Chocolate clams, dolphin pods and sustainable fishing

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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

Conservation Fellow Cheryl Calaustro talks about reintroducing the Guam Rail back into wild on NatGeo radio

Photo courtesy of Ginger Haddock/Fernbird Photography. After two decades of extinction in the wild, 16 endemic Guam Rails (Local name: Ko’ko’) were released onto Cocos Island, Guam on Nov. 16, 2010. Cheryl Calaustro, who ran the successful Rare Pride campaign … Continue reading

Notes from a rare planet: Why it feels like a polar winter in normally much warmer places

Why it feels like a polar winter (Discovery News) “Severe winter in the Northern Hemisphere mid-latitudes are the result of a breakdown in the normal patterns of air pressure, winds, and the loss of sea ice in the Arctic.” 100% renewable … Continue reading