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Restoration
U.N. declares decade of ecosystem restoration to ‘make peace with nature’
https://news.mongabay.com/2021/06/u-n-declares-decade-of-ecosystem-restoration-to-make-peace-with-nature/
Drawdown
Keystone XL Pipeline Project is donezo!
https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/09/energy/keystone-pipeline-canceled/index.html
Rewilding
Griffon Vultures are breeding in Morocco after 40-year absence
http://www.birdlife.org/worldwide/news/after-40-year-absence-griffon-vultures-are-breeding-morocco-again
1st Gray Wolf pup since 1940s spotted in Colorado
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/1st-gray-wolf-pups-since-1940s-spotted-in-colorado/ar-AAKScbO
Back from the Brink: Iberian Lynx population rises to over 1,000
https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/back-brink-iberian-lynx-population-rises-over-1000-2021-05-28/
Giant tortoise found in Galapagos a species considered extinct a century ago.
https://www.sciencealert.com/giant-tortoise-thought-extinct-for-a-century-discovered-on-galapagos-island