CONSERVATION NEWS

News, views and features from the front lines of conservation

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New conservation effort seeks $1 billion for Eastern Himalayas

By Mary Kate McCoy

September 20, 2023
A new initiative in the Eastern Himalayas aims to raise US$1 billion to accelerate — and scale up — local conservation work, providing resources to plant 1 billion trees, and protect and restore 1 million hectares by 2030.
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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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How an extraordinary new effort is giving sharks ‘a fighting chance’

By Mary Kate McCoy

July 24, 2023
Earlier this year, three zebra shark pups became the first endangered sharks ever to be bred in captivity for the purpose of being released into the wild. They're part of a bold plan to bring sharks back from the brink of extinction.
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© Grant Linley/Charles Sturt University. Swamp wallabies in New South Wales

After Australia’s bushfires, AI cameras capture wildlife recovery

By Mary Kate McCoy

May 11, 2023
Three years after Australia’s most devastating fire season ever, new images from motion-activated cameras placed across the country’s scorched forests are giving researchers an unequaled view into wildlife recovery.
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Walking shark, Hemiscyllium halmahera
© Conservation International/photo by Mark Erdmann

Indonesia protects ‘walking sharks.’ Are other sharks next?

By Mary Kate McCoy

April 19, 2023
The Indonesian government has granted six species of threatened “walking sharks” the highest level of protection — a move experts hope will lead to the conservation of other sharks, whose numbers have plummeted due largely to the shark fin trade.
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