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Hawaii to Host 2016 IUCN World Conservation Congress

By Jon Letman
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Council announced Wednesday that the 2016 World Conservation Congress (WCC) will meet in Hawaii - the first time in its 66-year history that the world’s largest conservation conference will be hosted by the United States.

Jeju Island Base Divides Korean, International Green Groups

By Jon Letman
As construction of a hotly contested naval base on South Korea’s Jeju Island advances, there’s a showdown underway.

Samoan Breadfruit Makes a Splash in the Caribbean

By Jon Letman
Can a single species of tree significantly reduce hunger, unemployment and deforestation in the tropics? Researchers and scientists behind a surge in breadfruit activity think so.


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