‘A lifeline for conservation and community projects’: Why voluntourism is growing again

While gap years have always been popular, older travellers make up a growing portion of the voluntourism market.View on ...
Mongabay News on MSN

The bias in saving nature: How conservation funding favors the familiar

With the World Conservation Congress meeting this week, I thought it was useful to revisit a study published earlier this ...
Lawrence Journal-World

Douglas County officially lays out the scope of three significant conservation projects a part of its Open Space Plan; here’s what to expect going into 2025

Construction equipment at Lone Star Lake Park on Friday, November 22, 2024. A nearly $3 million countywide effort to conserve open spaces and to promote access to nature is starting to show results, ...
Capital Press

USDA gives $167M for Northwest conservation projects

Ranches like this one in Oregon are popular despite the rise of COVID-19 case. The USDA has announced $1.5 billion to help farmers, ranchers and forest landowners adopt and expand voluntary, locally ...
Lawrence Journal-World

Douglas County commissioners to hear about three conservation projects currently underway in the county

The west side of the Douglas County Courthouse, 1100 Massachusetts St. Douglas County commissioners will hear about three conservation projects currently underway, including a forest corridor with ...
The Art Newspaper

From silk murals to jade inlays: Forbidden City’s Qianlong Garden reopens after 25-year conservation project

The Qianlong Garden in Beijing’s Palace Museum has reopened to the public following a 25-year, $20m preservation project in ...
The Durango Herald

Frozen federal funding halts water conservation projects in Colorado

As water levels dwindle in the Colorado River Basin, frozen federal funding is hindering the implementation of statewide water conservation projects. The Bureau of Reclamation awarded over $150 ...