Q&A with Wu Xudong: Dogs Don’t Lie
In 2010, Xudong joined forces with Rare to connect with the community and build local pride to create an ethos for caring for their home and the species that rely on it. Continue reading
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A Dark Cloud with a Silver Lining: Dr. Steve Gaines on the World’s Unassessed Fisheries
A new study in the journal Science evaluates the status of unassessed global fisheries. While the results suggest that most fish stocks suffer dramatic declines, if people act now to put in place proven solutions, there is hope for the … Continue reading
Q&A with Renante ‘Tian’ Cempron: The Time to Act is Now
Rare Conservation Fellow Renante “Tian” Cempron, a former youth leader and the tenth child of a fisherman, has spent the last two years promoting sustainable fishing in Hambongan, Philippines. Continue reading
Q&A with Eddy Santoso: Planting Pride in Borneo
The nonprofit Yayorin, run by Rare alumni Eddy Santoso, has developed an alternative to deforestation. Santoso and his colleagues educate and train rural communities in agroforestry while promoting the intrinsic value of a pristine forest. In 2008, Rare partnered with Yayorin and Santoso to run a marketing campaign to inspire pride in the natural wonders around Lamandau. Continue reading
Bear meets rare frog
César Laura partners with Rare for the second time Seven years ago, 75 percent of the people in Oxapampa, Peru did not know anything about their neighboring national park. Rare Conservation Fellow César Laura partnered with Rare to change that … Continue reading
OneReef: A New Solution to the Age-Old Coral Reef Problem (Q&A)
Hidden under the ocean’s surface, most of us do not realize that coral reefs represent one of the most diverse ecosystems in the world. They are often referred to as the “rainforests of the oceans.” They support an estimated twenty-five … Continue reading
Fuel efficient stoves in the developing world can help save lives, forests and the environment (Q&A)
More than half a billion households around the world cook with inefficient stoves that are unhealthy to cook with and bad for the environment. Countries such as Haiti and Uganda have been devastated by deforestation, partly due to fuelwood consumption for open pit stoves. … Continue reading
Coral reefs are hotspots for biodiversity but they face many threats (Q&A)
“If we lose the Coral Triangle, we lose the most marine biodiversity the world has to offer.” Mike Henley, is an animal keeper and aquarist at the Smithsonian National Zoo’s Invertebrate Exhibit. As a keeper for the last five years, … Continue reading
Combining economics and biology with spatial-fishing models could lead to more sustainable fisheries (Q&A)
“…Fish are like trees, except they are invisible and they move. This, of course, makes them interesting to study.” – Guillermo Herrera Guillermo Herrera is currently an Economics Professor at Bowdoin College in Maine. He has his A.B. in Biology, … Continue reading
Conservation should be about the good life (Q&A)
Conservationists and environmentalists have been good at telling people what not to do. But what about focusing on bright spots and what people can do? Prof. Bill Adams of the University of Cambridge says that conservation has to be about … Continue reading