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Meghalaya links farm income to water security, releases ₹28.60 crore to 1.14 lakh households in TuraMeghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma released Rs 28.60 crore under FOCUS+ for 1,14,400 farming households, including 9,070 new benefic...- In 2019, Aidan Gallagher linked fan pledges to mangrove planting in Madagascar. 6 years later, the campaign had planted 113,706 trees and removed 38 million kg of carbonIn July 2025, UNEP announced a $7.1 million grant-supported initiative for Madagascar that includes plans to restore 3,000 hectares of mang...
- In 2021, Olympic marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge adopted 50.8 hectares of Kenya's Kaptagat Forest for rehabilitation. 5 years later, more than 1,277 hectares of the wider ecosystem had been rehabilitatedIn 2021, Olympic marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge adopted 50.8 hectares of Kenya's Kaptagat Forest for rehabilitation. 5 years later, more ...
- US farmers to get $26.5 million in new grants as USDA backs beef producers and rural businesses across AmericaUSDA is investing $26.5 million in 194 agricultural projects across the US, including $11.6 million for 80 beef producer projects. Applicat...
- Lauren Sanchez and Amazon's Jeff Bezos are pouring $25 million into a massive Pacific Ocean conservation project covering an area larger than AlaskaLauren Sanchez is backing a new Bezos Earth Fund ocean conservation push as Jeff Bezos' philanthropic organization commits more than $25 mi...
- England used 2 reintroduced beaver pairs to solve flash flooding across a 12km river catchment; the result transformed flood-prone valleys into resilient wetland buffersEurasian beavers returned to the UK after centuries. Then came a five-year trial that reshaped their future, along with the English landsca...
- Howdy, Hanuman! In Texas, Statue of Union meets politics of divisionA large Hanuman statue in Texas has sparked controversy among Christian conservatives. Local Hindu groups view the monument as a symbol of ...
- Western Ghats: Karnataka CM moots ground survey, plot-level mapping to counter Kasturirangan draftKarnataka Chief Minister DK Shivakumar has proposed drone-based LiDAR and plot-level mapping of the Western Ghats to distinguish forests fr...
- Nilekani-backed Apurva.ai turns AI tool Lens into a platform for development sector to share knowledgeApurva Lens was built to help the development sector make sense of knowledge that typically stays siloed across research, evaluations, prog...
- Two Virginia retirees are turning their farms into wildlife corridors. Transformed nearly 2,500 acres are now protectedIn Virginia's Shenandoah Valley, retired farmers are revolutionising private lands into essential wildlife corridors that reconnect isolate...
- Since 1960s, Britain’s European turtle doves have suffered an almost 99% population decline. In 2026, 30 birds were released to restore the speciesBritain’s European turtle dove population has fallen by 98% since the late 1960s and early 1970s. In 2026, conservationists released 30 bir...
- In 1997, actor Paul Newman donated 7.5 acres to Connecticut's Westport to stop development. 14 years later, his land formed part of the 39-acre Newman-Poses Nature Preserve, now public landIn 1997, actor Paul Newman donated 7.5 acres to Connecticut’s Westport to stop development. Fourteen years later, his land became part of t...
- 134-Partner Himalay Unnati Mission Coalition Seeks Himalayan Authority, Early-Warning Network as Disasters IntensifyCoalition led by The Art of Living and theInternational Association for Human Values to study cloudbursts, landslides andglacier hazards ac...
- New wild cat species Leopardus tilcayo is identified for first time in 100 years and it’s smaller than a house cat. See picsA new wild cat species Leopardus tilcayo has been identified by the scientists for the first time in 100 years. It was found in Bolivia's l...
- In 1999, Metallica's James Hetfield bought a 1,150-acre Marin ranch, then gave up development rights. 19 years later, 1,000 acres were protected as working agricultural land foreverFor Hetfield and his family, the decision was also presented as a way to maintain agriculture and the scenic character of the ranch. In a s...
- In 1998, Leonardo DiCaprio started an environmental foundation at 24; it later backed more than 200 projects across 50 countriesIn 1998, Leonardo DiCaprio started an environmental foundation at 24; it later backed more than 200 projects across 50 countries. The Leona...
- In 2009, Edward Norton ran the New York Marathon to back a Kenya conservation trust; its work now directly protects 283,000 acres of Maasai landWildlife protection, however, is rarely straightforward. The 2022 report describes a year marked by severe drought, increased poaching pres...
- Leonardo DiCaprio's Re:wild used 90 countries to fight ecosystem loss through local partnerships; its work still spans 590 million acres in active conservation worldwideLeonardo DiCaprio’s Re shows that protecting nature often begins with the people who live closest to it. Across 90 countries, the organizat...
- From zero to 54 rhinos: How Assam’s former poachers turned protectors and helped bring Greater One-horned Rhinos back to Manas National ParkAssam’s Manas National Park once lost its entire Greater One-horned Rhino population to poaching and conflict. But local communities helped...
- In 1994, Jane Goodall's JGI launched Tacare in 12 Gombe villages of Tanzania to fight deforestation. 27 years later, forest cover in community reserves had risen 66% across the areaJane Goodall went to Gombe in 1960 to study wild chimpanzees. Decades later, she saw something troubling from the air: forests had disappea...
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