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Land Degradation

Brazilian Amazon: Indigenous lands, protected areas are key in slowing deforestation – Study

New research released by the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) in the lead up to international climate talks in Belem, Brazil, finds that designating 63.4 million...
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Conservation

Championing wildlife and protected areas in Cameroon

The Elephant Protection Initiative (EPI) Foundation friend of the month, Joseph Lekealem, a dedicated conservation leader who has spent decades working to protect Cameroon’s...
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Conservation

Benin creating new protected areas to enhance human-elephant coexistence – Hefoume

Colonel Major Rémi Hefoume, the Elephant Protection Initiative (EPI) friend of December 2023, is a courageous wildlife conservationist in Benin. He was one of...
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Conservation

Brazil creates new Marine Protected Areas

The Brazilian Federal Government has announced the creation of over 58,000 hectares of new marine Protected Areas in the northern state of Pará, in...
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Sustainable Devpt

WWF Africa marks 20 years of Earth Hour with call for renewed environmental action

WWF Africa has commemorated 20 years of Earth Hour, celebrating two decades of global and African-led action to protect...
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Waste Management

10 key takeaways that explain the global waste crisis

Solid waste is one of the most visible by-products of human prosperity - and one of the most underestimated...
Conservation

‘Reducing demand’ identified a complementary strategy to combat illegal wildlife trade 

Demand for wildlife products supplied through illegal trade supply chains continues to place significant pressure on many wild species....

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Sustainable Devpt

WWF Africa marks 20 years of Earth Hour with call for renewed environmental action

WWF Africa has commemorated 20 years of Earth Hour,...
Waste Management

10 key takeaways that explain the global waste crisis

Solid waste is one of the most visible by-products...