Dutch city pilots radical debt cancellation scheme for poor families (www.theguardian.com)
Councillor in Arnhem says existing system to resolve issues caused by debt costs billions and isn’t working
A crisis call line run by Native youth, for Native youth - The Hechinger Report (hechingerreport.org)
Historic Agreement with the Federal Government and Arizona Gives Colorado River Indian Tribes Control Over Use of Their Water off Tribal Land - Inside Climate News (insideclimatenews.org)
The deal will help the tribe raise money for infrastructure and services for its members while the water could ease the drought in the Southwest.
Map shows which states allow child marriage as New Hampshire bill passes (www.newsweek.com)
New Hampshire could become the thirteenth state to ban child marriage in the United States.
Planting Trees and Equity in the Arizona Desert (reasonstobecheerful.world)
As Tucson gets hotter and hotter, creating more shade in its most vulnerable neighborhoods is making a vital difference.
Drug-checking app alerts users to potentially lethal pills (www.dw.com)
Berlin's first drug-checking service launched last year, and demand is high. Now the data is being shared with the KnowDrugs app, which informs users about the latest drug-checking results in Germany and beyond.
Big pink truck delivers books, love of Native literature (ictnews.org)
A big pink truck cruised the streets of the Southwest this spring with stops in New Mexico, distributing over 10,000 books to the Navajo Nation to help improve literacy and support Indigenous writers.
They pooled their money to buy an 'ugly' hill. Twenty years later, they're calling it 'paradise' (www.abc.net.au)
A group of friends, dismayed about climate change, bought the most degraded piece of farmland they could find. Not to live on, or to make money from, but to transform into the bushland it once was.
This Tribe Is Reclaiming Its Land — And It Starts With 1 Animal (www.huffpost.com)
A legacy of land theft thwarts most tribes' efforts to restore wild buffalo. Wind River Indian Reservation has crafted a unique solution.
Gold mining reduced this Amazon rainforest to a moonscape. Now miners are restoring it (www.npr.org)
Illegal gold mining has ravaged the Peruvian Amazon, leaving behind pollution and denuded landscapes. A group of miners are working with a U.S. charity to restore the forest.
How an English castle became a stork magnet (www.bbc.com)
Helped by a bold rewilding project, storks are migrating between Britain and North Africa again for the first time in 600 years. How can we make their journey safer?
Brazil’s Cerrado is main beneficiary of 2021 pledge to end deforestation (news.mongabay.com)
An alliance announced at the 2021 U.N. climate summit in Scotland has already allocated $240 million for projects that align increased agricultural productivity with environmental preservation in Brazil. The IFACC, or Financial Innovation for Amazonia, the Cerrado and Chaco, is led by the Tropical Forest Alliance (TFA), The...
Brazil and France 'Join Forces' With $1.1 Billion Green Investment Plan for Amazon Rainforest - EcoWatch (www.ecowatch.com)
French President Macron and Brazilian President Lula da Silva will launch a $1.1 billion green investment plan for the Amazon rainforest.
A Tidal Wetland Restoration of Epic Proportions (reasonstobecheerful.world)
Salt ponds form a vast mosaic spanning thousands of acres in California's South Bay. But a 50-year transformation is underway.
Lion and Rhino Breeding Ban Approved by South African Cabinet (www.bloomberg.com)
South Africa’s cabinet approved a phased end to the captive breeding of lions and rhinos as the country seeks to end practices that have sullied its reputation as a custodian of some of the world’s biggest wildlife populations.
New Conservation Area Protects Yaguas National Park Buffer Zone (www.andesamazonfund.org)
Cotuhé: Peru’s largest conservation concession protects nearly half a million acres in Yaguas National Park buffer zone
In a first, EPA sets limit for ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water (www.washingtonpost.com)
New limits on forever chemicals in water should reduce PFAS exposure for about 100 million Americans, according to the Environmental Protection Agency
To Cut Cancer Risks, E.P.A. Limits Pollution From Chemical Plants (www.nytimes.com)
The new regulation is aimed at reducing the risk of cancer for people who live close to plants emitting toxic chemicals.
French Revolution: Cyclists Now Outnumber Motorists In Paris (www.forbes.com)
Official measurements have found that Paris is rapidly becoming a city of cyclists.
The U.S. just changed how it manages a tenth of its land (www.washingtonpost.com)
The Interior Department finalized a rule that puts conservation on equal footing with mining, grazing and drilling on public lands across the country.
Brazil's President Lula creates two new Indigenous territories, bringing total to 10 (www.nbcnews.com)
It's a contrast to his predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro, who encouraged development of the Amazon — legal and illegal — and didn't add areas designated as Indigenous lands.
Canada, Alaska suspend fishing of Yukon River chinook salmon for 7 years | CBC News (www.cbc.ca)
In a bid to help the recovery of the Yukon River chinook salmon run, the federal government and the State of Alaska have agreed to implement a seven-year moratorium on fishing the species.
Combining Childhood Education and Nutrition to Cultivate Bright Futures in Senegal (www.worldbank.org)
Through its Investing in Early Years for Human Development Project, the World Bank supported a range of early childhood interventions in Senegal, particularly through the provision of essential nutrition services, benefiting 14 million mothers and children. It helped the government of Senegal to address critical health and...
How Spain became a pioneer in the fight against gender-based violence - NADJA (www.nadja.co)
Despite the current threat from the far-right, Spain is a European pioneer in adopting comprehensive legislation to end gender-based violence
Free period products for WA public primary schools | Western Australian Government (www.wa.gov.au)
The Cook Labor Government is extending provision of free period products to WA public primary schools, as part of its ongoing commitment to supporting student health and wellbeing.
