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Cloud Forest Protection Critical To Keep Tropical Dams Running
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Article As the global population surges, dams have been increasingly adopted as a way to keep up with skyrocketing demands for water and energy.
Peruvian City Pledges to Ramp Up Freshwater Conservation Efforts
Costa Rica Bans Hunting
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Article Costa Rica, a tropical country known for its national parks and ecotourism, has taken a further step to protect its environment. But even in this environmentally conscious nation, a new ban on hunting faces obstacles.
Farmers of the Caribbean: Implementing Sustainable Farming Practices in Trinidad's Northern Ranges
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Report In the hillsides of Trinidad’s Northern Range, smallholder subsistence farming systems dominate the landscape. Pushed to this frontier by escalating pressure on low-lying agriculture lands from more urban development and a rising population, farmers continue to rely on short-term crops on the steep slopes there.
Revitalizing the Mexican Corvina Fishery with Sustainable Management
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Article Three years ago EDF, fishermen, and critical partners like Noroeste Sustentable (NO
Project-Level Insights for Landscape Level PES (Payment for Ecosystem Services)
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Article Over the last 10 years, there has been a significant increase in private and public sector interest to explore payments for ecosystem services (PES), in order to assign value to ecosystem services, and thus promote better land use practices. We recently investigated how PES schemes are faring in meeting the goals of safeguarding ecosystem services, while also benefiting local livelihoods.
Raja Ampat Launches Indonesia’s First Shark Sanctuary
Colombia to double the size of massive Amazon reserve to include uncontacted tribes' land
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Article Columbia may more than double the size of the remote and poorly-known Chiribiquete National Park to make it the biggest protected area in the Columbian Amazon, reports El Espectador.
Under a proposal laid out last year, Columbia's national park service is slated to expand Chiribiquete to about 3 million hectares, up from its current 1.3 million hectares. The park, located in southern Columbia, was established in 1989 and is home to more than 300 bird species, 7 monkey species, and 300 butterfly species.
Local communities unite to protect Mount Diwata Range IBA
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Article The essence of organizing the local community as a Site Support Group in Mount Diwata Range Important Biodiversity Area (IBA) for natural resource protection and conservation aims to improve the living condition of the forest-dependent families in the IBA by engaging themselves into forest-friendly livelihoods through linkage and networking building that brings to the realm of equal opportunities both for men and women to access natural resources for biodiversity conservation
