CONSERVATION NEWS
News, views and features from the front lines of conservation
Christian Ching
Climate Week: From the Amazon to the oceans
By Bruno Vander Velde
September 25, 2019
Tuesday's Climate Week roundup: UN report warns grim future for oceans, marine scientists map out how to prevent that future and leaders discuss building resilience in coastal communities.
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Pete Oxford/iLCP
Climate Week: Youth, morality and the fate of the Amazon
By Bruno Vander Velde
September 24, 2019
Monday's Climate Week roundup: France commits US$ 100 million to a fund to protect the Amazon, religious leaders discuss the ethics of conservation and scientists declare a "planetary emergency."
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Katrine Olson
France backs bold new pact to save Amazon
By Bruno Vander Velde
September 23, 2019
France has committed US$ 100 million to a new South American-led initiative to protect the Amazon rainforest, with Conservation International pledging an additional US$ 20 million.
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Charlie Shoemaker
Climate Week: Economics, forests take center stage
By Bruno Vander Velde
September 23, 2019
Sunday's Climate Week round-up: Experts discuss the economics of climate change, restoring forests are a cost-effective climate solution and nature is "more valuable alive than it is dead."
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Gustav Gullstrand
‘Nature Now’: In new film, climate heavyweights make plea for the planet
By Kiley Price
September 19, 2019
A new film, featuring youth climate activist Greta Thunberg and writer George Monbiot, highlights nature's ability to help stop climate breakdown.
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