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Environment, Conservation & Restoration

• NGO Celebrates 70 Million Amazon Acres Conserved After Protecting Are Called a ‘Link of Life’

• ‘World’s Largest Deforestation Project’ Halted Early, Saving Potentially 4 Million Acres
• Isle of Jersey Expands Marine Protections to Cover 21% of Territorial Waters
• Mozambique Protects the ‘Butterfly Forest’ of Mount Mabu, Home to 200 Species
• Family Sells 650 Acres on East Texas Lake to Become State Park, Saying Land is ‘Part of my soul’
• Australia Announces 3 New National Parks to Protect Gliders, Owls, and Other Victoria Wildlife

Wildlife & Biodiversity

• North America’s Largest Wildlife Overpass Is Working: Animal Collisions on I-25 Down 91%

• Numbers of Endangered and Sacred River Dolphin Grow by 6 After Successful Breeding Season

• 53 Orangutans Rescued from Fires in Borneo, With Many Rewilded to Forest Preserves Across the Island

• Major Supermarket Begins Wide-Scale Tests to Bring Heritage Apple Varieties to Market
• Samoan Island Witnesses Explosion of Native Wildlife Following Removal of Invasive Rats and Pigs
• Coral Bleaching Reversed at Record Speed Using New Stanford Method: ‘Not a Lost Cause, at All’
• Largest Private Conservation Project in the US Hits Major Milestone as Free-Roaming Bison Pass 1,000
• Giant Tortoise Population is Thriving–Survey Finds 180,000 on One Island Chain
• Saudi Solar Park Proves Brilliant Breeding Ground for Threatened Sand Gazelles

Sustainable Technology & Innovations

• Flood Worries? Tape Can Block 99% of Water Compared to Expensive Sandbags That Break Your Back

• Vines Produce Bigger, Healthier Wine Grapes When Grown Under Solar Panels

• Coconut Oil Could Make Great Sustainable Jet Fuel, Pioneering Experiments Demonstrate
• Scientists Discover a Simple, Low-Energy Way to Recycle Acrylic Glass into Brand-New Material
• Simple ‘Soil Steaming’ Found as Effective Replacement for Chemicals in Organic Strawberry Farming
• Drape Some ‘Plant Armor’ Fabric Over a Strawberry Patch to Triple Yields with Less Pesticides
• Italian Bio-methane Plant Comes Online, Providing Renewable Gas to Over 3,000 Homes

Indigenous Rights, Culture & Land Stewardship

• New U.S. National Park Preserves ‘Land of Standing-Up Rocks’ and its Apache Culture in Arizona

• Tribe Just a Signature Away from Recovering 1,100 Ancestral Acres Along Undammed Elwha River
• Local Opinion and Involvement Found as Key Determinant in World’s Conservation Success Stories

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