CONSERVATION NEWS
News, views and features from the front lines of conservation
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News spotlight: How does your diet affect the environment?
By Will McCarry
February 6, 2023
In case you missed it: Every bite of food we eat comes with an environmental cost. But not every diet is created equal. A new tool illustrates the toll our food system takes on nature — comparing dietary staples like meat, fish, dairy, eggs and grains.
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A Peruvian forest was vanishing. Coffee and community trust saved it
By Will McCarry
January 10, 2023
In the Alto Mayo Protected Forest in Peru, local farmers have partnered with Conservation International to produce sustainable coffee and halt deforestation. Since 2011, this partnership has helped deforestation decline by 59 percent.
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To stop climate catastrophe, look to soil: study
By Kiley Price
March 18, 2020
Conservation News spoke to the co-author of a groundbreaking new study reports that the secret to sustainable agriculture lies in the soil — or more specifically, in the carbon stored in the soil.
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3 ways climate change affects tropical rainforests
By Jessica Pink
June 26, 2018
Climate change will affect tropical rainforests — here are 3 ways how.
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Coffee giant changing the sustainability game, report shows
By Bruno Vander Velde
June 13, 2018
A Starbucks ethical sourcing program is brewing larger-than-expected changes across the coffee sector.
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