India’s conservation policies stifle agroforestry growth says a new working paper. Some other experts, disagree. India’s conservation focus and complex policies are preventing it from reaching its agroforestry potential, leaving it to rely on timber imports, the paper claims. Agroforestry, a land-use system integrating trees and crops, is regaining attention for its livelihood resilience, food…

The renewal of funding for the 20-year-old environmental lands conservation program will reload local funding for the program, presenting the very best chance to protect critical natural lands and safeguard water quality amid Osceola’s rapid growth and extreme development pressure.

Biodiversity is declining more quickly within key protected areas than outside them, according to research that scientists say is a “wake-up call” to global leaders discussing how to stop nature loss at the UN’s Cop16 talks in Colombia. Protecting 30% of land and water for nature by 2030 was one of the key targets settled…

The Menahga School District will utilize a grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which could provide up to $25,000 to enhance the school’s environmental education programs. It’s a partnership with Hubbard County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD). ADVERTISEMENT Teachers Rebecca Nemeth and Kari Tomperi discussed the opportunity with the Menahga School Board on…

This fall, Minnesotans will vote on whether to renew a proposal earmarking some money from the state lottery to fund environmental programs, including parks projects, conservation and clean water efforts. Back in 1988, voters approved a Minnesota constitutional amendment dedicating a portion of lottery proceeds to the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund. Since then,…

By Yiming Fu, Report for America corps member This election, Maui residents can vote for affordable housing plans, innovative solutions for the island’s water crisis and fire recovery policies that put locals first. All county council members are up for election, and residents can vote in all races, regardless of which district they live in.…

WASHINGTON (7News) — Maybe you know LeVar Burton for his roles in Star Trek or Roots, or even saw him read books in the PBS series Reading Rainbow. But on Tuesday, the world-famed actor appeared in D.C. for a different reason. Burton, who’s also an environmental conservation activist, visited youth at the D.C. Department of…

The U.N. Biodiversity Conference, known as COP16, has opened in Cali, Colombia, as Indigenous and environmentalist activists demand world leaders enact bolder actions to protect an estimated 1 million plant and animal species threatened by extinction — most of them due to human activity. The conference is taking place as experts warn humanity is “on…

FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla. — A beach walkover on the south end of Estero Island, once at the center of a legal dispute, is again sparking controversy as its owner, Edward Rood, is appointed to a town panel meant to protect the island’s environment. WATCH AS FORT MYERS BEACH COMMUNITY CORRESPONDENT ANVAR RUZIEV, SPEAKS WITH…