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India and Southeast Asia Are Now Officially Polio-Free
Older Americans remember when, in the 1940s and 50's, polio crippled about 35,000 people each year. After Jonas Salk developed the polio vaccine, the...
Rare Horses Released In Spain As Part Of ‘Rewilding’ Effort
For the first time in two millennia, wild horses are once again galloping free in Spain, countering what happened when the Romans moved there...
10 Environmental Victories and Triumphs of 2013
Native peoples' efforts to reintroduce fading species and restore habitats has unified environmentalists across regions -- the Indigenous and non-indigenous alike. Among the 2013...
Students Invent Soap That Saves Lives
An award-winning innovation by two African students could help reduce the devastating impact of the life-threatening disease malaria -- which is spread relentlessly by...
Leading Paper Producer to Halt Deforestation in Indonesian
The world's third largest paper company, Asia Pulp and Paper (APP), announced earlier this month an immediate end to all natural forest clearing in...
Dalai Lama Visits Hawaii, Talks up Peace Through the “Power of Aloha”
The Dalai Lama brought his message of peace and compassion -- and his trademark humor -- to Hawaii, celebrating the coming together of two...
Former Cowboy Flying Free Health Care to Those in Need
Several decades ago, Stan Brock nearly died when a horse kicked him in the head, while working on a ranch in the middle of...
1,000-year-old Farming Secrets Could Save the Amazon Rainforest
An international team of archaeologists have made an intriguing discovery -- the peoples who farmed the Amazon long before the arrival of Europeans did...
Ancient Incan Plant Remedy Set to Replace Dental Injections
The herbal remedy for toothache, used for centuries by an indigenous tribe in the Amazon is being turned into a commercial treatment for...
The Global Outcry That Saved the Amazon
Half a million citizens of the world joined with 1,000 indigenous protesters in demanding that Bolivian President Evo Morales halt construction on a highway...
Footwear Company Protects Million Square Feet of Rainforest With Square-foot Sandals
An eco-conscious footwear company announced a milestone in efforts to save the rainforest after just one week of online sales. For every purchase of...
Forest Policies in Rwanda, US and Gambia Win UN-backed Awards
Rwanda won a United Nations-backed gold award for its forest promotion policies, an event that former US track and field star Carl Lewis, a...
US Troops Stop to Build Up Costa Rica After Helping Haiti
Recently an aircraft carrier docked in a port city near where I live in Costa Rica.
Hundreds of US military personnel - Navy and Marines...
World’s Largest Beef Company Signs Amazon Rainforest Pact
The bulk of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon occurs as a result of illegal cattle production.
Now, the world's largest meat processor, JBS-Friboi, has agreed...
Russia Bans Endangered Polar Bear Hunt This Year
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, a longtime defender of large endangered animals announced that Russia has banned the hunting of polar bears this year, even...
General Mills Reverses Palm Oil Policy, Saves Rainforest
U.S. food-maker General Mills is the latest multinational firm to announce it will stop buying palm oil from companies accused of destroying rain forests....
Protestants Repent for Churches’ Role in Oppressing First Nations
A global Protestant group representing 80 million Christians has issued an apology for the role played by churches in perpetrating abuse against Native...
Good News for World Forests: Deforestation Slows in Last Decade
The Earth lost fewer trees in the last decade as global deforestation over the past ten years fell by more than 18 percent,...
Peru Indians Hail Historic Political Victory After Protests
Indigenous groups in Peru have called off protests after two land laws which led to deadly fighting were revoked. Hailing victory, Amazonian Indian...
‘Environmental Nobels’ Awarded to Six Grassroots Heroes
Six campaigners who have fought governments and industry to protect the planet won prestigious Goldman Environmental Prizes on Sunday. The awards, often referred to...