns and villages that are accelerating the pace and scale of conservation in the country.
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3 reasons for hope for the Amazon
By Bruno Vander Velde
February 9, 2023
When U.S. President Joseph Biden meets with Brazil’s newly elected president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, in Washington this week, climate change and the fate of the Amazon will be one of the many items of discussion, according to news reports.
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