CONSERVATION NEWS
News, views and features from the front lines of conservation
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Four questions about the Amazon fires, answered
By Bruno Vander Velde
August 23, 2019
Conservation International experts explain more about the fires raging through the Amazon.
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The Amazon is on fire: 5 things you need to know
By Bruno Vander Velde
August 22, 2019
The Amazon is on fire. Here are 5 things you need to know.
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Deforestation in the Amazon, fuel-efficient futures, shark by-catch: 3 stories you may have missed
By Kiley Price
July 29, 2019
In case you missed it: Deforestation rates in the Amazon exponentially increasing, four major automakers signed a deal with California to increase fuel-efficiency standards and sharks have little refuge from the dangers of bycatch.
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Protected areas see recent rise in legal rollbacks: study
By Olivia DeSmit
May 31, 2019
New study: Rollbacks of legal protections to protected areas are on the rise.
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Protections for African wildlife face growing threat: a lack of money
By Olivia DeSmit
October 24, 2018
Two experts on protected areas react to recent findings that a majority of protected areas in Africa are underfunded.
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