Check out these awesome headlines from the last few weeks!
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Halting Destruction
Biden administration cancels border wall construction
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/30/biden-terminates-border-wall-construction-485123
Protected Areas
Biden administration lays out 30x30 vision to conserve nature
https://news.mongabay.com/2021/05/biden-lays-out-vision-for-protecting-30-percent-of-us-land-waters-by-2030/
New Australian marine parks protect area twice Great Barrier Reef’s size
https://news.mongabay.com/2021/05/two-new-australian-marine-parks-protect-area-twice-the-size-the-great-barrier-reef/
Forests
A Madagascar-sized area of forest has regrown since 2000
https://news.mongabay.com/2021/05/a-madagascar-sized-area-of-forest-has-regrown-since-2000/
Sri Lanka to ban palm oil imports, raze plantations over environmental concerns
https://news.mongabay.com/2021/05/sri-lanka-to-ban-palm-oil-imports-raze-plantations-over-environmental-concerns/
