Costa Rica's forests returned once cattle stopped paying
Forest fell to 41% of Costa Rica by 1986 and now covers over half. WRI credits the end of ranching subsidies and payments to landowners who kept trees.
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The world's longest-running whale hunt still feeds the Faroes
The Faroese defend the grind as food, shared free and taken from a large population. Critics point to mercury, missing foetuses and a hunt with no quota.
Ecuador widened the Galápagos reserve to guard a shark highway
Ecuador added 60,000 sq km to the Galápagos Marine Reserve to protect a migration route to Costa Rica's Cocos Island, and to push back fishing at the edge.
The largest mangrove forest on Earth is shrinking in Bangladesh
The Sundarbans shields millions of people in Bangladesh from cyclones and storm surges. Rising seas are swallowing parts of it, and salt adds strain.
Russia's late yes made the Ross Sea the world's largest reserve
The Ross Sea off Antarctica became the world's largest marine protected area in 2016, after years in which China and then Russia held out against a deal.
Kelp forests slow waves and cut coastal erosion
Kelp forests drag on currents, calm the waves that reach the shore and shelter young fish. Urchins, warming seas and pollution can strip a forest bare.
Bindi Irwin marks 20 years since Steve Irwin's death
Twenty years after the Crocodile Hunter died, his daughter Bindi said his legacy was love, not only conservation. His show reached more than 100 countries.
Macadamias are Australian, but the world grows Hawaiian ones
Macadamia is native to Queensland, but Hawaii turned it into a crop. Genetic studies trace most orchard trees to one small wild population near Gympie.