Word: conservationism
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Goodall would have been content to stay in Africa, but over time she realized that to maximize the reach of her life's work she had to shift her attention from animals to humans. "My focus was learning about chimpanzees," she explains. "Then my focus changed to protecting chimpanzees and...
In the high command of the U.S. military, that was enough to elicit a few sighs of relief. The U.S. had yearned for a battlefield victory in Afghanistan that would vindicate five weeks of aerial attacks, bolster confidence in the Pentagon's strategy and puncture some of the Taliban's...
In the attacks' aftermath, Chinese, U.S. and European negotiators resolved the last issues holding up the Asian giant's membership in the World Trade Organization. Bush signed into law a trade agreement with Jordan, and the Senate ratified another with Vietnam. Eleven days after the attacks, Bush lifted sanctions on...
Incumbent Henrietta Davis, who is running for her fourth term on the council, said she would like to see local decreases in greenhouse gas emissions. She also spoke of making Alewife Wildlands, a local conservation area, more accessible to the public.
The coverage of Megawati Sukarnoputri's new role as Indonesia's President [WORLD, Aug. 6] barely hinted at one of the most pressing challenges she faces. Indonesia's forests, perhaps the most biologically rich in the world, are under assault as never before. Between 1985 and 1997, the country lost...