How it Should Be: People and Nature

Daniel with mascot

Multiple threats face the habitat and food sources of the crested ibis ranging from sand mining and agriculture to overfishing. Central to all these threats are people. Central to the solution: people. Continue reading

Securing the Future of Filipino Fishers

Rare fellow Marybeth Rita leads a meeting with fishers.

Marybeth and the mayor were working together not just to enact 24/7 volunteer guarding at the marine protected area (MPA), but to start a critically important program to register fishermen. Continue reading

Simplicity in Solutions: 2011 Solution Search Winner

Johnson measures fish trap

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