CONSERVATION NEWS
News, views and features from the front lines of conservation
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In Galápagos, novel conservation approach finds ‘sweet spot’ between production, protection
By Scott Henderson
September 2, 2020
A Conservation International expert explains how an integrated approach to protection and production could help humanity transform how we manage the lands and seas we depend on.
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Penguin discovery, climate inequality, tortoise heroes: 3 stories you may have missed
By Kiley Price
August 12, 2020
In case you missed it: New satellite data shows that global Emperor penguin populations are higher than previously thought, rising global temperatures pose a severe threat to marginalized and poor people around the world, and a captive breeding program successfully returned giant tortoises back to...
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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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When it comes to food production, sustainability pays. Here’s how
By Morgan Lynch
June 5, 2018
Students are finding ways for sustainable fishers and farmers to make more money.
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My ‘aha!’ moment: Fishers are not the enemies of healthy oceans
By Mauricio Castrejon
August 30, 2017
For Mauricio Castrejon, fisheries manager for CI’s Americas field division marine program, his ‘aha!’ moment came when the 2007 financial crisis hit the Galápagos Islands.
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