CONSERVATION NEWS

Years ahead of schedule, Bolivia has met an ambitious goal to protect 30 percent of its land — and that's thanks in large part to Amazonian towns and villages that are accelerating the pace and scale of conservation in the country.

With support from Conservation International, the municipality of Guanay in Bolivia established a law to protect one-third of its land.

A new study found that more countries undermined rather than supported nature in decisions made after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, such as their national pandemic recovery policies.

This month, Conservation News is revisiting some of the most interesting and significant stories and issues we covered in 2020.

Conservation News spoke to the lead author of a groundbreaking new study that offers a solution to save more than half of the world's species that are at risk of extinction, while slowing climate change.