Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Laikipia District, Kenya — a place with an active ranch and wildlife on the same property. Heather Tallis is The Nature Conservancy’s lead scientist. But what really happens when conservation improves resources? MORE
The idea that motorcycle riders have a heart for conservation might surprise non-motorcyclists out there, but it shouldn’t. This partnership also gives the message of conservation more exposure. What do conservationists look like? Do they wear fleece jackets? Or hiking boots? MORE
And at The Nature Conservancy, science has guided everything we do for more than 65 years. Today, more than 600 Conservancy scientists are working all over the world to discover and apply solutions to the biggest challenges facing people and the planet. MORE
The Trump administration likely won’t do 100 percent of what’s on the menu here, but in his Cabinet appointments Trump has largely assembled a team of down-the-line conservatives , so it’s a good look at the direction policy is likely to take. MORE
Hausheer, science writer for The Nature Conservancy. So how can scientists and conservationists ensure that people use data gathered in support of conservation practices to make successful decisions? These small island states are a microcosm of conservation,” says Montambault. MORE
Conservation projects occur under many types of uncertainty. As with all complex projects, the delivery of conservation outcomes is influenced by our capacity to assess the risks associated with our investments, and by our ability to manage and respond to these risks through time. MORE
By Cara Byington, Nature Conservancy Science Writer. To understand the significance of this finding to both food safety and conservation, we have to go back to 2006, when a notorious E. Applied Conservation Science to Inform Food Safety. MORE
Hausheer, science writer for The Nature Conservancy. Knowing what diseases a species is susceptible to, and what affect those diseases have on a population is critical for conservation efforts. Science bird conservation research whooping crane MORE
Mark Tercek is the president and CEO of The Nature Conservancy. In a speech late last week, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell talked about her conservation agenda. We’ve long viewed LWCF as a common-sense and critical conservation program. MORE
Behavioral science and economics have provided important insights for health, finance, and many other domains, but are largely untapped resources for conservation. A new paper in Conservation Letters helps practitioners tap into behavioral sciences. MORE
But Nature Conservancy ecologist Sophie Parker , who is showing me conservation projects here, asks me to envision an earlier California and Nevada. “It’s In the early 1970s, The Nature Conservancy purchased one pool in the Ash Meadows area to protect the Ash Meadows Amargosa pupfish. MORE
Simply put, biodiversity conservation is a societal value not everyone shares. Rising to the Challenge of Biodiversity Conservation in a Human-dominated World. Finding these alignments is perhaps the most critical task for conservation today. What’s in it for me? MORE
n spent 12 months studying decision-making processes within an unnamed international conservation NGO working on a marine conservation project in Papua New Guinea. Science global conservation Human Ecology journals measures social science Madang Lagoon in Papua New Guinea. MORE
Could a hackathon ever be used to solve a conservation challenge? To use one example: could coders, designers and project managers – many of whom with no conservation experience – develop solutions to address fisheries management? But I run a map and design shop for the Conservancy. MORE
Engaging in markets is not new for The Nature Conservancy. Property rights have long been the Conservancy’s primary transaction unit. As a consequence, the Conservancy’s ‘priorities’ could often be very precisely defined: a discrete property of interest. MORE
But conservation is weirder. But sometimes, conservation requires that you built a robot, search for poop, or devise a seemingly endless variety of techniques to collect animal semen. Photo © Department of Conservation / Flickr. Nature is weird. MORE
Video courtesy of Nature Conservancy partner John Romero of Owyhee Air Research. Here, we showcase video that demonstrates the many ways infrared is aiding conservation research and monitoring. Hummingbird as seen in infrared. MORE
The San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area. Timm Kroeger is senior environmental economist for The Nature Conservancy. Conservation is no exception. So what does it mean to be smart about pursuing conservation objectives? Arlington: The Nature Conservancy. MORE
After a 40-year history punctuated by arson, conflict, and poaching, conservation efforts in the Arnavon Islands are yielding a glimmer of hope for hawksbills sea turtles. Zama, once outspoken about his resentment of conservation on the island, is now on the ACMCA board. “It MORE
Bumble bee on rosinweed flower at The Nature Conservancy’s Dahms Tract along the Central Platte River in Nebraska. This initiative, Bumble Bee Watch , is one more way you can assist with pollinator conservation. insects urban conservation yards MORE
Kirino Olpet, a local speargun fisherman and a Conservation Society of Pohnpei boat driver, fishing in the lagoon waters of Ant Atoll, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia. by Mark Spalding, senior scientist, The Nature Conservancy’s Global Marine Team. MORE
Not long ago, the questions and answers conservation and environmentalism faced seemed straightforward: Should we save the whales? How Conservation Can Better Prepare for ‘Wicked’ Problems. MORE
Willie Atu (on left), showing a map of the conserved and threatened areas of the Solomons to the Mothers Union, a group of Kia women who have worked with the Conservancy to raise conservation awareness. By Heather Tallis, lead scientist, The Nature Conservancy. MORE
Peter Kareiva is chief scientist of The Nature Conservancy. David Banks is director of the Conservancy’s Africa program. Read some of his best writing for the Conservancy’s website.) The Conservancy’s vibrant Africa program was catalyzed by Sanj. MORE
Humpback whale breaching, Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve, National Marine Conservation Area Reserve and Haida Heritage Site, Haida Gwaii. Read more SNAP magazine essays on how conservation, conservation science and human well-being intersect. . Conservation Letters. MORE
In spite of the fact that economists called the recent United States recession (December 2007 to June 2009) over, economic forecasts continue to decline, taking their losses from recent housing starts and persistent unemployment. Even worse, household incomes have fallen 6.7 percent. That means, in an inflationary cycle where food prices have risen on average 4 percent (according to those same economists), incomes have fallen almost twice that percentage. MORE
The Nature Conservancy is continuing to expand its bison conservation program, and now the animals are moving east. This fall, the shaggy beasts will be reintroduced to Kankakee Sands , a Nature Conservancy preserve in southern Indiana. The Conservancy has completed that process. MORE
A Renter’s Market: BirdReturns Offers Innovative Conservation. For example, Conservation International’s Verde Ventures Fund provides loans to small- and medium-sized businesses, such as coffee farms with sustainable growing practices. Photo © Ami Vitale for The Nature Conservancy. MORE
Image credit: Tim Calver for The Nature Conservancy. The debate raging within the conservation community over “new conservation” appears to be essentially a religious war, with doctrinal beliefs well defined and the rancor and defamation appearing to grow each month. MORE
Quick reminder to all post-doc candidates interested in pushing conservation forward with new ideas and new disciplines: NatureNet Fellowship applications are due October 1. MORE
Mark Tercek is the president and CEO of The Nature Conservancy and author of Nature’s Fortune: How Business and Society Thrive By Investing in Nature. MORE
This piece was authored by Bill Ginn, the chief conservation officer of The Nature Conservancy. When The Nature Conservancy was founded in 1951, the world’s population was 2.6 MORE
In responding to Suzie’s post defending wildlife rehabilitation I began to think again about the areas in which animal rights and animal welfare overlap with the field of conservation, and the ways in which they don’t. Conservation Animal Rights MORE
Mark Thoma on "the conservative bias in economics": I have a new column: Yes, Nick Kristof, There Is a Conservative Bias in Economics : Nicholas Kristof recent reignited the debate over liberal bias in academia with his claim that “universities risk becoming liberal echo chambers and hostile environments for conservatives.” The conservative viewpoint is accorded significant weight despite the fact that it is often a minority viewpoint. MORE
In this Conservation Science 101, I’ll present a brief overview of what happens during a bleaching event, and also discuss some common misperceptions about this phenomenon. In the meantime, read more about the Conservancy’s work to protect coral reefs in the Caribbean and beyond. MORE
That’s been the key behind the successful propagation of sabal palms at The Nature Conservancy’s Southmost Preserve , located in south Texas on the Mexican border. Preserve manager Max Pons runs the nursery, which can produce as many as 80,000 plants a year for conservation purposes. MORE
In honor of World Environment Day on June 5 — a day to raise global awareness to take positive environmental action to protect nature and the planet earth — we offer this list of some of the most useful and inspiring technological advances that are assisting conservation. MORE
The Ngemelis Islands Conservation Area in Palau supports many kinds of fish, including this school of common bluestripe snappers. So far, the evidence suggests that conservation projects rarely have the consumer appeal of i-phones. MORE
Eddie Game is a senior scientist with The Nature Conservancy. Conservation today has a lot riding on being able to demonstrate the positive impact of its work not just on nature, but also on human well-being, especially in developing countries. A Samburu woman checks her cell phone. MORE
Conserving Resources. So Greenhome wants to help you focus on using less, not just to conserve the things we need, but also to minimize the damage we do the environment we all share. 5 Easy Ways to Conserve Resources Every Day. You’ll find everything you need to get started in Greenhome’s water and energy conservation kits for the garden, bathroom, home, and office. Tagged: CFL , conservation , energy efficient , green energy , water saving. MORE
Created by Congress in 1965, the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) was a bipartisan commitment to safeguard natural areas, water resources and our cultural heritage, and to provide recreation opportunities to all Americans. It was a simple idea: use revenues from the depletion of one natural resource – offshore oil and gas – to support the conservation of another precious resource – our land and water. MORE
Conservation today operates in a world of targets: Protect 17 percent of terrestrial systems and 10 percent of marine systems by 2020; keep global climate change below 1.5 Putting Conservation on the Map: A Blueprint for a Healthy Planet. MORE
The governor instructed the Read More The post How Hollywood Is Helping California Conserve Water appeared first on Ecorazzi. With California declaring cutbacks on water consumption, Hollywood is doing its part to help out. MORE
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Conserving Resources. So Greenhome wants to help you focus on using less, not just to conserve the things we need, but also to minimize the damage we do the environment we all share. 5 Easy Ways to Conserve Resources Every Day. You’ll find everything you need to get started in Greenhome’s water and energy conservation kits for the garden, bathroom, home, and office. Tagged: CFL , conservation , energy efficient , green energy , water saving.
Nature Conservancy - Science
MAY 5, 2016
Simply put, biodiversity conservation is a societal value not everyone shares. Rising to the Challenge of Biodiversity Conservation in a Human-dominated World. Finding these alignments is perhaps the most critical task for conservation today. What’s in it for me?
Nature Conservancy - Science
APRIL 17, 2017
And at The Nature Conservancy, science has guided everything we do for more than 65 years. Today, more than 600 Conservancy scientists are working all over the world to discover and apply solutions to the biggest challenges facing people and the planet.
Environmental Economics
JANUARY 10, 2017
The Trump administration likely won’t do 100 percent of what’s on the menu here, but in his Cabinet appointments Trump has largely assembled a team of down-the-line conservatives , so it’s a good look at the direction policy is likely to take.
Nature Conservancy - Science
NOVEMBER 5, 2014
Willie Atu (on left), showing a map of the conserved and threatened areas of the Solomons to the Mothers Union, a group of Kia women who have worked with the Conservancy to raise conservation awareness. By Heather Tallis, lead scientist, The Nature Conservancy.
Nature Conservancy - Science
FEBRUARY 5, 2014
Humpback whale breaching, Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve, National Marine Conservation Area Reserve and Haida Heritage Site, Haida Gwaii. Read more SNAP magazine essays on how conservation, conservation science and human well-being intersect. . Conservation Letters.
Nature Conservancy - Science
JULY 28, 2014
Could a hackathon ever be used to solve a conservation challenge? To use one example: could coders, designers and project managers – many of whom with no conservation experience – develop solutions to address fisheries management? But I run a map and design shop for the Conservancy.
Nature Conservancy - Science
JUNE 2, 2016
In honor of World Environment Day on June 5 — a day to raise global awareness to take positive environmental action to protect nature and the planet earth — we offer this list of some of the most useful and inspiring technological advances that are assisting conservation.
Nature Conservancy - Science
SEPTEMBER 8, 2016
Conservation today operates in a world of targets: Protect 17 percent of terrestrial systems and 10 percent of marine systems by 2020; keep global climate change below 1.5 Putting Conservation on the Map: A Blueprint for a Healthy Planet.
Nature Conservancy - Science
JANUARY 13, 2017
Engaging in markets is not new for The Nature Conservancy. Property rights have long been the Conservancy’s primary transaction unit. As a consequence, the Conservancy’s ‘priorities’ could often be very precisely defined: a discrete property of interest.
Nature Conservancy - Science
JANUARY 6, 2017
Behavioral science and economics have provided important insights for health, finance, and many other domains, but are largely untapped resources for conservation. A new paper in Conservation Letters helps practitioners tap into behavioral sciences.
Nature Conservancy - Science
JANUARY 5, 2016
But conservation is weirder. But sometimes, conservation requires that you built a robot, search for poop, or devise a seemingly endless variety of techniques to collect animal semen. Photo © Department of Conservation / Flickr. Nature is weird.
Nature Conservancy - Science
MAY 31, 2016
After a 40-year history punctuated by arson, conflict, and poaching, conservation efforts in the Arnavon Islands are yielding a glimmer of hope for hawksbills sea turtles. Zama, once outspoken about his resentment of conservation on the island, is now on the ACMCA board. “It
Nature Conservancy - Science
APRIL 30, 2014
But Nature Conservancy ecologist Sophie Parker , who is showing me conservation projects here, asks me to envision an earlier California and Nevada. “It’s In the early 1970s, The Nature Conservancy purchased one pool in the Ash Meadows area to protect the Ash Meadows Amargosa pupfish.
Nature Conservancy - Science
JANUARY 30, 2014
Peter Kareiva is chief scientist of The Nature Conservancy. David Banks is director of the Conservancy’s Africa program. Read some of his best writing for the Conservancy’s website.) The Conservancy’s vibrant Africa program was catalyzed by Sanj.
Nature Conservancy - Science
JUNE 25, 2015
Hausheer, science writer for The Nature Conservancy. So how can scientists and conservationists ensure that people use data gathered in support of conservation practices to make successful decisions? These small island states are a microcosm of conservation,” says Montambault.
Nature Conservancy - Science
FEBRUARY 10, 2014
Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Laikipia District, Kenya — a place with an active ranch and wildlife on the same property. Heather Tallis is The Nature Conservancy’s lead scientist. But what really happens when conservation improves resources?
Conservancy Talk
SEPTEMBER 12, 2013
This piece was authored by Bill Ginn, the chief conservation officer of The Nature Conservancy. When The Nature Conservancy was founded in 1951, the world’s population was 2.6
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 18, 2015
Created by Congress in 1965, the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) was a bipartisan commitment to safeguard natural areas, water resources and our cultural heritage, and to provide recreation opportunities to all Americans. It was a simple idea: use revenues from the depletion of one natural resource – offshore oil and gas – to support the conservation of another precious resource – our land and water.
Conservancy Talk
NOVEMBER 4, 2013
Mark Tercek is the president and CEO of The Nature Conservancy. In a speech late last week, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell talked about her conservation agenda. We’ve long viewed LWCF as a common-sense and critical conservation program.
Nature Conservancy - Science
AUGUST 10, 2015
Hausheer, science writer for The Nature Conservancy. Knowing what diseases a species is susceptible to, and what affect those diseases have on a population is critical for conservation efforts. Science bird conservation research whooping crane
Nature Conservancy - Science
MAY 22, 2014
n spent 12 months studying decision-making processes within an unnamed international conservation NGO working on a marine conservation project in Papua New Guinea. Science global conservation Human Ecology journals measures social science Madang Lagoon in Papua New Guinea.
Conservancy Talk
AUGUST 26, 2013
The idea that motorcycle riders have a heart for conservation might surprise non-motorcyclists out there, but it shouldn’t. This partnership also gives the message of conservation more exposure. What do conservationists look like? Do they wear fleece jackets? Or hiking boots?
Nature Conservancy - Science
DECEMBER 1, 2014
In this Conservation Science 101, I’ll present a brief overview of what happens during a bleaching event, and also discuss some common misperceptions about this phenomenon. In the meantime, read more about the Conservancy’s work to protect coral reefs in the Caribbean and beyond.
Green Home Blog
MARCH 11, 2013
In spite of the fact that economists called the recent United States recession (December 2007 to June 2009) over, economic forecasts continue to decline, taking their losses from recent housing starts and persistent unemployment. Even worse, household incomes have fallen 6.7 percent. That means, in an inflationary cycle where food prices have risen on average 4 percent (according to those same economists), incomes have fallen almost twice that percentage.
Nature Conservancy - Science
SEPTEMBER 26, 2016
The Nature Conservancy is continuing to expand its bison conservation program, and now the animals are moving east. This fall, the shaggy beasts will be reintroduced to Kankakee Sands , a Nature Conservancy preserve in southern Indiana. The Conservancy has completed that process.
Nature Conservancy - Science
JUNE 9, 2014
That’s been the key behind the successful propagation of sabal palms at The Nature Conservancy’s Southmost Preserve , located in south Texas on the Mexican border. Preserve manager Max Pons runs the nursery, which can produce as many as 80,000 plants a year for conservation purposes.
Nature Conservancy - Science
MARCH 19, 2014
Bumble bee on rosinweed flower at The Nature Conservancy’s Dahms Tract along the Central Platte River in Nebraska. This initiative, Bumble Bee Watch , is one more way you can assist with pollinator conservation. insects urban conservation yards
Nature Conservancy - Science
APRIL 12, 2014
Image credit: Tim Calver for The Nature Conservancy. The debate raging within the conservation community over “new conservation” appears to be essentially a religious war, with doctrinal beliefs well defined and the rancor and defamation appearing to grow each month.
Eccorazzi
APRIL 2, 2015
The governor instructed the Read More The post How Hollywood Is Helping California Conserve Water appeared first on Ecorazzi. With California declaring cutbacks on water consumption, Hollywood is doing its part to help out.
Nature Conservancy - Science
JULY 7, 2014
The Ngemelis Islands Conservation Area in Palau supports many kinds of fish, including this school of common bluestripe snappers. So far, the evidence suggests that conservation projects rarely have the consumer appeal of i-phones.
Nature Conservancy - Science
OCTOBER 1, 2014
Quick reminder to all post-doc candidates interested in pushing conservation forward with new ideas and new disciplines: NatureNet Fellowship applications are due October 1.
10,000 Birds
JULY 11, 2012
In responding to Suzie’s post defending wildlife rehabilitation I began to think again about the areas in which animal rights and animal welfare overlap with the field of conservation, and the ways in which they don’t. Conservation Animal Rights
Conservancy Talk
AUGUST 27, 2013
Mark Tercek is the president and CEO of The Nature Conservancy and author of Nature’s Fortune: How Business and Society Thrive By Investing in Nature.
Environmental Economics
JUNE 1, 2016
Mark Thoma on "the conservative bias in economics": I have a new column: Yes, Nick Kristof, There Is a Conservative Bias in Economics : Nicholas Kristof recent reignited the debate over liberal bias in academia with his claim that “universities risk becoming liberal echo chambers and hostile environments for conservatives.” The conservative viewpoint is accorded significant weight despite the fact that it is often a minority viewpoint.
Nature Conservancy - Science
NOVEMBER 25, 2015
A Renter’s Market: BirdReturns Offers Innovative Conservation. For example, Conservation International’s Verde Ventures Fund provides loans to small- and medium-sized businesses, such as coffee farms with sustainable growing practices. Photo © Ami Vitale for The Nature Conservancy.
Nature Conservancy - Science
AUGUST 10, 2015
By Cara Byington, Nature Conservancy Science Writer. To understand the significance of this finding to both food safety and conservation, we have to go back to 2006, when a notorious E. Applied Conservation Science to Inform Food Safety.
Nature Conservancy - Science
JANUARY 28, 2014
Conservation projects occur under many types of uncertainty. As with all complex projects, the delivery of conservation outcomes is influenced by our capacity to assess the risks associated with our investments, and by our ability to manage and respond to these risks through time.
Nature Conservancy - Science
MARCH 28, 2013
Kirino Olpet, a local speargun fisherman and a Conservation Society of Pohnpei boat driver, fishing in the lagoon waters of Ant Atoll, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia. by Mark Spalding, senior scientist, The Nature Conservancy’s Global Marine Team.
Nature Conservancy - Science
SEPTEMBER 30, 2013
Eddie Game is a senior scientist with The Nature Conservancy. Conservation today has a lot riding on being able to demonstrate the positive impact of its work not just on nature, but also on human well-being, especially in developing countries. A Samburu woman checks her cell phone.
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