Nature
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To improve crop yields, just add trees
Village chief, shopkeeper and farmer Lela Kabeakan sorts turmeric grown on her farm using agroforestry practices that intersperse forest trees…
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Coffee companies pledge to tackle the bitter consequences of climate change
Freshly brewed, a new report on the future of sustainable coffee offers grounds for optimism. Released by the Sustainable Coffee…
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Protect nature or risk future pandemics, expert warns
Humanity’s continued assault on the environment could unleash another pandemic — and soon. So says Dr. Neil Vora, Conservation International’s…
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New map pinpoints where people depend on nature the most
More than two-thirds of the population of the tropics — about 2.7 billion people — directly depend on nature for…
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Forest drones, gorilla germs and more
Though news headlines about the state of the planet may seem bleak, they don’t always capture the whole story. Around…
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These ecosystems could determine our climate future: study
Nature’s stashes of climate-warming carbon are packed into a small percentage of Earth’s lands, finds a new study that pinpoints…
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deep-sea hotspot, Indigenous ocean conservation and more
A team of scientists sent remotely operated vehicles to depths of up to 330 meters (1082 feet) and discovered more…
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Humanity barreling toward ‘irreversible’ climate tipping points
Editor’s note: News about conservation and the environment is made every day, but some of it can fly under the…
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Why a new treaty to protect the high seas is a ‘game-changer’
Roughly two-thirds of the world’s oceans lie beyond national boundaries in an area known as the “high seas” — yet…
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Meet a scientist: the whale whisperer
Editor’s note: A recent survey found that 81 percent of Americans could not name a living scientist. No, not a single one. At Conservation…
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