Written by Carmen Noriega, Communications Coordinator for CI-Peru. CI’s conservation activities in Peru have really been taking off lately. Last week we announced the verification of our first forest carbon offset project in the Alto Mayo Protected Forest. Today, CI-Peru’s Carmen … Continue reading
My trip took me all across the United States to tell my story: Washington, Philadelphia, New York, Chicago, Palo Alto, San Francisco and El Paso. I felt so touched by what people said to me. They showed a huge appreciation for what I have done so far. I wish I could bring all of my team from Kaimana to meet everyone. They also deserve this appreciation. Continue reading
The plan is to leverage Rare’s expertise with Pride campaigns for sustainable management of small-scale fishing by combining Pride campaigns with no-fishing reserves, and with establishment of property rights for local fishers over their local fishing grounds. Continue reading
Over the week, I got a lot of great information while talking with the fishermen and their families, as well as the mayors and Rare’s hardworking fellows. Continue reading
Marybeth and the mayor were working together not just to enact 24/7 volunteer guarding at the marine protected area (MPA), but to start a critically important program to register fishermen. Continue reading
Ayoke Island’s MPA was named one of the Philippines’ top 10 marine protected areas, no small feat in a country with 1,600 MPAs, the most in the world. But as recently as December the community faced a real test when the MPA was dynamited during the town’s fiesta, when no one was volunteering at the guardhouse. Continue reading
One of the biggest challenges facing sustainable fishing in the Philippines is the prevalence of dynamite fishing, where fishers create an improvised bomb out of a rum or Coke bottle and ammonium sulfate. Continue reading
Written by Suzannah Evans who is researching a book on the role of fish in food security with Oceana CEO Andy Sharpless. The northeast coast of Mindanao island in the Philippines is home to a series of small towns comprised … Continue reading
Rare Conservation Fellow Cathy Demesa writes about her experience being interviewed by The New York Times. Continue reading