Philippine village uses nature to defend against floods with bamboo, shells and husks The pilot initiative, the first nature-based coastal protection project in the country, is touted as a potential model to address similar flooding problems elsewhere. Oliver Samson reports for @mongabay.com

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Floods like Nepal's also take a toll on insects Published this new @mongabay.com op-ed by a Nepali researcher saying we need more baselines during the insect apocalypse 🧪 “To measure what a flood takes from an insect community, you need to know what was there 1st.” “This is a solvable problem.”

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"3+ tons of pangolin scales " Jail for life. Or maybe the same fate the pangolins had.

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Taiwan’s tea growers let nature take back control as climate pressures mount Tea growers are facing threats not only from soil degradation but also from climate change; a handful have adopted more environmentally friendly farming methods and nature-based solutions. Aylin Ho reports for @mongabay.com

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This week on the Newscast journalist Kayleigh Long tells me the story of Aren, a three-legged Persian leopard that travelled 150 miles into Georgia from Armenia over some of the harshest terrain. Despite a critical lack of funding, NGOs in the region continue to monitor this endangered species:

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