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CONSERVATION NEWS

News, views and features from the front lines of conservation

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View from the top of Bartolome Island, part of the Galapagos Islands
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Tags: fisheries fishers Galapagos Islands My 'aha!' moment spiny lobsters sustainable fisheries management

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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Tags: Asia-Pacific biology Cambodia conservation Madagascar Malawi My 'aha!' moment Pacific Islands park ranger Tanzania Tonle Sap Lake wildlife zoology

My ‘aha!’ moment: A trip to an empty nature reserve

By Sophie Bertazzo

March 27, 2017
For David Emmett, teaching biology in Malawi delivered a reality check on the intersection between conservation, poverty, food insecurity and education that shaped his career.
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A logging road in Sepahua, Peru
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Tags: carbon deforestation forestry illegal logging mining My 'aha!' moment Peru REDD+

My ‘aha!’ moment: A day in the life of an illegal logger

By Natasha Calderwood

March 17, 2017
How a summer in the Peruvian Amazon led Natasha Calderwood to shift her career path toward conservation.
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Boats in Diego Suarez, Madagascar
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Tags: Africa Communities conservation biology fisheries gender + conservation Madagascar My 'aha!' moment natural resources oceans octopus Peace Corps women

My ‘aha!’ moment: In Madagascar, a fisheries discussion without the fishers

By Kame Westerman

March 7, 2017
How working with octopus fishers in Madagascar led Kame Westerman to make a surprising discovery about women and conservation.
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