Before and After Pictures Show World’s Largest Dam Removal Dramatically Rewilding Klamath River
22 years ago, the Yurok Tribe of Native Americans launched a campaign to reclaim their ancestral lands along the…
Tag: Policy
Historic $886 Billion Pentagon Budget Passes House Amidst Largest Critical Recruiting Crisis
Almost completely along partisan lines, the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) passed the House of Reps. 219-210. It…
10,000 Sq. Kilometer Park to be Protected Forever After Largest Land Purchase In New South Wales History
A vast territory has been acquired by the New South Wales government in a bid to create a massive…
Rhino Poaching Surged 93% in Namibia Last Year—Study Shows Wealth May Be Key to Stopping It
In one of Namibia’s flagship attractions and largest wildlife sanctuaries, rhino poaching surged 93% in 2022, with 87 black…
Loss of Mangrove Forest Worldwide Has Slowed to Near-Negligible Amounts, New Report Demonstrates
Story at a glance… Mangroves had been one of the world’s most threatened ecosystems for years, but a new…
Oregon Senator Introduces American Grasslands Conservation Act to Protect Imperiled Prairie
The grasslands of North America are, in terms of acreage lost annually, the most threatened ecosystem. To that end,…
Tesco Fake Meat Advertisement Ruled Unsubstantiated and “Likely to Mislead”
The UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), after investigating a 2021 Tesco ad regarding its name-brand “Plant Chef” plant-based burger,…
Breakthrough Zero-Carbon Swedish Fertilizer “Biochar” Set to Take Root Across the World
Imagine if every time you threw out your lawn and garden waste, you were actively fighting global warming. That’s…
‘Unprecedented’ Wildlife Conservation Funding Passes House
A bill to fund state and tribal wildlife conservation efforts to the tune of $1.3 billion per year just…
Conservationists Call on Governments Across Conflict Zones to Increase Protection for Persian Leopard
On June 4th, or World Environment Day, Jane Goodall led a team of 49 conservationists to petition for governments…
Asian Parks Congress Urges Greater Indigenous Stewardship Over Wild Places — Australia Listens
The 2nd meeting of the Asian Parks Congress concluded in Malaysia with representatives from government agencies, NGOs, international organizations,…
Queensland Continues to Transfer Millions of Acres of Wilderness back to Aboriginees
Story at a glance… Queensland Australia has bought hundreds of properties to increase the state’s protected areas. Almost all…
Flora, Fauna, Fungi: International Calls to Place Mushrooms in Conservation Law Succeeds
Environmental groups such as the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) recently released a statement that anytime…
New Mexico Wilderness Area Grows by 50% After Largest-Ever Land Donation
Sabinoso Wilderness Area in New Mexico, an inaccessible and tiny refuge just 5 years ago, has grown by almost…
5 State Ballot Wins for Nature this Election Cycle
When Americans lined up to vote in November for their next president of the United States, 5 states also…
Global Warming Has Achieved Self-Sustaining Permafrost Melt
A new scientific model of climate change is demonstrating that zeroing human emissions is only the start of what…
Having Recovered to 6,000 Individuals, DOI Removes Gray Wolves From Endangered Species List
WASHINGTON, D.C. October 29th, 2020. Having gone to the brink of extinction and back, humanity’s most complicated animal relationship,…
Reagan-Era Cables on Taiwan Show How the U.S. Continues to ‘Lose’ China
August 31st, 2020. A batch of declassified Ronald Reagan-era cables show how America’s policy towards selling arms to Taiwan…
Uzbekistan Continues to Create Protected Areas Putting it on Track to Reach 2030 Conservation Goals
The Government of Uzbekistan has committed to increase the total protected-areas coverage to 17% of its territory by 2025,…
Interior Department Decides Not to Reintroduce Grizzly Bears Into Public Land on Washington State
WASHINGTON D.C. July 7th, 2020. In a press release from the Department of the Interior, Interior Secretary David Bernhardt…