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Opinion: In Maine, a return of tribal land shows how conservation can work best
The environmental movement’s most promising shot at future success is to reach for Native American conservation strategies from the past.
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Fighting climate change, Indigenous people protect Canadian forests
Canada is looking to its Indigenous communities to help manage its boreal forests, the world’s largest intact forest ecosystem and one if its biggest stores of carbon.
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Bison are climate change heroes after nearly going extinct
Indigenous tribes are leading the effort to bring back the bison — a victory not only for the sake of biodiversity, but for the entire ecosystem they nurture.
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Did the Amazon rainforest contribute to the ‘Little Ice Age’ of the 1600s?
Scientists have found new evidence as they scrutinize a theory that Amazon re-growth, following European colonization, affected global climate.
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Species or ecosystems: How best to restore the natural world?
What's the best way to protect nature and restore what has been lost? A series of new scientific papers offer conflicting views on whether efforts should focus on individual species or ecosystems and point to the role humans can play in conserving landscapes.
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After wildfires, B.C. forests face long road to recovery
A B.C. Indigenous group has been working to bring its territory back to life and create a replicable model for restoration following the devastating 2017 Elephant Hill fire. But it can take a century for forests to recover and climate change adds to the timeline
Forest defenders: A Panamanian tribe regains control of its land
The victory comes as mounting evidence shows that Indigenous groups are often the best protectors of their lands.
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