After two years of planning and an intensive effort to recruit the best and brightest Rare Conservation Fellows in Micronesia, I am thrilled to report that we have launched the program and the 11 chosen fellows are exceeding our highest expectations. Rare’s program, in collaboration with the Micronesia Conservation Trust, aims to mobilize community support and leadership to reduce key man-made threats to these island ecosystems while also preserving Micronesia’s unique culture and honor a way of life that has depended on the ocean’s wealth for millennia. Continue reading →