CONSERVATION NEWS
News, views and features from the front lines of conservation
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In a first, a drone helps nab illegal logger in Peru
By Cassandra Kane
May 16, 2018
A man was caught illegally cutting down trees in Peru’s Alto Mayo Protected Forest.
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New tool provides gauge for freshwater health
By Allie Goldstein
March 19, 2018
Scientists created a scoring system for freshwater health.
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With eye to hungry planet, new tech watches soil health
By Morgan Lynch
February 15, 2018
An estimated 10 billion people will walk the Earth by 2050 — how will humanity grow enough food on land that is increasingly tapped out?
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Illegal fishing threatens the ‘aquarium of the world’
By Morgan Lynch
January 23, 2018
Conservation International’s Edgardo Ochoa talks about to curb threats to the Gulf of California.
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The hidden cost of online shopping — and what you can do about it
By Bruno Vander Velde
November 17, 2017
In this new Climate Lab video, CI CEO M. Sanjayan takes you inside the world of online shipping and its impacts on the planet.
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