CONSERVATION NEWS
News, views and features from the front lines of conservation
Christian Ching
Climate Week: From the Amazon to the oceans
By Bruno Vander Velde
September 25, 2019
Tuesday's Climate Week roundup: UN report warns grim future for oceans, marine scientists map out how to prevent that future and leaders discuss building resilience in coastal communities.
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On World Mangrove Day, a new strategy to protect the world’s most important ecosystem
By Jorge Ramos, Ph.D.
July 26, 2017
Mangroves are critically important for coastal communities around the world. Here’s what one group is doing to protect them.
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‘Surf and turf’ can have carbon footprint of cross-country road trip: study
By Bruno Vander Velde
April 10, 2017
Dining out? You may want to think twice before ordering the “surf and turf special.” The carbon footprint of a steak and shrimp dinner — were it to come from shrimp farms and pasture formerly occupied by mangroves — is the same as driving a small car across the continental United States.
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Lucas Bustamante
These women protect the trees that protect Ecuador
By Elizabeth Guinessey
November 10, 2016
Mangroves do more than protect coasts — they’re also lifelines for nearby communities.
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Joanne-Weston
What on Earth is ‘blue carbon’?
By Bruno Vander Velde
November 1, 2016
A term you might never have heard of has immense importance for curbing climate change.
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