CONSERVATION NEWS
News, views and features from the front lines of conservation
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Notes from the field: Forest drones, gorilla germs and more
By Kiley Price
October 21, 2021
Here are three recent conservation success stories you should know about.
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Climate, biodiversity fight gets $5B shot in the arm
By Kiley Price
September 22, 2021
In an announcement today at New York Climate Week, nine philanthropic organizations pledged US$ 5 billion over the next decade to support the creation and expansion of protected areas, sustainable management of the world’s oceans and Indigenous-led conservation.
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Study: How years of wildfires have devastated the Amazon
By Kiley Price
September 1, 2021
For the first time, scientists have quantified the impact these fires have had on animals and plants in the Amazon over the past two decades. And according to their new study published today in Nature, these species are suffering — but there is still time to protect them.
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Notes from the field: Protecting Panama’s waters, conserving Malagasy lemurs and more
By Kiley Price
July 15, 2021
Here are four recent conservation success stories you should know about.
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New science: a path for protecting chimps and more
By Kiley Price
June 3, 2021
Protecting nature starts with science. Here’s a roundup of recent scientific research published by Conservation International experts.
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