Good News Notes: “Camera traps set high up in trees in Rwanda’s Nyungwe National Park captured 35 different mammal species over a 30-day period, including a rare Central African oyan (Poiana richardsonii), a small catlike mammal that has not previously been seen in the park. Arboreal camera traps are a viable method for conducting mammal…
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Cleveland Botanical Garden’s Rainforest Adventure opens Saturday
Good News Notes: “If you’d love to feel as though you are wrapped up in the sights, scents, sounds and textures of the world’s rainforests – from lush, layered foliage to exotic butterflies in flight – Cleveland Botanical Garden is making that happen. The Botanical Garden’s Rainforest Adventure, opening Saturday and running through Sunday, April…
World Wildlife Day 2020
Good News Notes: “Today is World Wildlife Day 2020 and this year’s theme is “sustaining all life on Earth.” March 3 was declared World Wildlife Day in 2013, to celebrate and raise awareness of the world’s animals and plants. Sustaining wildlife, including animals and plants, is so important, as a statement on the Wildlife Day…
Deep in the Amazon rainforest, armed tribesmen battle illegal loggers for their future
Good News Notes: “Know it or not, Laercio Guajajara is fighting for you. The 35-year-old indigenous Brazilian is a member of the Amazon’s Guajajara tribe and the leader of what is essentially a paramilitary group who have made it their mission to expel illegal loggers from the rainforest that has supported their people for centuries. Calling…
Remember ‘reduce, reuse, recycle’? Humans actually are reducing, expert says.
Good News Notes: “People have come to expect that as our economy grows, so does our use of resources — a trend many have been worried about since the environmental movement began.” “McAfee argues that we’re using fewer resources now than we did 25 years ago, while still maintaining economic growth. “ “Another contributor to…
Gisele Bündchen is on a Mission to Save Our Planet
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