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300,000ha Queensland cattle station bought for conservation after $21m donation

State government and Nature Conservancy jointly purchase Vergemont station, which contains habitat for endangered night parrots

The Guardian - AU

The West's iconic forests are increasingly struggling to recover from wildfires – altering how fires burn could boost their chances

Wildfires and severe drought are killing trees at an alarming rate across the West, and forests are struggling to recover as the planet warms. However, new research shows there are ways to improve forests’ chances of recovery – by altering how wildfires burn.

The Conversation

Parts of US see earliest spring conditions on record: ‘Climate change playing out in real time’

Parts of Texas, Arkansas, Ohio and Maryland, along with New York, are all recording their earliest spring conditions on record

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The new major players in conservation? NGOs thrive while national parks struggle

It might surprise you to know that not-for-profit conservation organisations own, manage or influence growing chunks of Australia.

The Conversation

Study of New Jersey roadkill looks at how wildlife moves, or doesn't move, around the Garden State

New Jersey is the nation’s most densely populated state, packed with 9.2 million people from High Point to Cape May Point. It’s not the easiest place for wild animals to cross the road.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Oyster harvesters hit hard as Texas closes reefs for conservation and public health

Oyster harvesters on the Texas coast are facing twin threats to their way of life: The state shut down reefs to prevent overfishing and following recent reports of illness after people ate Texas oysters.

The Texas Tribune

How a landmark bill and a small patch of land could save Florida’s panthers

The Recovering America’s Wildlife Act would provide $1.3bn annually for wildlife and could speed up completion of a crucial wildlife corridor in one US state

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The Nature Conservancy oyster project adding 'ecosystem engineers' to Noosa River

Scientists and environmentalists across the country are working to help shellfish reefs recover, with hundreds of kilograms of oysters added to the Noosa River.

ABC News

Analysis-First U.S. coral insurance marks the rise of the reef brigades

Conservation group The Nature Conservancy's vision for the future of coral protection involves speed boats, and a global army of snorkellers and divers deployed when tropical storms and hurricanes damage reefs.

Reuters

Indian city that turned dirty lake into a natural biofilter shows how to adapt to climate change

The city faces twin crises: a booming population and worsening floods.

Fortune

How debt-for-climate swaps can help solve low-income countries' fiscal and environmental challenges at the same time

Barbados Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley spoke passionately to the United Nations General Assembly in September about the mounting debt many developing countries are shouldering and its increasing impact on their ability to thrive.

The Conversation

Behind the scenes at Nachusa Grasslands, where animals from mice to bison find stability

On a hilltop about 95 miles west of Chicago grow plant species that have been there for hundreds, if not thousands of years. The soil is sandy, so when the surrounding lowlands were used for agriculture, the hill remained untouched. From that vantage point, Nachusa Grasslands sprawls below with sections…

Chicago Tribune

The new plan to fight a coral reef disease devastating the Caribbean

Some say NOAA's new plan to tackle a coral disease in the Caribbean might not come fast enough.

Axios

Low-income communities learn to tackle climate-fueled heat

Some low-income communities of color around the United States are learning to tackle extreme neighborhood heat fueled by climate change through nonprofit programs that educate and engage

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To save water in Texas, these nonprofits are paying farmers to leave it in reservoirs

As Texas continues to battle drought, groups are trying a market-based solution to help farmers and protect what little water is left.

Tribune News Service

Its habitat decimated, this charismatic Minnesota bird is dancing on the edge of oblivion

The thunder had passed but the wind remained, whipping in the darkness through the prairie grass, over the little hills and scattered oak trees to Brian Winter's field blind.

The Times of India

Punjab: A project for farmers to adopt a no-burn cropping system

MAKOWAL(AMRITSAR): Farmers in Amritsar's Makowal have usually been setting their crop residue to fire after harvesting to prepare the fields for another crop but Promoting Regenerative And No-burn Agriculture (PRANA),a project launched for Crop Residue Management (CRM) by The Nature Conservancy (TNC), a conservation organization, may help prevent another round…

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‘Genius engineering’: the battle to save Hawaii’s historic fish ponds

Neglected and polluted, the ponds were nearly barren of native species. But community efforts are starting to pay off

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The Conversation

Once the fish factories and ‘kidneys’ of colder seas, Australia’s decimated shellfish reefs are coming back

Australia once had vast oyster and mussel reefs, which anchored marine ecosystems and provided a key food source for coastal First Nations people. But after colonisation, Europeans harvested them for their meat and shells and pushed oyster and mussel reefs almost to extinction. Because the damage was done early – and…

The Guardian - UK

Offshore fish farms: a new wave of food production … or the ‘wild west’ of ocean pollution?

Deep-sea aquaculture is proliferating around the planet, promising to ‘feed the world’. Yet many fear the harm this new frontier could wreak on marine life

ABC News

Traditional owners use AI and aerial imaging to help restore wetlands in south-west NSW

Traditional management techniques are being combined with modern technology to aid the restoration of vitally important wetlands near Balranald, in south-west New South Wales.

Tribune News Service

Rebuilding an island: Project in Lake Worth Lagoon relies on nature for coastline protection

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The Nature Conservancy’s Joseph Schmidt envisions a future for the Lake Worth Lagoon. In it, American oystercatchers forage the shoreline, mangroves and oysters filter pollution, and kayaks glide from restored island to restored island. In turn, those islands help protect human development.

The Independent UK

Priceless seeds, sprouts key to US West's post-fire future

The mission was to rescue tens of thousands of invaluable tree sprouts from a research center in New Mexico and to keep safe a vital bank of millions of pine, spruce and other conifer seeds that will be used to restore fire-ravaged landscapes across the West

ABC News

Port Phillip Bay shellfish reef project a first step in restoring Australia's underwater kingdoms

Divers in Port Phillip Bay carry live shellfish down to an artificial reef, taking another small step in an ambitious restoration project that is the largest yet undertaken in Australia.

Zenger

Something To Shellebrate: Ruined Oyster Reefs Can Be Restored Say Experts

Over-harvesting and disease have devastated oyster populations over the last two centuries.

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