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News Spotlight: Indigenous land stewardship key to preserving Amazon carbon sinks
By Matthew Ribel
January 23, 2023
In case you missed it: The Amazon is the ecological jewel of the world, home to nearly 400 billion trees and 10,000 species at risk of extinction. It’s also the world’s largest terrestrial carbon sink. Yet a new report shows those climate benefits are not uniformly distributed.
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Meet 3 Indigenous women fighting for the future of the Amazon
By Kiley Price
August 9, 2022
Meet three of Conservation International's Amazonia Indigenous Women's fellows working to protect the world's largest rainforest.
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News spotlight: Gullah Geechee people look to nature to save their coastlines — and culture
By Kiley Price
August 1, 2022
In case you missed it: Communities across the southern coast of the U.S. are now losing their land — and the culture it represents — to sea-level rise. Nature can help.
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Nature meets culture: Art exhibit explores Indigenous ‘water defenders’ — and more
By Kiley Price
July 14, 2022
Here's some recent arts and culture news to help bring nature to life, wherever you are.
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Climate change is keeping people up at night — literally: 3 stories you may have missed
By Kiley Price
May 31, 2022
In case you missed it: Rising temperatures are disrupting peoples’ slumber, carbon offsets are helping the Indigenous Hadza people protect the forests they depend on and elephants are consuming massive amounts of plastic from dumpsters in India.
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