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The Marañón river, Peru’s second-longest river and mainstem source of the Amazon River. Indigenous peoples reliant on its waters are fighting for the river to have recognized rights. Ministerio del Ambiente, Flickr

In Peru, the path to achieving rights of nature winds like the rivers it seeks to protect

In Peru, a look inside the Indigenous movement fighting for rights of nature, making ecosystems subjects for state protection.

 
The Olympic Rings in the Japanese pottery art style of Kintsugi. Charis Tsevis, Flickr

The climate truth of the Olympics, remote working woes, and NYC’s mollusk heroes

In this news roundup: Earth approaching climate tipping points, DHL orders electric aircraft, and why remote working isn’t as green as you might think

 
A view of forests leading up to Mt. Kenya. Peter Usher, Nature Kenya

Forest guardians and nature’s nurseries on Mount Kenya

Conservationist Paul Gacheru shares how farmers and families are restoring the Mount Kenya foothills of his childhood to forested health.

 

How can we restore the Aral Sea basin?

A live discussion with Aral Sea basin experts Vadim Sokolov and Kristina Toderich on restoring what was once the world's fourth-largest lake.

 
Cloud forest containing unique flora in the central highlands of Sri Lanka. Vyacheslav Argenberg, http://www.vascoplanet.com/

Cloud forests: narrow bands of biodiversity filled with mist, fog and mystery

Particular altitudinal conditions of some mountains can result in cloud forests, unique "elvin woodlands" that contain special ecosystems

 
Ruiz points to a fire burning in Chaparri. Courtesy of Javier Ruiz

A year later, still entrenched in the fight for Peru’s Chaparrí forests

Environmental defender Javier Ruiz Gutierrez continues battling agribusiness and criminal networks to protect the Chaparrí reserve.

 

How are California’s redwood forests weathering fires and climate change?

A look at how climate change is affecting the redwood forests and biodiversity of the California Floristic Province.

 

Waste not: New UN-Water report examines the potential of wastewater

New report from the United Nations focuses on rethinking management of wastewater to help mitigate and adapt to climate change.

 
At the foothills of the Atewa Forest. Ahtziri Gonzalez, CIFOR

Yes, Ghana should mine bauxite, but not in critical ecosystems like Atewa Forest

A lawsuit against the West African government over the Atewa Forest landscape elucidates the need to balance development and biodiversity.

 
The blue waters of the Pacific Ocean. Ocean health will be in focus at the upcoming COP in Madrid. Thomas Shahan, Flickr

Ahead of the ‘Blue COP’ in Madrid, progress made on oceans in Oslo

Before COP25, being referred to as the 'Blue COP' for its emphasis on oceans, delegates addressed the big blue elephant in the room at Our Ocean 2019.

 
Women holding tree saplings to be planted near the Daka River in Ghana. Courtesy of Tree Aid Ghana

The trees that help the Daka River flow

In northern Ghana, riverine tree-planting along the vulnerable Daka River proves how trees can nourish water-based ecosystems – and pocketbooks.

 
A 2011 satellite photo of the divide between the Sahara and the Sahel and southern forests of Africa. NASA

As the Sahel dries, the Sahara advances

Here stands the Great Green Wall: Part 1

 
Vegetation in the Sahel region is composed of mainly stunted and scattered trees, shrubs, bushes and grasses. Daniel Tiveau, Flickr

Why trees could bring water back to the Sahel

Here stands the Great Green Wall: Part 2

 
On the way to Song-kol lake, the largest freshwater lake in Kyrgyzstan. Sathish J, Flickr

New initiative ECCA30 sets out to restore an oft-overlooked region

Restoration expert Paola Agostini on restoring 30 million hectares of Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia in new country-led commitment ECCA30.

 
Delegates at the Global Landscapes Forum New York 2019 at the U.N. headquarters. Justin K. Davey, GLF

To combat climate change this decade, restore the Earth

Efforts to restore the Earth's degraded ecosystems, from forests to oceans, rises as a solution to climate change at the Global Landscapes Forum NYC 2019.

 

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