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Jun 30, 2008
Breaking news: 320,000 Acres of Forest Protected for Wildlife and People

In one of the most significant conservation sales in U.S. history, The Nature Conservancy and The Trust for Public Land have preserved 320,000 acres of pristine forest in western Montana that provide valuable habitat for species.

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May 28, 2008
Focus: Endangered Species
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How to Save 83% of the World's Coral Reef Species

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Coral reefs provide the world with goods and services worth US$375 billion annually, but scientists estimate that 70% of all corals reefs could be lost by 2050. Now a new initiative aims to conserve an astounding 83% of the world's coral species, aided by a US$20 million pledge by The Nature Conservancy.


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Aug 30, 2007
Focus: Endangered Species
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Please READ and NOTE this beautiful photo essay featuring the red-eyed tree frog, nature's ambassador to the rainforest.

With amphibians facing population crashes around the world, the red-eyed tree frog has become a poster species for rainforest conservation. Watch the life cycle of tree frogs -- from birth, maturity, reproduction, and predation by insects, snakes, and caimans.

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Aug 16, 2007
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CELEBRATE: China's First National Park
The Nature Conservancy has helped China achieve a conservation landmark: the establishment of that country's first national park, which will also serve as a model for a new Chinese national park system. See a GREAT photo essay of the park area!

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Unless you’re wearing a beard, you’ve got to shave every day. That’s just a fact of being a man. I’ve had a love/hate relationship with shaving for a long time – I couldn’t find a razor that I really liked, and I d...
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I work on the ecosystem services team at The Nature Conservancy, which strives to find ways to protect and strengthen the services that nature provides that are crucial to human well-being while also protecting biodiversity. But there are at least two...
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Check out the Top 5 green news stories we’re seeing on the web this morning: The site of a former brothel in Nevada could become a free-roaming river and sanctuary for wildlife, with restoration help from The Nature Cons...
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(Editor’ ;s note: Conservancy Senior Marine Scientist Alison Green is on an expedition to the Raja Ampat islands in Indonesia — amidst some of the most spectacular and biodiverse coral reef ecosystems in the world. Ca...
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Our health, and that of our families and friends, may be affected every single day by elements out of our control, such as chemical contamination of our water supply, the soil, the air, and all of the unpronounceable ingredients in our food. But so f...
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Thanks Marcia for the bringing Kimberly Hefling's article to my attention. You are correct that Military Sexual Trauma is a major issue. Sadly, it is also still a gravely under-reported issue. As the response by HuffPo member Kidorf indicate...
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(Editor’ ;s note: Charles Bedford, the state director for The Nature Conservancy in Colorado, is living and working in China for the next year and will be writing about conservation issues there. Read all his posts.) A couple posts bac...
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We’re Twitterizing Cool Green Morning as an experiment — shorter links, so you can get the 5 best green links of the day even faster. (Maybe shorter intros, too.) Let us know what you think! 130 developing nations have just walked out of ...

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