Public Lands & Protected Spaces

New research supports efforts to designate more land and water to save biodiversity and fight climate change — but we need to protect better, as well as more.

Removing dams is one thing, but thousands of levees also restrict rivers in the United States — and they’re not working as intended.

Ten bills in Congress would add conservation protections to 7,000 miles of river to safeguard drinking water, biodiversity and recreation.

A new study looked at a group of forest lands that hold big conservation potential but aren’t adequately protected.

The pressures of climate change and human land use could lead to the disappearance of unique biodiversity and vital ecological services.

Experts say expanding public lands won’t be enough to achieve science-based calls for more protected areas.

Ecuador’s Los Cedros Reserve, one of Earth’s most biodiverse habitats, could be wiped out by mining. A court case could save it — and set a precedent for the planet.

President Trump’s notorious border wall is just one transboundary threat to the world’s wildlife.

It’s called “biophobia,” a disconnection from nature that’s reducing our collective will to preserve species and habitats. But new research points toward some wild solutions.

The state used an innovative new law to fight back against the Trump administration’s expansion of oil and gas drilling — and that could provide a model for the rest of the country.