CONSERVATION NEWS
News, views and features from the front lines of conservation
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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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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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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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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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