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Paperitalo Environmental News
( Last updated Wednesday, February 25, 2026 9:05 am EST) | |
Forest Grove’s Theresa Watters focuses on independence for young learners
Published 4:00 am Wednesday, February 25, 2026
(FOREST GROVE) — When you’ve taught elementary school for decades, you develop a feel for how the community’s youngest learners grow.
In Theresa Watters’ classroom at Fern Hill Elementary School, it often … Wednesday, February 25, 2026 9:05 am EST
| | | Indigenous communities oppose Papua forest rezoning for palm oil
Indigenous communities in Indonesian Papua have filed an administrative objection against forestry ministry decrees that reclassify more than a million acres as nonforest land, clearing the way for oil palm development under the government’s food estate … Wednesday, February 25, 2026 9:05 am EST
| | | Electors motions passed by Friends of Yakamia Forest to protect Lot 4743 received by City of Albany council
An environmental group hoping to protect a plot of bushland in Yakamia have received a token gesture of support from the Albany council, which voted to receive its pair of motions passed at this month’s electors meeting.
The community-driven motions were … Wednesday, February 25, 2026 9:05 am EST
| | | Greens call on Environment Minister to revoke Alcoa’s national interest exemption in Northern Jarrah Forest
Australian Greens
As stated by environment spokesperson for the Australian Greens, Senator Sarah Hanson-Young:
“Minister Watt’s decision to give Alcoa a free pass to continue strip-mining the precious Northern Jarrah Forest is all the more staggering in … Wednesday, February 25, 2026 9:05 am EST
| | | Involve youths in forest fire management
Reports of forest fires are pouring in for the last couple of months from most of the districts, forcing the state to lose its forest resources.
After the reported major forest fires in Anjaw and West Kameng, Lower Dibang Valley district is witnessing … Wednesday, February 25, 2026 9:05 am EST
| | | Deschutes National Forest opens objection period on Bend water facility land transfer
Published 10:10 am Tuesday, February 24, 2026
The Deschutes National Forest has opened a 45-day objection period for a proposal to transfer 48 acres of federal land to the city of Bend to allow expansion of its Outback Water Filtration Facility.
In a … Wednesday, February 25, 2026 9:05 am EST
| | | Forest Community Shed combats loneliness with benches
MEN in Lydbrook are turning locally sourced Forest timber into something simple but powerful. They are building benches designed to bring people together and spark conversation at the heart of the community.
Members of Forest Community Shed are taking part … Wednesday, February 25, 2026 9:05 am EST
| | | Litigant argues for environment over strategy in Nicobar ruling
New Delhi
Days after the National Green Tribunal cleared the way for the Rs 81,000-crore Great Nicobar mega infrastructure project, Debi Goenka, the executive trustee of the Conservation Action Trust (CAT), said the tribunal's ruling should have been … Wednesday, February 25, 2026 9:05 am EST
| | | Warning issued in Chiang Mai after tiger kills 3 cows in Doi Inthanon forest
On February 24, 2026, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Suchart Chomklin, ordered urgent action from the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation to respond to a situation where a tiger was reported to have attacked and … Wednesday, February 25, 2026 9:05 am EST
| | | I went to a place deep in the forest where Ukraine’s wounded soldiers go to heal. This is what they told me
Imagine a place hidden deep in a pine forest, with small lakes and ponies. Far from the noisy city. In the middle of it there is a modernist Soviet building with marble walls. Walls that have heard so many stories of suffering, loss and death.
This place … Wednesday, February 25, 2026 9:05 am EST
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