Rural broadband co-ops, first indigenous female foreign minister, the return of the lynx

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In today’s edition of Squirrel News, we’re looking at rural communities setting up their own high-speed internet, the New Zealand parliament’s increasing Indigenous representation, and a steady rise in an almost extinct lynx population.
Rural cooperatives build broadband networks for their communities
Source: freethink
New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern appoints country’s first female Māori foreign minister
Source: CNN
Iberian lynx claws its way back from brink of extinction
Source: The Guardian
A publicly accessible bank will preserve hundreds of the most at-risk coral species
Source: The Guardian
An AI disaster map is able to map floods, fires and earthquakes in real-time
Source: Thomson Reuters News Foundation
Arab women find tech jobs during pandemic
Source: Arab News
Boulder’s severe weather sheltering programme is helping the homeless stay warm this winter
Source: Boulder Weekly
Men across Sub-Saharan Africa are acting as allies for women’s equality
Source: Euronews
Creative community-based policies in Bhutan reveal the benefits of planted forests
Source: The Planetary Press
US schools are moving students outdoors in order to combat the spread of COVID-19
Source: The New York Times