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California is home to an estimated 30,000-35,000 insect species—but scientists admit they don’t know the exact number. This knowledge gap has sparked an ambitious new project called the California Insect Barcode Initiative, which aims to identify and catalog every single…
Bangladesh is taking groundbreaking action to end centuries of elephant captivity by launching an ambitious rehabilitation program that could serve as a model for conservation efforts across Asia. The government has begun retrieving privately owned elephants with the goal of…
Mexico has implemented new national regulations prohibiting the capture and retention of five threatened shark species in Atlantic waters, marking a significant step forward for marine conservation. The ban covers bigeye thresher sharks, silky sharks, critically endangered oceanic whitetip sharks,…
Despite over $20 billion in pledges, Africa’s ambitious Great Green Wall initiative is struggling to deliver on its environmental promises, according to a new study published in Land Use Policy journal. The massive reforestation project, spanning 11 countries across the…
The Dimonika Biosphere Reserve in the Republic of Congo continues to suffer from environmental damage months after authorities shut down a controversial Chinese gold mining operation in November 2024. The UNESCO-protected site, spanning 336,000 acres of critical forest habitat, now…
Belém, Brazil’s historic Amazon gateway city, is gearing up to host COP30 from November 10-21, 2025, welcoming over 50,000 visitors for what’s being called the “forest COP.” After climate summits in oil-rich Dubai and Baku left environmentalists frustrated, there’s renewed…
Australia’s humpback whale population has achieved one of the most remarkable conservation comebacks in recent history. From just a few hundred survivors when commercial whaling was banned in the 1970s, east coast humpback numbers have surged to an estimated 50,000…
Australia’s parliament is preparing to debate crucial reforms to the nation’s primary environmental protection legislation – the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (EPBC Act). However, early government signals suggest these long-awaited changes may fall short of addressing the country’s…
