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https://news.mongabay.com/2022/01/california-redwood-forest-returned-to-indigenous-guardianship-conservation/>
"Ten Native American tribal nations, forming the InterTribal Sinkyone
Wilderness Council, have received ownership of 215 hectares (532 acres) of
California’s redwood forest. The tribal council is partnering with Save the
Redwoods League, which donated the land, to protect and restore their
traditional coastal forest. Together they have developed a 30-year conservation
plan to protect endangered species such as the northern spotted owl (
Strix
Occidentalis Caurina) and marbled murrelet (
Brachyramphus mamoratus).
The conifer forest located in the north coast of the state in Mendocino County,
is home to endangered old-growth redwood trees (
Sequoia sempervirens), the
tallest trees in the world. Large second-growth Douglas-firs (
Pseudotsuga
menziesii), tanoaks (
Notholithocarpus densiflorus) and Pacific madrones
(
Arbutus menziesii) are also found in the area.
The forest has been named Tc’ih-Léh-Dûñ in the Sinkyone language as a testimony
to the Sinkyone Indigenous peoples who inhabited the region before they were
forcibly removed by European and American settlers. The forest was formerly
known as Andersonia West before it was designated as tribal protected area."
Via
Fix the News:
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https://fixthenews.com/good-news-malaria-india-tolerance-africa-deforestation-brazil/>
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