By Liuan Huska Long before you and I arrived on earth, people have walked the land knowing the names and stories of the plants, animals, rocks, and rivers. They knew the use of each plant, what ailments it cured, and how to harvest and care for it. They knew where animals burrowed and what …
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Small Things That Make a Big Difference
by Dr. Robert Sluka, Lead Scientist A Rocha USA's Marine Conservation Program & Florida Project Director Nurdles – a fun word to say. These are plastic pellets and cleaning them up, though, is no fun. Imagine opening a bag of popcorn in your kitchen and it falls on the ground, …
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Pittas, Giraffes, Elephants, and Cans of Worms
A pitta is a jewel of a bird. Found in tropical forests in Africa, Asia and Australasia, these are amongst the most beautiful of animals – and the Philippines Red-Bellied Pitta is no exception. This bird was known to be present on many islands in the East Indies, so was considered in no real …
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Reconciling Conservation and Development
by Ben Lowe* "If you’re asking me to choose between conservation and development, I’m going to choose development every time."My colleague, Rachel Lamb, and I received this comment repeatedly when we first arrived in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We were at Université Chrétienne Bilingue du …
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Mission Impossible?
By Pip and Will Campbell-Clause* We celebrated the New Year with about 3000 students from over 40 countries at Mission-Net in Germany, entering 2014 dancing and worshipping God with Andy Flannagan and band as they sang songs proclaiming the good news for all creation! It was a rich time, full of …