Video: Rare Conservation Fellow Duan Honglian – Gaoligong, China

Rare Conservation Fellow Duan Honglian

Rare Conservation Fellow Duan Honglian’s Pride campaign in Gaoligong, China set out to help this mountainside community use energy-efficient stoves and electric cookers in order to reduce wood harvesting for fuel. Continue reading

First Impressions: 50 Fellows Start a Rare Journey

Rare Conservation Fellows from Micronesia look down an exciting two-year path with Rare.

This summer, Rare launched four new programs in Indonesia, the Philippines, Micronesia and Latin America to train 50 conservation leaders about social marketing, behavior change and inspiring pride in natural resources. Continue reading

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

Transformations

Fellows practice yoga three times a week at ITESCO University in Guadalajara.

Impact on personal, professional and planetary levels Eight master’s degrees, two pregnancies, one marriage, two home purchases, one birth. Luis quit smoking. Jaime gained eight kilograms. Marco lost just as many. The 11 Rare Conservation Fellows who just completed their … Continue reading