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Norway Closes its Last Arctic Coal Mine to turn Land back into Giant National Park wilderness

Norway is dismantling their last arctic mine in Svalbard piece by piece and creating an additional 1,125 square miles (2,914 square…

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Sustainable Planet

World’s 2nd largest rainforest no longer under threat thanks to conservation efforts

World Heritage Committee removes Congo’s Salonga National Park from List of World Heritage Sites in Danger due to improvements in conservation,…

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Inspiring People

United States Govt. to Restore Protections for Alaska’s Tongass National Forest

The move will reverse one of numerous recent environmental rollbacks which had opened half of this pristine old-growth forest wilderness to…

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Inspiring People

Meet Team Lioness: the Kenyan women transforming what it means to be a wildlife ranger

IFAW’s all-female ranger team in Kenya’s Amboseli National Park risk their lives daily to protect wildlife from poaching.

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Sustainable Planet

The United States’ newest national park is also the first in West Virginia

New River Gorge, in Fayetteville, was officially changed from a national river to a national park as part of the COVID-19…

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Rhino poaching in South Africa down by 33% last year

In 2020 South Africa saw the sixth straight year of decline in rhinoceros numbers lost to poaching, however pressure on rhino…

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Inspiring People

England set to create more national parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty

Prime Minister Boris Johnson commits to protect 30% of UK land in boost for biodiversity, with over 4,000 sq km of…

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New Zealand couple gift multimillion-dollar paradise property for “all New Zealanders to enjoy”

900 hectares of land at the foot of the Remarkables Range has been gifted to the Queen Elizabeth II National Trust…

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Pakistan creates 5,000 green jobs as it announces 15 national parks to protect green areas

In its latest move to generate jobs while boosting conservation and curbing the impacts of climate change, Pakistan has announced the…

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Court upholds protections for Yellowstone grizzly bears, saving them from sport hunters

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in favour of protecting grizzly bears, restoring their status under the Endangered Species…

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Norway Closes its Last Arctic Coal Mine to turn Land back into Giant National Park wilderness

World’s 2nd largest rainforest no longer under threat thanks to conservation efforts

United States Govt. to Restore Protections for Alaska’s Tongass National Forest

Meet Team Lioness: the Kenyan women transforming what it means to be a wildlife ranger

The United States’ newest national park is also the first in West Virginia

Rhino poaching in South Africa down by 33% last year

England set to create more national parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty

New Zealand couple gift multimillion-dollar paradise property for “all New Zealanders to enjoy”

Pakistan creates 5,000 green jobs as it announces 15 national parks to protect green areas

Court upholds protections for Yellowstone grizzly bears, saving them from sport hunters

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