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Ambitious English rewilding project aims to give 20% of land ‘back to nature’

Rebecca Branford and Sue Branford 15 Nov 2021

After a pandemic reprieve, loggers return to a unique Madagascar forest

Rivonala Razafison 10 Nov 2021
primary forest in Danum Valley Conservation Area, Sabah, by John C. Cannon/Mongabay

Bornean communities locked into 2-million-hectare carbon deal they don’t know about

John Cannon 9 Nov 2021

Study shows ‘encouraging’ results of China’s bid to protect coastal wetlands

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 5 Nov 2021
Planting mangroves at Junda village, near Mombasa, Kenya. Image by Kang Chun Cheng.

Mangrove conservation takes root with local communities on Kenya’s coast

Kang-Chun Cheng 22 Oct 2021

Look beyond carbon credits to put a price on nature’s services, experts say

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 4 Oct 2021
Rainforest in Borneo. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Jane Goodall launches effort in support of planting 1 trillion trees by 2030

Mongabay.com 23 Sep 2021

Project works with farmers to restore Brazilian pine forests

Luís Patriani 13 Sep 2021

Should tree plantations count toward reforestation goals? It’s complicated

Gianluca Cerullo 10 Sep 2021

Mangrove restoration done right has clear economic, ecological benefits

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 31 Aug 2021

Underwater gardeners restore seagrass meadows to keep oceans healthy

Lucrezia Lozza 19 Aug 2021

Global restoration now has an online meeting point

Liz Kimbrough 23 Jul 2021

Indonesia eyes less severe fire season, but COVID-19 could turn it deadly

Hans Nicholas Jong 20 Jul 2021
Reindeer calf at Lake Inari in northern Finland, image courtesy of Markus Mauthe / Greenpeace

Nine principles for the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (commentary)

Cara Nelson, Jim Hallett 15 Jul 2021

Building back Miami’s Biscayne Bay: Do natural solutions hold hope?

Marlowe Starling 14 Jul 2021

U.N. declares decade of ecosystem restoration to ‘make peace with nature’

Liz Kimbrough 11 Jun 2021

Conservation solutions in paradise: Jamaica’s Oracabessa Bay Fishing Sanctuary

Gladstone Taylor 10 Jun 2021
Paula with Floreana racer. Photo credit: Luis Ortiz Catedral

DiCaprio, conservationists launch $43M effort to restore Galápagos Islands

Rhett Ayers Butler 17 May 2021

Is planting trees as good for the Earth as everyone says?

Mike Gaworecki 13 May 2021
Redwood trees in California. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

A Madagascar-sized area of forest has regrown since 2000

Rhett Ayers Butler 12 May 2021

‘Bad science’: Planting frenzy misses the grasslands for the trees

Shreya Dasgupta 12 May 2021

Hantavirus study shows restoring forests can reduce zoonotic disease risk

Anna Nordseth 11 May 2021

New paper urges shift to ‘nature positivity’ to restore Earth

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 7 May 2021

In Indonesia, pulp and paper firms stoke demand that may drive deforestation

Hans Nicholas Jong 23 Mar 2021

Scaling up tree nurseries is key to unlocking U.S. reforestation potential: Study

Mike Gaworecki 12 Mar 2021

Mining sites in Indonesia’s disaster-prone areas a ticking time bomb: Report

Hans Nicholas Jong 10 Mar 2021

Rewilding public lands in Patagonia and beyond: Q&A with Kris Tompkins

Rhett Ayers Butler 9 Mar 2021

Reforested areas rival mature forests in securing water, study finds

Malavika Vyawahare 2 Mar 2021
Reindeer calf at Lake Inari in northern Finland, image courtesy of Markus Mauthe / Greenpeace

Is ecosystem restoration our last/best hope for a sustainable future?

Mike Gaworecki 24 Feb 2021

Indonesian police may probe coal miners over deforestation-linked floods

Hans Nicholas Jong 18 Feb 2021

Grim toll from Indonesia’s abandoned mines may get even worse, report warns

Hans Nicholas Jong 16 Feb 2021

Fruit-eating, seed-pooping animals can help restore degraded forests

Emily Harwitz 9 Feb 2021

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