CONSERVATION NEWS
News, views and features from the front lines of conservation
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2020 in review: For world’s oceans, a year of distress, discovery
By Kiley Price
December 23, 2020
This month, Conservation News is revisiting some of the most interesting and significant stories and issues we covered in 2020.
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Coral-saving crabs, biodegradable plastic surge, iceberg collision: 3 stories you may have missed
By Vanessa Bauza
December 21, 2020
In case you missed it: A voracious crustacean helps restore seaweed-choked coral, a surge in biodegradable plastic threatens to further pollute oceans and rivers, and a massive ice melt endangers one of the world’s richest ecosystems.
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Tiny, remote islands make huge waves for marine conservation
By Kiley Price
November 25, 2020
The government of Tristan da Cunha — the most remote inhabited islands in the world — committed to protecting 90 percent of its territory’s waters, creating the largest marine protected area in the Atlantic.
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Newly discovered coral species face uncertainty in Pacific’s depths
By Kiley Price
October 29, 2020
A team of researchers recently discovered three new species of black coral in the depths of the North Pacific — but deep-sea mining could threaten them.
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Notes from the field: Sun-powered water, COVID and fishing, and more
By Kiley Price
October 22, 2020
Here are three recent conservation success stories you should know about.
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