CONSERVATION NEWS
News, views and features from the front lines of conservation
Conservation International/Will Turner
Coronavirus containment, indigenous forestry, bird patrol: 3 stories you may have missed
By Kiley Price
February 3, 2020
In case you missed it: China announced a temporary ban on its wildlife trade as the deadly coronavirus spreads, indigenous peoples in Africa's Congo Basin fight to protect their land against logging companies and radar-equipped seabirds are helping to track illegal fishing on the high seas.
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Olivier Langrand
Climate emergency, oil spill aftermath, 'The Elephant Queen': 3 stories you may have missed
By Kiley Price
November 12, 2019
In case you missed it: The United States begins the withdrawal process from the Paris Agreement, an oil spill spreads along the northeast coast of Brazil and a new documentary follows a herd of elephants through Kenya.
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Jon McCormack
How an unheralded US law could help protect Africa’s forests
By Sophie Bertazzo
June 14, 2019
The head of Conservation International's Africa field division has a suggestion for the continent’s decision-makers: redirect some of your debt to the United States into conserving nature.
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Jon McCormack
Protections for African wildlife face growing threat: a lack of money
By Olivia DeSmit
October 24, 2018
Two experts on protected areas react to recent findings that a majority of protected areas in Africa are underfunded.
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Pete Oxford/iLCP
In case you missed it: climate targets, protected areas and African rhinos
By Morgan Lynch
June 4, 2018
Human Nature shares three stories from the past week that you should know about.
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