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WikiProject Environment is a collaborative effort dedicated to:

Improving and organizing coverage of the natural environment, including the complex human impacts upon it.
Standardizing content within its scope to ensure it meets Wikipedia's Manual of Style.
Fostering awareness of environmental issues around the world.

Feel free to join us! You can get involved by joining the discussion or adding your name to our list of participants.

Ways to contribute (updated March 2026)

Project tasks

Recurring and ongoing tasks:

Assess : Tag new articles and assess environment articles
Copyedit : Popular articles so that the assessment matches popularity
Maintain : Environment portal and Renewable energy portal
Other : Advertise this page to recruit more participants

Following is the relation of recent changes for Category:Natural environment - check out possible vandalism or substandard edits:

List of abbreviations (help):

D: Edit made at Wikidata
r: Edit flagged by ORES
N: New page
m: Minor edit
b: Bot edit
(±123): Page byte size change

24 August 2026

diffhist Natural environment 16:20 +27 HudecEmil talk contribs (Environmental policy)

20 August 2026

diffhist Nature deficit disorder 21:56 +474 AuthorAuthor3 talk contribs (→Criticism: cleaned up (two a's in a row), punctuation fix, tightened writing for clarity, added content w/citation)
diffhist Nature deficit disorder 21:06 −1 AuthorAuthor3 talk contribs (→Criticisms: Only one criticism; changed it from plural to singular)
diffhist Nature deficit disorder 21:01 +7 AuthorAuthor3 talk contribs (→History: Added title)

14 August 2026

diffhist Nature connectedness 07:24 +25 Anomalous+0 talk contribs (→See also: +Ecological empathy)
diffhist Nature connectedness 07:22 +33 Anomalous+0 talk contribs (→References: +Category:Natural environment)
diffhist m Nature connectedness 07:22 +24 Anomalous+0 talk contribs (→(top): linkage)
diffhist Ecological empathy 07:21 +33 Anomalous+0 talk contribs (→References: added Category:Natural environment)
diffhist Ecological empathy 07:20 −21 Anomalous+0 talk contribs (→References: rmv inapt Category:Ecology - despite sharing the same root word, it does not belong in this catg)
diffhist Ecological empathy 07:12 −23 Anomalous+0 talk contribs (→References: rmv inapt Category:Education)

10 August 2026

diffhist Natural risk 07:18 +21 Chongkian talk contribs (the article is listed in the navbox/sidebar per WP:NAV-WITHIN)

4 August 2026

diffhist Natural environment 14:04 −33 Hason-LEK-SIN talk contribs (Move images to right + remove wikilinks) Tags: Visual edit Edit Suggestion seen Edit Suggestion used

Article tasks

Here are some tasks awaiting attention:

Article requests : Please post them at Environment and geology requests page
Expand : Environment minister, Environmental emergency, Micro-sustainability, Built environment, Pohakuloa Training Area
Maintain : 2026 in the environment, Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (delisted as GA)
Photo : Upload images for articles at Category:Wikipedia requested images of environmental topics
Stubs : Improve and expand those stubs listed at Category:Environment stubs
Other : Add links for the Environment portal and sidebar in related articles: {{Portal|Environment}} and {{Environment sidebar}}

A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects.

Article alerts

Did you know

21 Jul 2026 – Susan Baur (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Allthemilescombined1 (t · c); see discussion

Articles for deletion

01 Sep 2026 – Grape Solar (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Kqol (t · c); see discussion (0 participants)
01 Sep 2026 – Novus International Headquarters (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Kqol (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
31 Aug 2026 – Fever Beach (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by NesserWiki (t · c); see discussion (5 participants)
31 Aug 2026 – Ken Silverstein (business journalist) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by NatGertler (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
30 Aug 2026 – Oweyegha-Afunaduula Fred Charles (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Dionysodorus (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
27 Aug 2026 – EFILism (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Indiana6724 (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
25 Aug 2026 – List of algal fuel producers (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by FNek (t · c); see discussion (2 participants; relisted)
21 Aug 2026 – Ernest Afiesimama (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by ThaesOfereode (t · c); see discussion (1 participant; relisted)
21 Aug 2026 – Upper shoreface (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by LaundryPizza03 (t · c); see discussion (1 participant; relisted)
21 Aug 2026 – Lower shoreface (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by LaundryPizza03 (t · c); see discussion (1 participant; relisted)

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Proposed deletions

24 Aug 2026 – Daniel Koto Dagnon (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by M kuhner (t · c) and endorsed by Bearian (t · c) on 25 Aug 2026 was deleted

Categories for discussion

12 Aug 2026 – Category:Environmentalism user templates (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Andrybak (t · c); see discussion
12 Aug 2026 – Category:Environment user templates (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Andrybak (t · c); see discussion
12 Aug 2026 – Category:Biome of residence user templates (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Andrybak (t · c); see discussion

Redirects for discussion

20 Aug 2026 – Destruction of Chemical Weapons (talk · edit · hist) →Destruction of chemical weapons in the United States was RfDed by 1234qwer1234qwer4 (t · c); see discussion
19 Aug 2026 – Destruction of chemical weapons (talk · edit · hist) →Destruction of chemical weapons in the United States was RfDed by 1234qwer1234qwer4 (t · c); see discussion

Files for discussion

19 Aug 2026 – File:SnowballSimulations.jpg (talk · edit · hist) (on Snowball Earth) was FfDed by LaundryPizza03 (t · c); see discussion
05 Jun 2026 – File:Teton Dam Sequence 03.jpg (talk · edit · hist) (on Teton Dam) was FfDed by Traumnovelle (t · c); see discussion
05 Jun 2026 – File:Teton Dam Sequence 08.jpg (talk · edit · hist) (on Teton Dam) was FfDed by Traumnovelle (t · c); see discussion
05 Jun 2026 – File:Teton Dam Sequence 13.jpg (talk · edit · hist) (on Teton Dam) was FfDed by Traumnovelle (t · c); see discussion

Requested moves

25 Aug 2026 – Elaine Hill (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Elaine L. Hill by Lcu21 (t · c); see discussion
20 Aug 2026 – Israel and nuclear weapons (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Nuclear weapons of Israel by SideEffect (t · c); see discussion
20 Aug 2026 – China and weapons of mass destruction (talk · edit · hist) move request to Nuclear weapons of China by SideEffect (t · c) was closed; see discussion
20 Aug 2026 – Russia and weapons of mass destruction (talk · edit · hist) move request to Nuclear weapons of Russia by SideEffect (t · c) was closed; see discussion

Articles to be split

10 Aug 2026 – Green vehicle (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Helper201 (t · c); see discussion
28 May 2026 – Urban green space (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Hanyangprofessor2 (t · c); see discussion
04 Mar 2026 – Repparfjorden (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Nordfjording (t · c); see discussion
17 Feb 2026 – Industrial Revolution (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Ingminatacam (t · c); see discussion
09 Aug 2025 – Environmental hazard (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Just some chem guy (t · c); see discussion
01 May 2023 – Religion and environmentalism (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Arcahaeoindris (t · c); see discussion
27 Nov 2022 – Habitat fragmentation (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Sietecolores (t · c); see discussion
19 Mar 2021 – Personal transporter (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by 162.208.168.92 (t · c); see discussion

Articles for creation

28 Aug 2026 – Draft:Health of Mother Earth Foundation (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by ChronicleCraftKOU (t · c)
28 Aug 2026 – Draft:Eeva Primmer (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Ianmcaldwell (t · c)
17 Aug 2026 – Draft:Julia Whitty (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Bdegraf (t · c)
03 Jul 2026 – Draft:Nida Collado (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Thebirbeater (t · c)
28 Jun 2026 – Draft:Roger Jefcoate (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by GregFairley01 (t · c)
09 Jun 2026 – Draft:Access to Nutrition initiative (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Maxeyv (t · c)
01 Sep 2026 – Draft:Kyndly (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by ~2026-47696-02 (t · c) was declined
28 Aug 2026 – Draft:Gabriel Klaasen (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by Pablowhite44 (t · c) was declined
25 Aug 2026 – Draft:Maritime environmental salvage in conflict zones (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by MaritimeSecurityLover (t · c) was declined
10 Aug 2026 – Draft:Systematic Conservation Planning (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by J barton 234 (t · c) was moved to Draft:Systematic conservation planning (talk · edit · hist) by Z. Patterson (t · c) on 29 Aug 2026

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Related groups

WikiProjects

The Environment covers a wide range of academic disciplines but the major parent WikiProjects could be Science, Politics, or Sociology. Other related WikiProjects are those listed at the Environment category within the WikiProject Directory.

Task Forces

Inside this WikiProject:

Other:

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Outside Wikipedia

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Tools

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reFill: Edits bare url references: adds title, dates, publisher, etc.
Link manager: Edit and repair external links
Dab solver: Quickly resolve ambiguous links.

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I.	Use references. This is an encyclopedia, so remember to include a ==References== section listing websites, newspapers, articles, books and other sources you used to write the article. New articles and statements added to existing articles may be deleted if unreferenced or referenced poorly. See Wikipedia:Verifiability, Wikipedia:Cite_sources and Wikipedia:References for more information.
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III.	Use footnotes. Take advantage of the footnote ability Wikipedia has, instead of including html links inside the context include them as footnotes. See Wikipedia:Footnotes on how to use them.
IV.	Write a good lead. Be sure to write a lead that concisely summarizes the entire article into one or two paragraphs, which make sense to someone who may know nothing about the subjects in question. See Wikipedia:Lead section for more information.
V.	Stay on topic. Many articles are criticized for length; sticking to the subject matter helps eliminate this. See Wikipedia:The perfect article for more information.
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