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2024 marks a pivotal moment in global governance. The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) reports more than 50 countries, or just more than half of the global population, are about to
A new NASA program is helping researchers more accurately calculate how much planet-warming carbon protected areas are storing. It’s a lot.
In 2022, the world’s nations committed to protecting 30% of their land and sea by 2030 (the so-called “30×30” initiative). At sea, this will require a massive buildup of marine protected areas (MPAs), and countries have been announcing new ones regularly. But there’s also a different, less familiar option for meeting the 30% target: “other […]
Virachey National Park is a rare untouched wilderness in Southeast Asia, but potential hydropower plans threaten its future.
President Biden named two new national monuments in 2023 as part of a plan to conserve 30 percent of U.S. land by 2030. Here's what land could be next.