Positive news and recovery
Evidence that some of this works. Species recoveries, rediscoveries, and solutions reporting worth sending to a tired team.
7 resources
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Species Black List rediscoveriesTBG projectNew
Species turning up again after years unrecorded, checked daily across fourteen national news editions
Scan what the press is claiming about a rediscovery before you cite it as confirmed
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Reverse the Red
IUCN SSC movement for species recovery. You can make a Species Pledge or apply for an Accelerator Award
Make a Species Pledge, or apply for an Accelerator Award to fund a recovery step
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Conservation Optimism
Seven stories of optimism every week, plus a positive communication toolkit, a podcast and regional hubs in Ghana, India, Pakistan and the UK
Send the weekly stories to a tired team, and take the communication toolkit
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Mongabay conservation solutions
4,155 stories on what actually worked, with an RSS feed you can pipe into a newsletter
Pipe the RSS feed into your own newsletter instead of curating good news by hand
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Reasons to be Cheerful
Nonprofit solutions journalism with a climate and environment section, publishing several times a week
Pitch a solutions story here when the outcome, not the crisis, is the news
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Positive News
Environment section with a conservation subcategory, covering rewilding and species recovery
Point supporters at recovery coverage when the usual news cycle is grinding them down
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Squirrel News
Free nonprofit app and newsletter, thirty constructive stories a week curated from other outlets
Install the free app and get thirty constructive stories a week without searching