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Human Rights Depend on a Thriving Natural World

Any work to achieve human-rights gains will be upended unless we address our climate and biodiversity crises.
November 8, 2021
by
Steve Trent
Any work to achieve human-rights gains will be upended unless we address our climate and biodiversity crises.
Monarch butterfly
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Infrastructure for Insects: Congress Should Invest in Bees and Butterflies

The new infrastructure bill would fund new habitat for pollinators — and help people and wildlife in the process.
September 29, 2021
by
Malia Libby
The new infrastructure bill would fund new habitat for pollinators — and help people and wildlife in the process.
Police car and protesters
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To Save the Planet, We Need to End Corporate Funding of Police

Those fighting to protect the planet face intense police repression that's funded by private corporations.
August 16, 2021
by
Shea Leibow
Those fighting to protect the planet face intense police repression that's funded by private corporations.
Chinese trawler
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End Subsidies That Drive Overfishing and Threaten Ocean Health

Harmful fisheries subsidies push species to extinction, fuel food insecurity, and worsen the climate crisis.
July 14, 2021
by
Steve Trent
Harmful fisheries subsidies push species to extinction, fuel food insecurity, and worsen the climate crisis.
sand tiger shark
Commentaries

How the United States Must Help Sharks Around the World

American fisheries feed an intense global demand for shark fins. A new bill could help close several critical gaps in the rules.
June 23, 2021
by
David McGuire and Molly Yoon
American fisheries feed an intense global demand for shark fins. A new bill could help close several critical gaps in the rules.
California Yosemite Valley
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California’s Opportunity to Shape Worldwide Biodiversity Policy

The United States has failed to take leadership in the Convention on Biological Diversity. Its most biodiverse state can fill that gap.
June 21, 2021
by
Laura Friedman and Rosalind Helfand and Mike Young
The United States has failed to take leadership in the Convention on Biological Diversity. Its most biodiverse state can fill that gap.
Commentaries

Laws Must Adapt for Climate Refugees

As climate change pushes people and families across international borders, they’ll find few protections. That can be fixed.
June 16, 2021
by
The Conversation
As climate change pushes people and families across international borders, they’ll find few protections. That can be fixed.
Grand Cayman coral reef
Commentaries

As Tourism Returns, We Can’t Allow Cruise Companies to Destroy Coral Reefs for Profit

The COVID-19 pandemic put much of the tourism industry on hold. Once restrictions are lifted, we need to be wary of what comes next.
May 28, 2021
by
Kelly Heber Dunning
The COVID-19 pandemic put much of the tourism industry on hold. Once restrictions are lifted, we need to be wary of what comes next.
Zimbabwe elephant
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Southern Africa’s Ivory Delusion

The values of Zimbabwe’s and Namibia’s ivory stockpiles have been grossly overstated, and their proposed sale would lead to another poaching epidemic.
April 9, 2021
by
Charan Saunders
The values of Zimbabwe’s and Namibia’s ivory stockpiles have been grossly overstated, and their proposed sale would lead to another poaching epidemic.
pollution
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Take Corporate Climate Pledges of ‘Net-Zero’ With a Healthy Dose of Skepticism

These plans sound ambitious, but what does it actually take to reach net-zero and, more importantly, will it be enough to slow climate change?
March 31, 2021
by
The Conversation
These plans sound ambitious, but what does it actually take to reach net-zero and, more importantly, will it be enough to slow climate change?

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