Turtles, a park and European targets: three signs of progress

These days, environmental news shows that change is taking place at very different scales. In the Amazon region, indigenous women are rescuing vulnerable turtles, in Athens a new urban park is growing out of the ruins of an old airport, and in Brussels it turns out that major European environmental targets are simply on track. Small and large, local and continental: restoration work is happening everywhere. On the banks of the Aguarico River in Ecuador, a group of Siekopai women are protecting the endangered charapa turtle [1]. The seven women, who call themselves the "turtle women", combine the knowledge of...