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How LIFE Projects Are Scaling Nature-Based Solutions to Build Climate Resilience
On the rewetted reaches of the Néal River in Brittany, a LIFE ARTISAN demonstration site is restoring aquatic and wetland corridors — and, according…
Biodiversity & Conservation
Sky View Observatory tickets: Seattle's urban canopy from above
Sky View Observatory tickets are less about reaching the top of a building than about changing the scale at which Seattle becomes legible. The…
Biodiversity & Conservation
Marine protected areas: do they actually save wildlife?
On the leeward side of the Mesoamerican Reef, where the seafloor shelves steeply from shallow spur-and-groove coral into channels of sand and…
Biodiversity & Conservation
Biochar soil application: restoring degraded land tomorrow
Degraded land rarely fails for one reason. Organic matter is depleted. Nutrients leach beyond the root zone. Soil structure collapses. In…
Biodiversity & Conservation
Land sparing or sharing: which saves more biodiversity?
When farmland expands, the first question is often framed as a choice between two imperfect futures. Do we intensify production on a smaller area and…
Biodiversity & Conservation
Wildlife trafficking: online reporting tools to use
Wildlife trafficking is no longer confined to border crossings, street markets, or poorly monitored cargo terminals. Illegal wildlife products and…
Biodiversity & Conservation
Mangrove carbon credits: real climate solution or hype?
In coastal Southeast Asia, a mangrove carbon project can appear secure inside a registry while remaining exposed in the living landscape. The project…
Biodiversity & Conservation
Radar satellite deforestation tracking: the new standard
The grand promise of forest protection has always arrived in immaculate diplomatic language: transparency, traceability, jurisdictional integrity…
Biodiversity & Conservation
Mycorrhizal fungi: the underground forest support system
A newly planted tree can look healthy above ground and still be losing its most important battle below it. On a degraded site, roots may sit in…
Biodiversity & Conservation
Passive rewilding vs active habitat management
A field left alone does not automatically become a healthy ecosystem. Sometimes, giving nature room is exactly what a damaged landscape needs…
Biodiversity & Conservation
Marine reserves: strict protection or sustainable use?
Across 7,000 kilometers of Australia’s Southern Great Reef, the ecological divide between strict protection and sustainable use is unusually clear.