December 15, 2008 “We need to take drastic, immediate and comprehensive steps to save the oceans.” December 15, 2008 “Already we are suffering things that we never experienced before,” Kiribati President Anote Tong says, citing prolonged drought, destruction of the coast and coral bleaching. December 15, 2008 Greg Stone, vice president of Global Marine Programs at the New England Aquarium, helped initiate the drive to establish the Phoenix Islands Protected Area. October 4, 2008 Conservation International (CI) and McDonald’s Europe have launched a program that will help protect some of the world’s most endangered species and the tropical forests where they make their home. August 27, 2008 Growing up in the concrete jungle of New York City, Lisa Dabek learned of nature by playing with ants in Dixie cups and visiting the Bronx Zoo with her mother. August 26, 2008 Forest fires broke out in and around Georgia’s Borjomi-Kharagauli National Park, part of the Caucasus biodiversity hotspot, during the hostilities sparked by a dispute over the separatist Georgian region of South Ossetia. August 14, 2008 Randy Borman was born only months before his parents, missionaries and linguists, ventured into the Ecuadorian rainforest to live among the Cofán Indians. April 15, 2008 Eastern lowland, or Grauer’s, gorillas number between 5,000 and 10,000, down from a pre-war estimate of 17,000. They live on 25 percent less habitat than they did just a few decades ago. February 14, 2008 The new Phoenix Island Protected Area covers 158,453 square miles (410,500 square kilometers) of the Central Pacific that is home to one of the richest marine feeding and spawning areas in the world. September 24, 2007 A new fund will ensure long-term protection of one of Mexico’s most important marine reserves. May 28, 2007 Recently designated by Mexico's president Felipe Calderon, more than 400,000 hectares of newly protected waters are now integrated into the Gulf of California's 4.4 million acres of protected marine habitat. April 30, 2007 Lush tropical rain forest, limestone caves, lakes, and rivers are some of the diverse ecosystems recently granted protection by the government of Madagascar. April 11, 2007 With newly awarded, state-sanctioned Associate’s Degrees in conservation and biodiversity studies, TCCB graduates are now returning to their communities to work as field researchers, rangers, wardens, and protected area managers. February 21, 2007 With a new conservation fund under development, Africa’s first female president appears intent on creating a legacy that will extend far beyond her term. October 2, 2006 The United States government is willing to forgive debt if the money is instead spent on the protection of tropical forests. |
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