Politics www.forbes.com Antarctic Commission pursues largest conservation action ever taken Only 5% of Antarctica’s Southern Ocean is protected. A new proposal could quadruple these protections, but only if China and Russia get on board.
Impacts thenarwhal.ca 10 Indigenous guardian programs, including Yukon’s Kluane First Nation’s, get federal funding Kluane’s wildlife monitors will be the eyes of the nation on their traditional territory, watching for impacts of climate change and activities that harm the environment
Impacts Footprints of extraction The Svalbard Archipelago was uninhabited until humans came searching for resources. A historian follows their tracks.
Politics Carl Safina: Keeping hope alive in a world of extinctions The litany of lost species can be overwhelming, but as the recovery of species from bald eagles to humpback whales shows, our actions do matter.
