CONSERVATION NEWS
News, views and features from the front lines of conservation
© Jonathan Irish. Rufescent tiger heron in Madidi National Park
How one South American country became a lab for conservation
By Mary Kate McCoy
October 26, 2023
In 1987, Conservation International had a radical idea to reduce Bolivia's debt in exchange for nature conservation. Since then, the country has become a laboratory for the protection of nature, field-testing ideas that would spread around the world.
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© Jonathan Irish. Maasai Mara National Reserve
When COVID halted wildlife tourism in Kenya, one area weathered the storm
By Will McCarry
July 6, 2023
Every year, Kenya’s Maasai Mara region attracts droves of tourists, eager for a glimpse of one of the largest movement of animals on Earth. Until 2020, when everything changed. Yet, what began as a crisis presented new opportunities.
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© Adam Sedgley. Sperm whale off the coast of Dominica.
3 things our experts loved in June
By Mary Kate McCoy
June 29, 2023
Conservation International is powered by 1,500 people in more than 30 countries — their interests, like their hometowns, are all over the map. In this monthly feature, our experts share some of their favorite things.
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© Grant Abel
Notes from the field: Protection protocol and revitalizing grasslands
By Kiley Price
August 5, 2020
Here are two recent conservation success stories you should know about.
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© Cristina Mittermeier
Plastic pollution and over-tourism: It’s not (totally) your fault
By Olivia DeSmit
March 26, 2019
When it comes to the relationship between over-tourism and plastic pollution, the headlines don’t paint the full picture.
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