Happy Monday! Here is your weekly dose of positive Climate and Biodiversity news to help motivate you and get your week off to a great start.
It's time to balance out all the “doom and gloom” news we often hear and add some positivity to our lives. 🙌
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"Plastic bags and takeaway boxes, styrofoam boxes and even PVC sewage pipes could be chemically recycled more efficiently to leave a smaller carbon footprint, in a new process developed by scientists from Nanyang Technological University (NTU)."
Read the full article in The Straits Times.
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"Through their regenerative cacao program, TMA pays local farmers to transition from unsustainable practices to shade-grown cacao cultivation while providing access to premium markets to sell their cacao."
Read the full article on Mongabay.
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"Coral restoration efforts usually involve transplanting tiny corals, cultivated in nurseries, on to damaged reefs. However the work can be slow and costly, and only a fraction of the reefs at risk are getting help. In the shallow waters of the Abrolhos Islands, Ms Foster is testing a system she hopes will revive reefs more quickly."
Read the full article on BBC News.
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"A once locally-extinct butterfly has made a remarkable return to Stirlingshire after a 100 year absence, Butterfly Conservation and The Future Forest Company reveal today."
Read the full article on Butterfly Conservation.
Image by The Royal Mint via BBC
"E-waste is mounting. Now the UK Royal Mint has found a new way to extract the precious metals hidden in laptops and phones to reduce our reliance on raw materials."
Read the full article on BBC.
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