Good News Notes: “Captain Pete Bethune and his crew are with three armed rangers from MINAE, the Ministry of Environment and Energy in Costa Rica. They are in a 4.7-metre inflatable zodiac boat racing towards a yacht which is illegally fishing near Cano Island, a biological marine reserve. Using a $4 million (€3,400,00) drone, Bethune…
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The Farmer Trying to Save Italy’s Ancient Olive Trees
Good News Notes: “In early 2016, Giovanni Melcarne, an agronomist and the owner of an extra virgin olive oil farm in Gagliano del Capo, walked through the southern Italian countryside of Puglia. He was with a fellow olive-oil farmer who had called and told him there was something he had to see. The two approached a…
Coffee pulp helps Costa Rican forests grow back from deforestation
Good News Notes: “Just like us, forests move faster with a little coffee in their system. A recent experiment tested whether coffee pulp, a leftover of the coffee growing process, could help bring Costa Rica’s rainforests back to life. Researchers from the University of Hawai’i at Manoa tested two plots to see how the coffee…
The human right that benefits nature
Good News Notes: “The history behind one of Costa Rica’s most important environmental commitments reads something like a legal fairytale. It started nearly 30 years ago, with a young boy who wanted to stop the pollution in his neighborhood and ended with a constitutional reform. The impacts of the boy’s efforts are still causing ripples…
Animal crossings: the ecoducts helping wildlife navigate busy roads across the world | Wildlife | The Guardian
Good News Notes: “From a tiny railway bridge for dormice in the UK to elk, deer and bears benefitting from a slew of new animal crossings in Colorado, wildlife bridges are having a moment. As the human footprint on the planet continues to expand, a growing number of roads and railways include provisions for wildlife to pass through fragmented…
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…
Working landscapes can support diverse bird species
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-06/uoc–wlc053019.php
Costa Rica Sanctuary Still Saving Sloths After Quarter Of A Century
https://apnews.com/7d20e799935442a59d397a2ee3651e70