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A study finds we need to spend time regularly in nature
We need to stay in touch with the natural world, if only sporadically, for our mental and emotional wellbeing.
Study: plants are going extinct at an ‘alarming’ rate
Some 600 plant species have gone extinct since the mid-18th century: it's an extinction rate 500 times above normal.
Filipino students will be required by law to plant new trees
The country's House of Representatives has passed the "Graduation Legacy for the Environment Act," or Bill 8728.
Asian elephants could go the way of the mammoths
Measures to enhance survival of calves, and particularly females, are key to saving the Asian elephant.
Entrusting forests to local communities can help save them
In Nepal deforestation rates declined by 37% even as poverty rates also slightly decreased between 2000 and 2012.
Combating age-old beliefs can help save bears in Asia
"Conservation efforts without community engagement cannot be sustainable in wildlife conservation."