Brazilians Get Juicy Tax Breaks When They Adopt Animals, Plant Trees, or Hail Historic Roots
Brazilian cities like Belo Horizonte are offering tax breaks for citizens who adopt stray dogs, plant jabuticaba trees, or decorate their storefronts.
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Peru is Protecting Machu Picchu By Planting One Million Trees to Guard Against Mudslides and Fires
Peruvian President Martin Viscarrato is readying to plant 1 million trees around Machu Picchu in order to protect the site from natural disaster.
Endangered Seal and Sea Lion Populations Turned Around By Fishermen Who See the Creatures in a New Way
Fishermen in Peru have turned around a decimated sea lion and seal population in Peru, after seeing the creatures in a new way.
Face-Masked Batman is 'The Superhero to the Homeless', Bringing Food to Them Across Santiago
An anonymous do-gooder dressed as batman (but with a face mask) delivers food to the homeless people on streets in Santiago Chile.
New Billboard That Cleans Up Air Pollution Engineered By Same Peruvians Who Made One to Provide Water to Parched Neighbors
Their first billboard provided drinking water to a parched and arid region of Peru. Now, The University of Engineering and Technology is cleaning pollution out of the air generated around a construction site.
Touching Footage Shows Cow Joining In For a Duet While Woman Serenades It
A touching video from Brazil shows a woman serenading a cow in a barn, but then the bovine joins her, for a heart-warming duet.
'Extinct' Harlequin Toad Rediscovered; Such Survivors Are Bringing Hope That Amphibian Apocalypse is Abating
Atelopus mindoensis, the mindo harlequin toad unseen since the 1980s has been rediscovered in ecudaor, suggesting they may have overcome a chytrid epidemic.
Gorgeous Jewelry Made From Fruit Sustains South American Women In Fair Trade
This Fair Trade jewelry from South America is made from fruit and berries, and offers beauty and bounty to both the maker and wearer.
Friends of Disabled Man Carry Him Up Mountain So He Can Go Volcano Surfing
To inspire others with disabilities and give wheelchairs to the poor, Zach Anner's friends hiked up a Nicaraguan volcano carrying Zach on their backs..
When A Loving Brazilian Street Dog Kept Visiting A Car Dealership, They Finally Hired Him as a Salesman
Emerson Mariano, a Hyundai branch manager in Brazil, rescued a street dog named Tucson Prime. Now he's a 'salesman' with his own Instagram.
Indigenous Woman Wins Goldman Environmental Prize for Protecting 500,000 Acres of Amazon Rainforest
Indigenous Amazon leader Nemonte Nenquimo won the Goldman Environmental Prize for her organizing work to save Ecuador's rainforests.
Judge Orders Chimp to be Freed From Zoo Enclosure in Historic Ruling
Cecilia the ape is the first of her kind to be granted rights based on her sentience, resulting in her transfer from a miserable zoo to a sanctuary.
Leonardo DiCaprio Announces a $43 Million Pledge to Save the Galápagos Islands
Actor Leonardo DiCaprio announced a $43 million contribution toward efforts to restore and rewild the Galápagos Islands.
Watch Sea Lion Pups Do Water Ballet Around Delighted Swimmers at the Seashore
Witness these sea lion pups suddenly surround scuba divers and do a water ballet around them to engage in play.
Fog-Catching Towers Could Supply Water to the World's Driest Megacity Using The Ocean Air
Lima, the driest megacity which relies on and glaciers for water, looks to erect fog catching towers and nets to prevent climate change.
Millionaire Turned Quadriplegic Jon Ayers is Giving it All to Save Wild Cats, After Finding a New Purpose
After a cycling accident left Jon Ayers a quadriplegic, his love of wildcats drove him to donate his business expertise and $20 million to Panthera.
New Species, Devil-eyed Frog, and Satyr Butterfly Not Seen For a Century Found in Forests 30 Miles From the Capital
Just 30 miles from the capital of La Paz, 20 new species were discovered by scientists from Conservation International above the Zongo Valley.
A 15 Million-Acre Protected Superhighway Near Galapagos Was Just Created to Preserve Marine Life
Ecuador announced at COP 26 an expansion of the marine protections around the Galápagos Islands by 23,000 sq-miles—nearly 15 million acres.
In World First, Top Beef Supplier Approves Methane-Busting Feed Additive That Reduces Gas by 55%
Bovaer was approved as a feed additive for dairy and beef cows, as well as sheep, to reduce methane gases in Brazil and Chile.
Bolivia Designates World's Largest Protected Wetland
The Bolivian government recently created the largest protected wetland in the world - an area bigger than the Netherlands and Belgium combined, more than 17 million acres (6.9m hectares). The Llanos De Moxos wetland is prized for its rich natural diversity, as the home to 131 species of mammals, 568 types of birds, and 625 fish species. Several species - including the giant otter and the Bolivian river dolphin - have been identified as vulnerable, endangered or at critical risk of extinction.
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