PLANET IN PERIL

WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE This is the third instalment of our  Restoration Global Tour   blog series. The series examines restoration success stories in Asia, Latin America, Africa, Europe and North America. Tune in over the coming months for additional installments, or check out our  Restoration Diagnostic   for more information. Story here.

CommonDreams  A clearcut forest in Canada. ...and it's only August. That's the fastest pace yet. Story here.

Nation of Change The Opening Ceremony at the Rio 2016 Olympics Games may have opened up with a dance party, but it was a video on climate change watched by roughly 3.3 billion that made people stop what they were doing and focus on human-made pollution. Story here.

Aussie Network News                                                                                                                           PinP photo. Experts around the world have warned that bee population is declining. Now, a study reveals that the number of honey bee colonies dropped by almost 12 percent last winter. Story here.

  the guardian Oil spills caused by old pipelines are relatively small in Russia and rarely garner widespread attention - but added up they threaten fish stocks and pasture for cattle. Story here.

climate progress On a cool December night in Paris, at an awards ceremony in the city’s 3rd arrondissement, Eduardo Paes, the mayor of Rio de Janeiro, took the stage to thunderous applause from an audience full of his fellow mayors from around the world. Paes’ voiced boomed as he stressed the importance of cities leading the fight against climate change — Story here.

Moyers & company Climate denial is having a real impact on the lives of those living in the Arctic.  Story here.