CONSERVATION NEWS

News, views and features from the front lines of conservation

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Report: Companies that buy carbon credits lead on climate action

By Bruno Vander Velde

October 10, 2023
Companies that buy carbon credits are doing more to tackle their climate footprints than companies that don’t, a new report finds.
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Yasuní National Park in Ecuador
© Joshua Bousel/Flickr Creative Commons. Yasuní National Park in Ecuador

On carbon offsets, Wirecutter story doesn’t cut it

By Bruno Vander Velde

March 1, 2023
A recent article claims that buying carbon offsets for your flight doesn't help the climate crisis. This conclusion is bafflingly wrong: Paying to protect an area of forest to offset the climate footprint of your flight does in fact — demonstrably and verifiably — help.
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Beautiful farm on the edge of the Alto Mayo Protected Forest, Peru
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Airline industry clears forest-carbon credits for takeoff

By Bruno Vander Velde

November 20, 2020
In a historic announcement, the global civil aviation industry has paved the way for airlines to help neutralize their climate footprint by protecting nature.
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5 ways you can help endangered species today

By Olivia DeSmit

April 18, 2019
Human Nature asked five Conservation International experts for their best tips to help endangered species.
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The "Friends of Environment Nature and Development Society" youth group making T-shirts — all with the message "Save the Sea Turtle."
© Keith A. Ellenbogen

5 ways you can help fight climate change

By Shyla Raghav

March 14, 2019
Conservation International's climate lead shares 5 ways youth can help stop climate change.
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