Conservation Archives - Positive News Good journalism about good things Tue, 26 Dec 2023 14:14:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.positive.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cropped-P.N_Icon_Navy-32x32.png Conservation Archives - Positive News 32 32 What went right in 2023: the top 25 good news stories of the year https://www.positive.news/society/what-went-right-in-2023-the-top-25-good-news-stories-of-the-year/ Tue, 19 Dec 2023 15:24:58 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=463464 The ‘golden age of medicine’ arrived, animals returned from the brink, the renewables juggernaut gathered pace, plus more

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]]> What went right this week: China’s positive tipping point, plus more https://www.positive.news/society/good-news-stories-from-week-46-of-2023/ Fri, 17 Nov 2023 05:50:58 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=457849 China gave cause for climate hope, sperm whales got their own reserve, and Kenyans took a day off to plant trees, plus more

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]]> Making a comeback: the ‘lost’ species returning to Britain https://www.positive.news/environment/the-lost-species-returning-to-britain/ Tue, 14 Nov 2023 16:27:08 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=454556 Some were reintroduced, others mysteriously reappeared. Meet the species that came back from the abyss

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]]> The race to save Britain’s rarest native tree https://www.positive.news/environment/ballerina-poplars-britain-rarest-native-tree/ Fri, 10 Nov 2023 13:28:49 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=455885 Once common across Britain, black poplars have dwindled to just a few thousand. Enthusiasts are finding creative ways to bring them back

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]]> The rogue rewilders taking Britain’s biodiversity into their own hands https://www.positive.news/environment/the-rogue-rewilders-taking-britains-biodiversity-into-their-own-hands/ Tue, 31 Oct 2023 12:58:09 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=454521 As the government admits species reintroductions are ‘not a priority’, guerrilla rewilders are cracking on regardless. Are they right?

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]]> The woman who turned her apartment into a hummingbird hospital https://www.positive.news/environment/the-woman-who-turned-her-apartment-into-a-hummingbird-hospital/ Thu, 26 Oct 2023 12:57:17 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=454194 It started with one injured animal. Now, Catia Lattouf’s Mexico City apartment has become an unlikely sanctuary for sick hummingbirds

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]]> The barren island that came back from the dead https://www.positive.news/environment/redonda-island-became-a-rewilding-success/ Wed, 18 Oct 2023 10:45:57 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=453445 How a rat-ridden island in the Caribbean Sea was transformed into a hotbed of biodiversity

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]]> The Samburu warriors regenerating a Kenyan wilderness https://www.positive.news/environment/the-samburu-warriors-regenerating-a-kenya-wilderness/ Mon, 18 Sep 2023 12:38:33 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=449232 The creation of a wildlife reserve with an Indigenous community in one part of Kenya has paid dividends, for animals and people alike

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]]> What went right this week: feeding the future, decriminalising suicide, and more https://www.positive.news/society/good-news-stories-from-week-36-of-2023/ Thu, 07 Sep 2023 16:27:28 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=447129 More free lunches were served up to London primary pupils, and Puff Daddy paid up on publishing rights, plus more good news

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]]> Gallery: winning images from the Nature in Focus awards https://www.positive.news/environment/winning-nature-photos-in-focus-awards/ Mon, 14 Aug 2023 14:53:00 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=444629 Ibex duelling on a clifftop, a bonobo cradling a mongoose and sleeping lions are among the star shots. See them here

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