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COP15: meet Canada’s lead negotiator on the global stage

As the number of plants and animals declines faster than at any other point in human history, Tara Shannon will head Canada's seat at the COP15 negotiating table.

In New Zealand, conservation is buoyed by Indigenous knowledge

In New Zealand, conservation is buoyed by Indigenous knowledge

Blending Māori knowledge into federally-funded crayfish research, supporters say, simply makes for better science.
For the Kayapó, a long battle to save their Amazon homeland

For the Kayapó, a long battle to save their Amazon homeland

For decades, the Kayapó of Brazil have waged a fierce fight to protect their territory from successive waves of loggers, miners, farmers, and land grabbers. Now, with a recently paved highway and a planned railway closing in on their lands, the Kayapó’s struggle is far from over.
Hudson Bay Indigenous peatlands conservation area

Could an Indigenous conservation area in Hudson Bay be key to saving peatlands?

The Mushkegowuk Council has been pushing to protect the area in northern Ontario — a major carbon sink the size of Portugal — for decades.

Indigenous Colombians mount a spiritual defense of the Amazon
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Indigenous Colombians mount a spiritual defense of the Amazon

UMIYAC is an alliance comprised of spiritual leaders from five different Amazonian ethnic groups deemed to be in danger of extinction.

An ancient forest in Alaska loses environmental protections
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An ancient forest in Alaska loses environmental protections

The Tongass National Forest, the world’s largest intact temperate rainforest, sustains Indigenous communities. A rollback of federal protections puts more than half of it at risk.
The Big Picture 2020
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The Big Picture 2020

From the beautiful to the bizarre, this photographic showcase of life on Earth shines a light on some of our planet's most amazing species and places.
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