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As their forests disappear, sloths are climbing on dangerous power lines. Veterinarians and rescue centers are developing new techniques to help.

As 2023 draws to a close, so, too, does the first full year of Mongabay’s Conservation Reporting Fellowships. Launched at a time of unprecedented planetary upheaval, the program aims to build a new generation of environmental reporters from the world’s biodiversity hotspots. This is the future of reporting on Earth as we know it now […]

In Suriname, a South American country where sloths find their homes, deforestation poses a great challenge. These slow-moving creatures, unlike birds, cannot fly away, nor can they run quickly to escape the destruction. Even in Paramaribo, the capital city of Suriname, significant deforestation has occurred in recent decades. Global Forest Watch reports that Paramaribo lost […]

DUBAI, 10th October 2021 – Experts from Suriname have been calling for a balance between sustainability and progress at a forum held in association with Dubai Cares and RewirEd at Expo 2020 Dubai, ending a week of Climate and Biodiversity talks. The panel included Monique Pool, a wildlife conservationist and CNN hero. Known as the Sloth Lady of Suriname, Monique rescues, rehabilitates and releases sloths, anteaters and armadillos. Monique revealed she has a specific aim for taking part at Expo...

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The Sloth Lady Of Suriname, And Other Best Photography Of The Week · Feb 22, 2021 @11:17 AM ​​Every week, we curate the best new photography and photojournalism on the web, so you can spend your weekend kicking back and enjoying some beautiful pictures. Here are this weeks picks: CNN hero Monique Pool is always looking up, and not in a figuratively optimistic way — she literally is constantly looking upwards.  Driving with her is a stressful ordeal as she alternates her gaze between th...

This Woman in Suriname Has Rescued More than 1,000 Sloths By Ellyn Kail on February 15, 2021 Monique Pool weighs and photographs a rescue sloth named Ostrich at her rehabilitation center in Saramacca, Suriname. Ostrich received her name because as a baby she was found hanging out near the ostriches at the zoo in Paramaribo separated from her mother. Pool’s efforts in conservation and sloth rescue are a combination of being self-taught and reaching out for help to sloth specialists in Brazil ...

Sloths, its what about that they stand for. its about losing habitat. its about importance of environmental protection, for everybody. >> learn more about monique and all of our cnn heroes at cnnheroes.com. and you can vote for your favorite one once a day, every day. all right. back now to the story we were discussing moments ago. this big trial, sort of goodfellas on trial. prosecutors say vincent asaro is a former mob boss who was involved in the lufthansa heist back in 1978. lets bring in ...

Headed towards texas and washing out roads. we will get people the latest on the train derailment. christie? >> seven churches set on fire in st. louis. here is the big question? who is behind this? we are talking to one pastor that wants more help finding those responsible for setting fire to his church specifically. >> first, cnn has announced the top ten heroes for 2015. we would like you to meet another one of them. her name is monique pool. she helps save our environment by saving sloths. l...

Each year cnn heroes tell extraordinary stories working every day to find solutions to problems around the globe. we received thousands of nominations and today we revealed our top ten cnn heroes of 2015. each are contenders for a $10,000 top prize. hes fighting the water crisis in his homeland. his non-profit created a rain water harvesting system that now provides water to six villages. more than 10,000 people in indias driest region. >> anybody home? >> from pittsburgh, pennsylvania, dr. jim ...