CONSERVATION NEWS
News, views and features from the front lines of conservation
The price of a dead elephant
By Sophie Bertazzo
November 21, 2017
In this new piece for Medium, Conservation International CEO M. Sanjayan explains why elephants are worth more alive.
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Jeremy Holden
Sticker shock: This country’s taste for ‘bushmeat’ comes at a terrible price
By Virginia Simpson
October 18, 2017
An in-your-face campaign aims to shock Cambodians into giving up their taste for wild animal meat — before it’s too late.
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Our critical allies for elephants
By M. Sanjayan, Ph.D.
August 12, 2017
Elephants illustrate a core truth about conservation work: It must be done alongside local communities.
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Ivy Allen/USFWS
New capital of the U.S. ivory trade: Washington, D.C.?
By Bruno Vander Velde
July 28, 2017
Washington, D.C. appears to be the new hub of the country’s ivory trade, according to a report released Wednesday.
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Charlie Shoemaker
In Kenya’s storied hills, traditional ways confront a modern problem: climate change
By Cassandra Kane
July 26, 2017
Neutralize your carbon footprint through a new REDD+ project in the Chyulu Hills of Kenya.
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