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Preserving Natural and Cultural Heritage in the Calumet Region

Stretching across Chicago’s Southeast Side and northwest Indiana, the Calumet region tells a powerful national story—one of ...

Where the wild things thrive: Finding and protecting nature’s climate change safe havens

Protecting places that are likely to remain cool and moist as global temperatures rise can save wildlife of all kinds, but ...
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Indigenous and local action brings back nature: UN recognizes three World Restoration Flagships

Nairobi, 4 December 2025 – The UN today recognized three new World Restoration Flagships in Australia, Canada and South Africa, anchored in Indigenous Peoples and local knowledge. Announced ahead of ...
Panda

The Amazon connection: Why nature is climate’s ally at Cop30

The COP30 climate summit is taking place in the Brazilian Amazon – the most biodiverse place on the planet. This pivotal location highlights the reality: we cannot solve the climate crisis without ...
The Lancet

Safeguarding natural ecosystems can protect population health: advancing approaches to bridge the health–ecology divide

cFaculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, Department of Non-communicable Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK dCentre on Climate Change and Planetary ...
CNN

Why is China setting up a nature reserve in one of the world’s most contested waterways?

China’s latest nature reserve is a rock in the middle of one of the world’s most contested waterways. On Wednesday, the Chinese government approved a proposal to establish a national nature reserve at ...
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NCAVES China

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) of China is the lead institution implementing the European Union-funded project Natural Capital Accounting and Valuation of Ecosystem Services (NCAVES) in China ...