CONSERVATION NEWS
News, views and features from the front lines of conservation
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As climate warms, Ecuador fights fires with forecasts
By Olivia DeSmit
May 22, 2019
An innovative tool combines weather forecasts with fire-tracking systems to create a "fire-weather forecast."
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Keith A. Ellenbogen
3 hopeful stories for endangered species
By Morgan Lynch
May 17, 2018
In honor of Endangered Species Day, Human Nature highlights three recent signs of hope for some of the world’s most threatened animals.
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In South America, are the tides turning against illegal fishing?
By Morgan Lynch
January 5, 2018
A Conservation International scientist explains how the Ecuadorean government handled a case of illegal fishing.
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To see conservation success, we need to look through a ‘gender lens’
By Sophie Bertazzo
June 20, 2017
Integrating gender into conservation projects is a key component of success. To help ensure this happens, CI recently piloted field-based gender workshops in Fiji, Samoa and Ecuador.
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In Galápagos, lobster fishers make unlikely — but effective — conservationists
By Molly Bergen
May 8, 2017
Recently, the spiny lobster was nearly wiped out from the Galápagos — a disappearance that could have spelled disaster for the island’s fragile ecosystems.
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