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    Beavers Engineer Long-Delayed Czech Wetlands Project

    Beavers Engineer Long-Delayed Czech Wetlands Project

    A colony of eight beavers in the Czech Republic have flooded and built dams on a former army training site that is now a protected area, saving taxpayers $1.2 million, reported AFP. Officials had wanted to construct a dam to protect endangered crayfish in the Klabava River from acidic water and sediment spilling into the […]

    17 Clean Energy Projects Announced for Former Coal Sites in Appalachia

    17 Clean Energy Projects Announced for Former Coal Sites in Appalachia

    A collaboration between The Nature Conservancy (TNC), TNC’s Cumberland Forest Limited Partnership, Sun Tribe Development and ENGIE aims to transform 17 former coal mining sites throughout Appalachia into clean energy projects. In total, the projects include 14 solar energy projects with 49 megawatts of energy generation and three battery storage projects with 320 megawatts of […]

    Successful Land Restoration Results Would Require Less Than 0.27% of Global Annual GDP, Study Finds

    Successful Land Restoration Results Would Require Less Than 0.27% of Global Annual GDP, Study Finds

    Fulfilling current land restoration pledges in 115 countries would require only a small amount of the global annual GDP, a recent analysis has found. Successful implementation would require about 0.04% to 0.27% of global annual GDP, totaling about $311 billion to $2.1 trillion. The researchers analyzed costs of 243 land restoration projects happening globally and […]