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Analysis: How Costa Rica reversed deforestation and raised millions for conservation

A Greener Life

During last November’s COP26 climate change conference, the president of Costa Rica, Carlos Alvarado, signed an agreement that will see US$20 million flow towards the conservation of the country’s forests, funds earmarked to increase protection and help avoid deforestation. Debt-for-nature swaps in Costa Rica.

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Book review: Enlightenment Now, by Steven Pinker

Edouard Stenger

Second, it doesn’t address the plastic pollution that is cursing our oceans. A study have found out that if we continue on current trends, we could end up with oceans having more plastic than fish by mid-century. Fails to address climate change. We, mere human, can not and should not rely on such fixes. Misses plastic pollution.

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Where’d the wood go? The importance of wood in rivers and how we can learn to appreciate it

HumanNature

We also know that wood is stored for a period of time in streams, but that an essential function of wood is movement through river systems at varying rates 19,20 to its final destinations of lakes and oceans 21. 2: Instream wood in the Hoh River, Washington, providing habitat for vegetation. © 2021 Emily Iskin Art & Design.

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ESA Policy News: October 24, 2022

ESA

NSF : The agency issued a solicitation for a new multidisciplinary, world-class educational center at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico that aims to serve as a hub for STEM education and outreach. Smaller telescopes and facilities at the Arecibo site remain in use and could be incorporated into the educational center.

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Conservation: History and Future

Environmental Science

Unlike many other works of botany from that age and later, Sylva highlighted the growing problem of deforestation in England. Oceans and seas cover around 2/3 of our planet. It's a natural resource and an economic one; many problems blight our oceans today, not least of all overfishing and the dumping of waste.

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Climate Change in the Courts

Vermont Law

Plaintiffs aim to hold the federal government accountable for worsening the dangers of climate change through increased reliance on fossil fuels and for breach of its fiduciary obligation to protect the atmosphere and oceans under the public trust doctrine. Board of Education. In 2018, the Colombian Supreme Court. attorneys.

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Policy News: August 1, 2022

ESA

The initial list of societal challenges includes climate change and sustainability and inequitable access to education, opportunity or other services. The bill funds National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) research at $776 million, a 20 percent increase. The Ocean Acidification Research Partnership Act ( H.R.

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