http://www.rareconservation.org/ee_system/index.php RARE Conservation Updates en mile_c@yahoo.com Copyright 2009 2009-12-15T20:29:01-05:00 http://www.rareconservation.org/ee_system/index.php/site/rss_entry/help_decide_how_much_of_a_1m_donation_goes_to_rare_waddle_over_to_club_peng/ http://www.rareconservation.org/ee_system/index.php/site/rss_entry/help_decide_how_much_of_a_1m_donation_goes_to_rare_waddle_over_to_club_peng/#When:19:29:01Z Between December 11 and 21, visitors to Club Penguin, one of the largest and fastest-growing online virtual worlds for kids, can help decide how much of a CDN $1,000,000 donation made by the organization will go to engage kids in local conservation efforts around the world.  Rare is one of five charitable organizations selected to benefit from Club Penguin’s annual Coins for Change drive.  2009-12-15T19:29:01-05:00 http://www.rareconservation.org/ee_system/index.php/site/rss_entry/first_siberian_tiger_festival_launched_to_help_protect_remaining_siberian_t/ http://www.rareconservation.org/ee_system/index.php/site/rss_entry/first_siberian_tiger_festival_launched_to_help_protect_remaining_siberian_t/#When:19:29:00Z One of Rare’s China team members, Tingting blogs about her participation in the Siberian Tiger Festival as a representative from Rare… 2009-12-15T19:29:00-05:00 http://www.rareconservation.org/ee_system/index.php/site/rss_entry/can_cap_and_trade_help_local_communities_improve_livelihoods_and_protect_tr/ http://www.rareconservation.org/ee_system/index.php/site/rss_entry/can_cap_and_trade_help_local_communities_improve_livelihoods_and_protect_tr/#When:19:26:01Z As international politicians, economists, and conservationists discuss and debate using forest-based carbon trading to address the world’s climate change crisis, Rare is working with its local partners to develop a model for what this might actually look like on the ground in forest-rich countries like Indonesia.  It is local communities, after all, whose behaviors not only contribute to both the threat and potential solution to deforestation, but which also have the most to lose in the absence of sustainable alternatives to the loss of the very forests they rely on for food, heat, medicine, and products that sustain their livelihoods. 2009-12-15T19:26:01-05:00 http://www.rareconservation.org/ee_system/index.php/site/rss_entry/rare_leadership_contributes_to_time_magazine_article_on_deforestation_and_c/ http://www.rareconservation.org/ee_system/index.php/site/rss_entry/rare_leadership_contributes_to_time_magazine_article_on_deforestation_and_c/#When:19:23:00Z Read TIME magazine article and learn more about Rare’s contribution to conservation. 2009-12-15T19:23:00-05:00 http://www.rareconservation.org/ee_system/index.php/site/rss_entry/brett_jenks_rares_ceo_blogs_about_his_trip_to_asia/ http://www.rareconservation.org/ee_system/index.php/site/rss_entry/brett_jenks_rares_ceo_blogs_about_his_trip_to_asia/#When:19:06:01Z Brett Jenks, Rare’s CEO, blogs about his trip to Asia, where he visited Pride campaigns taking place in China and Indonesia. Follow Brett’s adventures as he witnesses local conservation efforts to protect endangered species in Asia and shares how the Pride campaign model can support lasting conservation impact in this part of the world. 2009-12-15T19:06:01-05:00