All Natural Health Corner/ Merry Nutrition

03/10/2026

03/09/2026

Canada is paying people to protect the land their ancestors have lived on for generations.

Friends, in recent years the Canadian government expanded funding for something called the Indigenous Guardians program. Instead of relying only on park rangers or federal officers, the country is supporting Indigenous communities to monitor and protect their own traditional territories.

The idea sounds simple, but the impact is large. Guardians work as full time stewards on lands their families have known for centuries. They track wildlife populations, monitor water quality, protect sacred cultural sites, and observe industrial activity like logging or mining. In many cases they also teach younger generations traditional ecological knowledge that might otherwise fade.

The federal government first launched the program as a pilot in 2017, supporting dozens of Indigenous led projects across Canada. After early results showed strong environmental and community benefits, Budget 2021 committed about 100 million dollars through 2026 to expand the initiative.

For decades, conservation policies often removed Indigenous people from lands that later became parks or protected areas. Now the country is funding programs built on the opposite idea, that the people who have lived with these ecosystems the longest may also be the best at protecting them.

Guardians are often described as the “eyes and ears on the land.”

And sometimes the people closest to the land are the ones who understand how to keep it alive.

03/08/2026

“I woke up on a dock with no memory of getting there. The next time I opened my eyes, I was in a hospital bed — and the nurse said I’d broken my back.”

03/08/2026

Colombia announced a groundbreaking policy declaring its entire Amazon biome a reserve zone for renewable natural resources.

This effectively bans approval of any new oil exploration, hydrocarbon production, or large-scale mining projects across the region.

The protected area spans approximately 483,000 square kilometers—equivalent to the size of Sweden—and accounts for about 42% of Colombia's continental territory, representing roughly 7% of the entire Amazon rainforest basin.

The decision, highlighted during COP30 in Brazil, positions Colombia as the first Amazonian nation to safeguard its full share of the forest from new extractive industrial activities.

It halts progress on dozens of pending concessions, including 43 oil blocks and hundreds of mining requests that had not yet begun operations.

By prioritizing ecosystem preservation over fossil fuel and mineral exploitation, the measure aims to curb deforestation, protect unparalleled biodiversity, and maintain the rainforest's critical role in global climate regulation through carbon storage and water cycle stability.

This bold step under the Petro administration reflects a shift toward sustainable development and sets a potential precedent for other Amazon countries facing similar pressures from resource extraction.

Environmental advocates hail it as one of the most significant conservation victories in recent history, safeguarding irreplaceable habitats and indigenous territories for future generations while contributing to planetary efforts against climate change.

03/06/2026

BREAKING NEWS

"Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), a longtime organic farmer and senior member of the House Agriculture Committee, announced today that she will be introducing an amendment to the Republican Farm Bill that fights back against chemical companies and protects the health of Americans. Republicans’ Farm Bill includes provisions that would shield chemical manufacturers like Bayer from lawsuits and would preempt state and local warning label laws or usage regulations. The Pingree Protect Our Health Amendment would remove this harmful language from the Farm Bill. In January, Pingree successfully got a similar provision taken out of the FY2026 Interior and Environment Appropriations bill."

Read more from Congresswoman Chellie Pingree: https://pingree.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=6709

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