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The Indigenous model helping defend the Alaskan wilderness Big oil has been eyeing up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for years. The campaign to protect it scored a big win recently Conservation Environment Politics Society
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‘Be rebellious and creative, kind and gentle, and above all, humble’ From deep in the Amazon, Indigenous activist Nemonte Nenquimo shares what she has learned while defending the rainforest Conservation Environment Society
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The refugee who created a refuge for nature in a conflict zone With war and mining threatening Myanmar’s biodiversity, one environmental defender responded with a ‘peace park’ Conservation Environment
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The Maasai community that took on the Tanzanian government – and won Evicted from its ancestral land in the 1970s, a Maasai community has made good on its promise to reclaim the territory Environment Politics Society
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The ‘David and Goliath’ battle that saved swathes of the Amazon Deep in the Ecuadorian Amazon, an Indigenous group has scored a major win against extraction companies and injustice Conservation Environment Society
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How to boost your immune system: 12 science-backed steps What can we do to help us stay healthy as we head into autumn? We asked some health experts. This is what they had to say Body & Mind Food Health Wellbeing
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