Conservation Archives - Positive News Good journalism about good things Fri, 02 Aug 2024 19:22:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.positive.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cropped-P.N_Icon_Navy-150x150.png Conservation Archives - Positive News 32 32 Planting English trees to protect the Peruvian rainforest https://www.positive.news/society/planting-english-trees-to-protect-peruvian-rainforest/ Fri, 02 Aug 2024 11:14:37 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=488697 When a group of Positive News readers found themselves despairing at the destruction of the rainforest, they resolved to do something

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]]> What went right this week: the good news you should know about https://www.positive.news/society/good-news-stories-from-week-31-of-2024/ Fri, 02 Aug 2024 05:30:42 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=488590 Brazil put a billionaire tax on the table, the EU power sector saw a ‘historic shift’, and dogs helped to rewild England, plus more

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]]> ‘Trees show us what community means’. The importance of having access to forests, according to you https://www.positive.news/society/trees-show-us-what-community-means-the-importance-of-having-access-to-forests-according-to-you/ Mon, 29 Jul 2024 10:40:30 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=488215 Positive News readers share the profound impact that being in forests has had on your wellbeing 

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]]> What went right this week: how AI might save your life, plus more https://www.positive.news/society/good-news-stories-from-week-30-of-2024/ Fri, 26 Jul 2024 06:00:09 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=488144 Trees offered a ‘climate surprise’, AI boosted cancer detection rates, and a bird fluttered back from the brink, plus more

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]]> What went right this week: avoiding a sixth mass extinction, plus more https://www.positive.news/society/good-news-stories-from-week-26-of-2024/ Fri, 28 Jun 2024 05:00:53 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=485212 Scientists showed how to avoid a sixth mass extinction, humanity became ‘less negative’, and Sierra Leone banned child marriage, plus more

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]]> What went right this week: a historic European nature law, plus more https://www.positive.news/society/good-news-stories-from-week-25-of-2024/ Fri, 21 Jun 2024 05:00:20 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=484547 A deal was sealed on a historic European nature law and LGBTQ+ rights in south-east Asia received a major boost, plus more good news

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]]> Ecologists roped in to help hazel dormice bridge the gap https://www.positive.news/environment/ecologists-roped-in-to-help-hazel-dormice-bridge-the-gap/ Wed, 19 Jun 2024 10:52:22 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=484434 High level wildlife corridors are being strung up for hazel dormice in one of England’s ancient forests

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]]> What went right this week: Scotland’s rainforests got a boost, plus more https://www.positive.news/society/good-news-stories-from-week-24-of-2024/ Fri, 14 Jun 2024 05:00:36 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=482804 Scotland’s rainforests got a boost, the ozone layer breathed easier, and AI was deployed to improve heart health, plus more

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]]> Lichen-lovers asked to spot signs of life among the dead https://www.positive.news/society/lichen-lovers-asked-to-spot-signs-of-life-among-the-dead/ Fri, 07 Jun 2024 09:12:50 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=482235 Citizen scientists are being asked to zoom in on the lichen in their local churchyards from this weekend

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]]> Snow joke: Icelandic glacier makes presidential bid https://www.positive.news/society/snow-joke-icelandic-glacier-makes-presidential-bid/ Fri, 24 May 2024 11:45:18 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=481185 The campaign to put Snæfellsjökull on the ballot has boosted awareness of the concept of environmental stewardship

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