Daoism, which emphasizes harmony with nature, can inform individuals on their relationship with the environment.
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A scholar of Daoist rituals explains how the indigenous tradition of China understands the human body as being part of the larger cosmos.
Stuckless Pond in Gros Morne National Park, N.L. Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas can complement national and provincial parks to promote conservation while also advancing reconciliation.
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Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas face significant hurdles but nevertheless remain a key way to advance reconciliation and environmental goals.
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One way to protect our ecosystems is to confer legal rights on them. This idea is at the heart of the ‘rights of nature’ movement – but Australia has few examples of this principle in action.
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Each year insect scientists like us field questions from the press and public about Christmas beetle populations: where have they gone?
Advert for a universal basic income (UBI) scheme in New York, May 2016. Such schemes could offer significant benefits for recipients’ mental health.
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Investing in people’s future mental health, based on the key socioeconomic factors underlying it, is the only way to address this rising problem.
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Life on Our Planet has some important messages about the nature of evolution, and what the future may hold for us.
A group of staff and students weave baskets as part of the University of Waterloo’s Land Skills for Wellness and Sustainability initiative.
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Nature-based crafts and skills may just be the key to addressing the developing crises of unsustainability and mental health on campus.
Redefining our relationship to nature is crucial to address our current environmental crises.
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Our relationships with the natural world have changed, and addressing how we understand our place in the world will help us find solutions to current environmental crises.
An Amazon poison frog (Ranitomeya amazonica).
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New research looks at how different species have managed to cross geographic barriers throughout history and whether their individual traits played a crucial role in these journeys.
The Winchester City Mill youth hostel, in 1945.
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Youth hostels can play a key role in blurring class lines and connecting travellers to both each other and the places they visit.
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One night, someone cut down a tree. It wasn’t just any tree. The loss of the Sycamore Gap tree sent a nation into grief. But why?
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The emotional response to the loss of the Sycamore Gap is part of a long history of emblematic trees, their destruction and renewal
One of the most popular species of fish found in tropical marine aquariums is the common clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris).
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New research reveals the environmental impact of keeping tropical fish as household pets – but there are ways to reduce it.
Straw-coloured fruit bats at Kasanka National Park, Zambia.
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Monitoring and protecting the Kasanka bat colony helps protect bats from the entire sub-continent, and thus supports ecosystem services in a wide area.
The yellow crazy ant (Anoplolepis gracilipes) is a notorious invasive ant species.
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Invasive ants are a major threat to biodiversity, according to a study.
Stories from Greek mythology often show the close relationship between humans and plants.
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Stories in Greek mythology on the cycle of nature showing youth, death and rejuvenation can have lessons for us today on how grief changes over time and transforms who we are as people.
A flock of puffins on a cliff in Northumberland, England.
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A new assessment of the population status of Europe’s birds reveals that the number of species that are of conservation concern is increasing.
The Whanganui River, New Zealand.
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The idea of giving aspects of nature legal rights is gaining traction – but the results are mixed.
Summer sunset in the Gulf of Finland.
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Now is the perfect time to read Jansson’s novel – a book that will make you nostalgic for childhood summers.
Far from being fearful, most Canadians have highly positive views of wolves.
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Recent survey evidence suggests that most Canadians have positive opinions of wolves and rural Canadians in particular have strongly positive feelings on wolves and their protection.