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Tech created to stop elephant poaching now supports wildlife protection globally
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (385+ words) "When great engineers meet field experts, big ideas can be born." A tool first built to help stop elephant poachers has grown into a conservation technology platform now supporting wildlife protection efforts around the world. That evolution is the focus…...
Native honeybees are helping Tanzanian communities earn income without disrupting the ecosystem
3+ mon, 4+ day ago (283+ words) In western Tanzania, native bee populations are doing more than just making honey. An Instagram carousel shared by the Jane Goodall Institute highlights how native bees in western Tanzania can support both local incomes and the surrounding environment. "In western…...
Nearly every meat and dairy sustainability pledge are untruthful, study finds
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (422+ words) companies have long made sweeping promises about sustainability, but a new analysis suggests almost all of...after researchers looked at the websites and sustainability reports of 33 of the biggest dairy and meat...
Gorillas are getting bank accounts: The new financial plan to save at-risk species
4+ mon, 4+ day ago (496+ words) Protecting endangered wildlife may sound like a matter of charity, but one new conservation program is testing whether it could work more like a paycheck. In Rwanda, that idea has given mountain gorillas something close to their own bank accounts....
Live 'beehive fences' are now keeping elephants out of farmers' crops across 24 countries
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (352+ words) "One of the most innovative, community-led solutions." Save the Elephants says "beehive fences" now span more than 14,000 hives at 100 sites across 24 countries, offering farmers a lower-conflict way to protect crops from elephants. On World Bee Day, the conservation group shared…...
Small-scale fishers warn 'blue economy' is harming local ecosystems
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (665+ words) "I feel that the phrase is something they invented to sound appealing." A growing international alliance of small-scale fishers is making the case for blue justice instead of a blue economy. It's a concept that aims to create a more…...
Rescued donkey guards 33,600 solar panels and 50 sheep at Volkswagen factory
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (531+ words) Workers say he treats the property as his own territory. At Volkswagen's Chattanooga factory, an unexpected helper is playing a role in the clean energy transition: a rescued donkey named Burrito. According to The Pulse, the 66-acre site includes a…...
Scientists issue warning over looming threat to scenic landscapes around globe: 'Shrinking into oblivion"
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (341+ words) The emotional toll is palpable. Communities around the world are holding funeral ceremonies for an unlikely recipient: glaciers. A new study predicts glaciers in the European Alps will reach a peak rate of extinction in eight years. The Guardian reported…...
In Kenya, fishers who once killed sea turtles now call in rescues: 'We've become conservationists"
2+ week, 6+ day ago (410+ words) A notable change is taking shape on Kenya's coastline. Fishers who once treated sea turtles as food or a source of income are now increasingly involved in protecting them. In one notable instance, fisherman Angore Kahindi found two turtle hatchlings…...
New York ECOs free a bald eagle, save a fawn from a well, and rush 6 baby opossums to rehab
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (338+ words) Six joeys were still alive in their mother's pouch. Over the course of a single week in New York, responders delivered three heartwarming rescues: an injured bald eagle returned to the sky, a trapped fawn was lifted from an abandoned…...