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CONSERVATION

Shark and Ray Awareness Day is Every Day

Last year those who have spent the past decades trying to raise awareness of the global collapse of shark and ray populations spent the summer looking ahead to the possibility that governments would take action to save these ancient ocean predators at an international meeting ...

Does Nature Have Rights? | WILD HOPE

Does Nature Have Rights? | WILD HOPE

Ecuador is one of the most biodiverse places on the planet, yet its wild spaces are also among the most threatened. In 2008, the country became the first nation in the world to enshrine the “rights of nature” in its constitution—granting wild species their own ...

The Beautiful Undammed | WILD HOPE

The Beautiful Undammed | WILD HOPE

Ten years after the largest dam removal in history—on the Elwha River, in Washington State—scientists are chronicling an inspiring story of ecological rebirth. Recovering salmon populations are transferring critical nutrients from the ocean into the forests along the Elwha’s banks, enriching the entire ecosystem. The ...