Conservation Archives

Environment

Conserving Forestry in Brazil’s Easternmost State Means a Zero Tolerance Policy on Deforestation

Illegal logging continues to be a persistent problem in the Brazilian state of Maranhão, threatening an already fragmented wildlife habitat and forcing indigenous tribes off their land.

Claire Asher

Environment

How a Small Town in Costa Rica Is Defining Conservation for Central America

Beginning with Quakers arriving in the 1950s, Monteverde has become a distinct conservation community in Central America.

Caitlin Looby

Environment

An Alarming Number of California Whales Are Getting Caught in Fishing Lines

California has seen a record-breaking number of whale entanglements over the last three years. Now, the Center for Biological Diversity is suing the state for failing to protect its endangered species.

Kate Wheeling

Environment

Chronic Underfunding Is Turning Conservation Into a Rich Person’s Profession

Today’s rising conservationists are at risk of being forced out of their career by trends, structures, and decisions they had no part in.

Jeremy Hance

Environment

Protected Under Obama, the Sage Grouse Finds Itself Once Again Under Threat

A new Department of the Interior report recommends rolling back parts of a compromise protection plan implemented less than two years ago.

Francie Diep

Environment

One of Southeast Asia’s Conservation Areas Is Under Threat

Due to its size and location, the Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra in Indonesia is hailed as one of the largest conservation areas in Southeast Asia and the last habitat for many endangered animals.

Hans Nicholas Jong

Environment

In Uganda, Paying People Not to Cut Down Trees Is Working

Researchers say a conservation initiative known as a payments for ecosystem services really paid off in terms of preventing deforestation.

Mike Gaworecki

Stonehenge, built between 3,000 B.C.E. and 1,600 B.C.E., attracts around 900,000 visitors a year, with 70 percent of those from overseas.

Environment

How the World Heritage Convention Could Save More Wilderness

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature has released a study showing that 1.8 percent of wilderness areas are covered under World Heritage protection—and how much more can be done.

Morgan Erickson-Davis