October 20, 2009
| Posted in Environment and Society
A new project entitled Carbon Canopy brings together multiple stakeholders—from big business to conservation organizations to private landowners—in order to protect and better manage the United State's southern forests.
October 19, 2009
| Posted in Environment and Society
Fifty eight million years ago the tropical rainforests of South America shared many similarities with today's Neotropical forests, according to research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
The tiger has an estimated population of 3,400-5,000 individuals; the giant panda, 1,000-2,000; the Sumatran rhino, 250; the North Atlantic right whale, 200-250; and the California condor, 170.
October 5, 2009
| Posted in Environment and Society
In an unlikely—and perhaps tenuous—alliance, conservationists and the palm oil industry met this week to draw up plans to save Asia's last great ape, the orangutan.
October 1, 2009
| Posted in Environment and Society
An interview about orangutan conservation and the complexities of palm oil with Panut Hadisiswoyo and David Dellatore of the Orangutan Information Center and Helen Buckland of the Sumatran Orangutan Society.
September 30, 2009
| Posted in Environment and Society
An interview with Antonio Rossano Mendes Pontes - a professor and researcher at the Federal University of Pernambuco.
September 29, 2009
| Posted in Environment and Society
An interview with Kenneth J. Feeley - tropical ecologist and new professor at Florida International University and the Center for Tropical Plant Conservation at the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden.
September 25, 2009
| Posted in Community, Charitable & NGOs
An interview with Megan Parker, founder of Working Dogs for Conservation.
September 24, 2009
| Posted in Environment and Society
An interview with Elena Bykova, founder of the Saiga Conservation Alliance.
September 23, 2009
| Posted in Environment and Society
An interview with Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka - wildlife veterinarian and director of Conservation through Public Health (CTPH).
