Tag: The Nature Conservancy

The Nature Conservancy Launches Microfiber Action Alliance to Reduce Microfiber Pollution in Textile Sector

Stuart Mitchell

The Nature Conservancy (TNC) launched the Microfiber Action Alliance (MAA), a new multi-stakeholder initiative to combat microfiber pollution by accelerating the adoption and scaling of effective, evidence-based solutions. Convened by TNC, the founding cohort includes Nike, Patagonia, Under Armour, lululemon, Cotopaxi and REI Co-op, among other leading brands. Microfibers are small particles that shed from both synthetic and natural textiles. Alongside use and wear, the production of clothing and textiles is a significant contributor to microfiber pollution globally, with some estimates indicating that microfibers account for over 30% of ocean…

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Brazil Announces Expanded Commitment to Community-Led Conservation in the Amazon

Stuart Mitchell

The government of Brazil and a broad coalition of partners expanded their commitment to conserving the Amazon with the launch of a new initiative — ARPA Comunidades (ARPA Communities). Over 15 years, ARPA Comunidades will benefit more than 130,000 people and reduce deforestation pressure in 60 sustainable-use protected areas spanning 58.6 million acres, an area twice the size of Ohio. This move cements community leadership and sustainable community livelihoods as essential to the long-term protection of the Amazon. ARPA Comunidades builds on two decades of impact through the Amazon Region…

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Efforts to Restore Buffalo and Re-Establish Indigenous Lifeways Expands in Unprecedented Alliance Between Indigenous Leaders, Environmental Nonprofits, the U.S. Department of the Interior

Stuart Mitchell

The Tribal Buffalo Lifeways Collaboration was announced recently by the InterTribal Buffalo Council, Native Americans in Philanthropy, The Nature Conservancy and World Wildlife Fund. This new, historic alliance was created to stabilize, establish, and expand Tribal-led buffalo (bison) restoration, and foster cultural, spiritual, ecological, and economic revitalization within Native communities. Together, the groups have committed to work with the U.S. Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture to build on the momentum created by Indigenous leaders to bring lasting structural change and return buffalo to Tribal lands at…

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Coalition Of Local And International Groups Launch Fundraising Campaign To Protect ‘Yosemite Of South America’ Forever

Stuart Mitchell

Led by Chilean NGO Puelo Patagonia, the campaign Conserva Puchegüín is working urgently to raise $78 million to purchase and protect 325,000 acres in Chilean Patagonia.   The campaign has two years to raise the money needed to protect the Cochamó Valley, also known as the “Yosemite of South America” by rock climbers around the globe. The area features thousand-meter granite walls, glacier-crowned peaks, rivers, plunging waterfalls and massive groves of alerce trees, plus endangered and endemic species, and many small communities with traditional ways of life. Puelo Patagonia and The Nature…

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Microsoft, Planet and The Nature Conservancy launch the Global Renewables Watch

Stuart Mitchell

Microsoft Corp., Planet Labs PBC and The Nature Conservancy recently announced its plans to launch the Global Renewables Watch (GRW), a first-of-its-kind living atlas intended to map and measure all utility-scale solar and wind installations on Earth using artificial intelligence (AI) and satellite imagery, allowing users to evaluate clean energy transition progress and track trends over time. With initial mapping of solar and wind energy installations in Germany and India, as well as solar installations in Brazil and Egypt completed, the GRW is being built to serve as a publicly…

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