Video: Rare inspires marine conservation in the Philippines
The popular Green Living program dives into Rare’s work in the Philippines getting Filipino youth involved in local conservation efforts. Continue reading
Tag Archives: marine conservation
Hope for Oceans: New global partnership brings powerful forces together
Rare is proud to announce its participation in a powerful coalition of governments, international organizations, civil society groups and private interests that are joining together under the banner of a Global Partnership for Oceans to confront widely documented problems of over-fishing, marine degradation and habitat loss. Continue reading
Training Day
Largest illegal fishing case in Dampier Strait December 15, 2011 was the patrol team’s lucky day – for the illegal fishers, not so lucky. Representatives from the department of forestry, department of fishery, local patrol team and police force had … Continue reading
Simplicity in Solutions: 2011 Solution Search Winner
A few years ago lobster fishers in Bermuda put holes in their traps to let unwanted fish escape. No one tested them to prove that these escape gaps worked. When Ayana Elizabeth Johnson was selecting her dissertation topic, her advisor … Continue reading
Rally for the reefs: Thousands participate in launch of Inabanga campaign
The squeals of screaming schoolgirls reverberated throughout the packed auditorium as a troop of Filipino dancers interpreted the significance of the ocean and marine biodiversity. On October 25, Rare Conservation Fellow Renante “Tian” Cempron kicked off a campaign to protect … Continue reading
The long road from people to policy: In the Philippines, Rare launches 12 programs focused on marine conservation
Ten years ago a local conservation leader Yalap Yalap became a Rare Conservation Fellow in Palau to help conserve the Hawksbill turtle. In December 2010, the president of Palau signed a moratorium on hunting the Hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata) and provided additional restrictions … Continue reading
Saving the ocean one island at a time (video)
If the above embedded video does not display, click here to view. Aboard Mission Blue, scientist Greg Stone tells the story of how he helped the Republic of Kiribati create an enormous protected area in the middle of the Pacific — protecting … Continue reading