<div><p>Decades of overfishing have decimated <a href="https://ourworldindata.org/fish-and-overfishing#:~:text=It%20estimates%20that%20around%20one,relatively%20stable%20in%20recent%20decades." target="_blank">one third</a> of global fish stocks &mdash; upending the delicate balance of ocean ecosystems, and threatening the livelihoods and food supply of hundreds of millions of people who depend on them.&nbsp;</p><p><span style="background-color:initial;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;text-align:inherit;text-transform:inherit;word-spacing:nor ..read more

<p>In the third year of the sweeping global PBS series &ldquo;<a href="https://www.pbs.org/show/changing-planet/" target="_blank">Changing Planet</a>,&rdquo; Conservation International CEO M. Sanjayan explores how climate change is affecting some of Earth&rsquo;s most vulnerable ecosystems &mdash; and the groundbreaking science that&rsquo;s offering hope.</p><p><span style="background-color:initial;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;text-align:inherit;text-transform:inherit;word-spacing:normal;caret-color:auto;white-space:inherit;">The ..read more

<div><p>To her fans, DJ and music producer Jayda Guy is the Grammy-nominated artist spinning propulsive dance beats at some of the world&rsquo;s biggest festivals.&nbsp;</p><p><span style="background-color:initial;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;text-align:inherit;text-transform:inherit;word-spacing:normal;caret-color:auto;white-space:inherit;">But in a new documentary, Guy returns to her &ldquo;nerdy&rdquo; roots as a marine scientist &mdash; bringing viewers on a journey to explore one of nature's most potent climate allies: blue carbon ..read more

<p>Kenya&rsquo;s Reteti Elephant Sanctuary &mdash; the first community-owned elephant sanctuary in East Africa &mdash; provides a place for injured elephants to heal and a home for elephants orphaned by poaching.&nbsp;</p><p>Through a partnership with Conservation InternationaI, Reteti focuses on rescue and return where possible, with the goal of reuniting calves with their mothers within 48 hours.</p><p>Conservation News recently spoke with Reteti founder Katie Rowe, recently nominated for the Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award.</p> ..read more

<div></div><div><p><span style="background-color:initial;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;text-align:inherit;text-transform:inherit;word-spacing:normal;caret-color:auto;white-space:inherit;"></span><span style="background-color:initial;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;text-align:inherit;text-transform:inherit;word-spacing:normal;caret-color:auto;white-space:inherit;">Earth lost 3.7 million hectares (9.2 million acres) of tropical forest last year, an area nearly the size of the Netherlands, according to <a href="https://research.wri.org/gf ..read more

<p>A UN report last year found that humanity must overhaul the global food system to curb deforestation and stop climate breakdown.</p><p>This year, at New York Climate Week, one conservationist offered a climate-friendly solution to producing one of the world&rsquo;s favorite crops: coffee.</p><p>Joining environmental scientists, government leaders and economists at a virtual panel to explore the impact of food on the climate, Conservation International&rsquo;s coffee expert Bambi Semroc explained why coffee contributes so much more to people than just a ..read more

<br /><p>The smoke has cleared from<a href="https://www.conservation.org/blog/the-amazon-is-on-fire-5-things-you-need-to-know"> fires that raged in the Amazon</a> in August and September, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/08/20/sudden-darkness-befalls-sao-paulo-western-hemispheres-largest-city-baffling-thousands/" target="_blank">darkening skies</a> and making headlines around the world.&nbsp;</p><div><p>Now, science and policy experts at Conservation International and elsewhere are sifting through the ashes, looking fo ..read more

<p><em>Editor's Note: Climate Week took place from September 23 to September 29. Check <a href="https://www.conservation.org/blog">Conservation News</a> for coverage of this global forum.</em></p><p>If the first few days of Climate Week were about laying out the scope of the problems facing nature and climate, Wednesday was about finding solutions.</p><p>And finding them quickly.</p><p>&ldquo;If we accept the science that there&rsquo;s 10 years to get it right on climate change, that doesn&rsquo;t give us much time f ..read more

<div><p><em>This post was updated on September 25, 2019 at 11:40 am. </em></p><p>The world&rsquo;s oceans are perilously close to wreaking havoc on humanity due to climate change, according to a new report. </p></div><div><div><p>The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its &ldquo;Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate&rdquo; today in the midst of <a href="https://www.conservation.org/blog/what-is-climate-week-3-things-you-need-to-know">Climate Week</a>, days ..read more

<p><em><strong>Editor&rsquo;s note:</strong> If the tuna that Pacific Island communities have reliably fished for generations suddenly change their behavior &mdash; teeming in totally new areas of the ocean or in smaller numbers, for example &mdash; this behavioral shift doesn&rsquo;t affect only the tuna. Caused by&nbsp;warming waters due to climate change, this shift&nbsp;affects everything and everyone, from other species in the marine food chain to the livelihoods of fishers all over the Pacific.</em></p><p><em><a h ..read more