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: green energy records hit, plus more https://www.positive.news/society/good-news-stories-from-week-21-of-2024/ Fri, 24 May 2024 08:32:15 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=481077 The UK set a renewables record, breast cancer research had a breakthrough, and victims of a major scandal got justice, plus more

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]]> People power: seven grassroots conservationists who are ‘saving the world’ https://www.positive.news/environment/seven-conservation-pioneers-who-are-saving-the-world/ Thu, 02 May 2024 13:49:27 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=478855 How much difference can one person make? Just ask these grassroots ecologists, who’ve won an award for saving species

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]]> The plan to revive the UK’s ancient woods (and seven species that live in them) https://www.positive.news/environment/the-plan-to-revive-the-uks-ancient-woods/ Mon, 22 Apr 2024 15:11:24 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=478060 Ancient woodlands have provided sanctuary to rare species for some 400 years. With help, there’s plenty of life in these old woods yet

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]]> Life lessons: Megan McCubbin on what life so far has taught her https://www.positive.news/society/life-lessons-megan-mccubbin-on-what-life-so-far-has-taught-her/ Tue, 27 Feb 2024 11:29:52 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=471675 The wildlife presenter and zoologist Megan McCubbin shares what drives and inspires her

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]]> Chris Packham on why he’s angry, yet hopeful https://www.positive.news/society/chris-packham-on-why-hes-angry-yet-hopeful/ Mon, 22 Jan 2024 16:17:38 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=468430 He’s faced death threats, had a visit from arsonists, and witnessed a crash in biodiversity. How does the TV naturalist stay positive?

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]]> What went right in 2023: the top 25 good news stories of the year https://www.positive.news/society/what-went-right-in-2023-the-top-25-good-news-stories-of-the-year/ Tue, 19 Dec 2023 15:24:58 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=463464 The ‘golden age of medicine’ arrived, animals returned from the brink, the renewables juggernaut gathered pace, plus more

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]]> What went right this week: China’s positive tipping point, plus more https://www.positive.news/society/good-news-stories-from-week-46-of-2023/ Fri, 17 Nov 2023 05:50:58 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=457849 China gave cause for climate hope, sperm whales got their own reserve, and Kenyans took a day off to plant trees, plus more

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]]> Making a comeback: the ‘lost’ species returning to Britain https://www.positive.news/environment/the-lost-species-returning-to-britain/ Tue, 14 Nov 2023 16:27:08 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=454556 Some were reintroduced, others mysteriously reappeared. Meet the species that came back from the abyss

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]]> The race to save Britain’s rarest native tree https://www.positive.news/environment/ballerina-poplars-britain-rarest-native-tree/ Fri, 10 Nov 2023 13:28:49 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=455885 Once common across Britain, black poplars have dwindled to just a few thousand. Enthusiasts are finding creative ways to bring them back

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