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Since its establishment in 1987, Conservation International has focused on highlighting and safeguarding the vital services that nature offers to people. By integrating hands-on efforts with advancements in science, policy, and finance, we have successfully protected over 6 million square kilometers (2.3 million square miles) of land and ocean in more than 70 countries. Please note that the Conservation International blog does not accept outside or contributed articles.

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Hawai‘i passes landmark tourist fee to fight climate change

1 week ago | conservation.org | Mary Kate McCoy

A small fee stands to make a big impact in Hawai‘i. Hawai‘i lawmakers passed a groundbreaking bill that will impose a small tax on visitors in an effort to protect the islands from the growing risks of a warming planet.
In age of extinction, ‘we need your creativity’

2 weeks ago | conservation.org | Max Marcovitch

“Don't chase your dreams.”It’s unconventional advice for a commencement address — but these are unconventional times for new college graduates, Conservation International CEO M.
An overlooked climate ally is in deep trouble

1 month ago | conservation.org | Mary Kate McCoy

Underwater and out of sight, one of humanity’s most effective weapons against climate change is struggling. According to a new study, failure to protect the world’s seagrasses will come at a steep cost — in more ways than one. Protecting the world’s seagrasses could avert climate damages valued at over US$ 200 billion by preventing the release of 1.2 billion tons of carbon pollution — an amount equivalent to the annual carbon footprint of 100 million homes in the United States.
News spotlight: Study offers hope for endangered axolotl

1 month ago | conservation.org | Mary Kate McCoy

Axolotls — the cute and charismatic creatures made famous by the video game “Minecraft” — are in a free fall. Pollution, modern farming and the introduction of invasive fish that prey on the critically endangered species have reduced their habitat to the channels of a single lake in Mexico. But a new study is offering a glimmer of hope: Captive-bred axolotls can survive in the wild, Justine McDaniel reported for The Washington Post.
What on Earth is ‘eDNA’?

1 month ago | conservation.org | Will McCarry

Editor’s note: From “blue carbon” to “ecosystem services,” environmental jargon is everywhere. Conservation International looks to make sense of it in an occasional explainer series we’re calling “What on Earth?"In this installment, we explore eDNA, a wildlife monitoring tool that is changing the way we study the natural world. I keep seeing this thing called "eDNA" in science articles. What is it?
In Hawai‘i, new effort to bring invasive species to heel

1 month ago | conservation.org | Mary Kate McCoy

Off the coast of Hawai‘i, an unwelcome guest crowds the waters, devouring creatures that cross its path. How to stop them? A new effort wants to put them on your feet. Measuring barely a foot long (30 centimeters), lemon yellow with electric-blue stripes, ta’ape doesn’t look like much of a threat, yet it travels in the thousands, a moving wall of fish in Hawai‘i’s waters. For decades, the invasive species has feasted on native fish — and fishermen’s wallets.
Ahead of pandemic negotiations, epidemiologist advocates for nature

2 months ago | conservation.org | Max Marcovitch

Dr. Neil Vora has spent much of his career chasing and treating infectious disease outbreaks, from the Ebola epidemic in West Africa to COVID-19 in New York City. His prescription for stopping the next one: Protect nature. Vora, an epidemiologist at Conservation International, believes that public health institutions often privilege treatment over prevention.
‘It protects us from them’: In new film, Indigenous traditions persist amid loss

2 months ago | conservation.org | Mary Kate McCoy

“What is that smoke for?”In a remote Amazonian village, a young boy asks his grandfather why a haze surrounds their home. “It protects us from them, from the invisible beings of the water,” his grandfather replies. A new short film, “Lanawaru,” follows the boy as he seeks comfort in the Indigenous traditions, prayers and guidance of his grandfather, whose help is sought after a member of their community disappears.
News spotlight: Report warns of growing human toll as planet warms

2 months ago | conservation.org | Mary Kate McCoy

Last year was the hottest on record — sparking major climate disasters across the globe. More than 150 “unprecedented” heatwaves, floods and storms left a trail of destruction that included lost lives, destroyed infrastructure and decimated crops, Damian Carrington reported for The Guardian.
‘Future of nature restoration': Conservation International wins Microsoft challenge

2 months ago | conservation.org | Mary Kate McCoy

Data — the key to understanding and tackling some of the world’s toughest problems — suffers from at least one major challenge. It’s often scattered and disorganized. Whether stored in a university database, a government server or a scientist’s hard drive, data is not useful if no one knows where it is or has access to it.