Nigel Sizer, Rare VP, Asia Pacific, traveled to China to consider candidates for Rare’s fourth university-based Pride training program. This is the first in a series of his reports. Bali: I haven’t even left Bali yet, and Paul Butler, Rare’s … Continue reading
Rare mascots can be like the Energizer Bunny and just keep on going and going. Below is a picture of Mana, the mascot from a 1994 Pride campaign in Western Samoa. Toni Tipama’a, the campaign manager, chose the endangered manumea … Continue reading
Fernando Garcia, Rare’s Manager, Ecotourism Promotion, reports on his teaching stint at the Fisheries Fellows program in Baja California Sur. I spent a week at the Fisheries Fellows training course, teaching site assessment, a personal passion. We talked about a … Continue reading
Rare Pride campaign manager Tisna Nando, working with partner Fauna and Flora International in the Aceh province of Indonesia, is featured in a special issue of Time Asia devoted to the environment. Under the headline, “Rising to the Challenge,” Time … Continue reading
Oswaldo Contreras, Guadalajara Course Manager, reports on his visit to a Pride campaign site in Janos, Mexico. I did my very first field visit for Rare with Albino Herrera in the state of Chihuahua northern Mexico. The beautiful Chihuahuan desert … Continue reading
This is Paul Butler’s third report on visit to a Rare Pride campaign in Peru. The elementary school we visited in Oxapampa was small (less than 100 students, I would guess), the children even smaller. But what it, and they, … Continue reading
Rare has formed a partnership with the prestigious UN Equator Prize, which recognizes outstanding local efforts to reduce poverty through the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. Rare has agreed to offer next year’s winner a free Pride campaign; we … Continue reading
Dictionary definitions of the word pride include, “A sense of one’s own proper dignity or value; self-respect” and “Pleasure or satisfaction taken in an achievement, possession, or association”. Pride can be a powerful emotion and one whose association can be … Continue reading
The Fisheries Fellows project helps me to apply the knowledge that I gained through my studies. As Fellows, we are not only doing research, we are giving a use to that research. The results of the research we conduct during … Continue reading
This is the second report by Paul Butler on a Peruvian Rare Pride campaign. The Rare team had arrived on a flight over the Andes and a lengthy drive along potholed roads to the small town of Oxapampa. Local Indians … Continue reading