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Women Farmers Use Citrus Groves to Keep Elephants and Forests Safe in Sumatra

Women farmers are using citrus groves to deter elephants and protect a degraded Sumatran national park, a low-conflict conservation model.

Marine Protected Areas Leave Most Sharks and Rays Unprotected, Study Finds

Most sharks and rays have under 10% of their range in any marine protected area, a study finds, exposing gaps in the 30x30 target.

New Studies Show the Amazon Can Recover, but a Tipping Point Still Looms

Three studies find the Amazon can regrow quickly, but biodiversity recovery lags and a tipping point may arrive within 15 years.

Indigenous Groups Renew Legal Challenge to Indonesia's Conservation Law

Indigenous groups ask Indonesia's Constitutional Court to strike down conservation law provisions they say threaten ancestral land rights.

Brazil's Expanded Gun Access Fueled Illegal Hunting, Study Finds

A study links Brazil's expanded gun access to a surge in illegal hunting, with 4,600+ animals from 157 species killed.

A Sumatran Farmer Fights to Bring Back Mangroves Lost From Fragile Peatland

A Sumatran farmer's 15-year fight to restore mangroves on sinking peatland shows why community-led restoration outlasts national planting targets.

In Amazon Rivers, Fish Breathe and Ingest Microplastics

Microplastics are turning up in the gills and guts of Amazonian fish, including the air-breathing pirarucu.