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From the Himalayas to the sea
3+ hour, 40+ min ago (303+ words) But today, this lifeline is under threat. Glaciers are melting. Forests are disappearing. Downstream, communities face floods, droughts and uncertainty. Working with local partners and Indigenous communities, we are planting trees on fragile slopes, protecting rivers and reviving mangroves that…...
Earth Day 2026: Conservation is human-powered
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (203+ words) By Mary Kate Mc Coy and Julian Sotelo Big progress begins with small acts. In 1970, 20 million Americans took to the streets on the first Earth Day. That collective action helped propel the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act and…...
Brazil creates the South Atlantic's largest marine park
2+ week, 12+ hour ago (522+ words) Conservation International helped secure a million-hectare marine park, two decades in the making. By Mary Kate Mc Coy At Brazil's southernmost tip, a convergence of warm tropical currents with frigid Antarctic waters creates one of the planet's most extraordinary marine…...
Can AI reveal the hidden life of a rainforest?
2+ week, 3+ day ago (1459+ words) A Conservation International expedition deep into the Amazon asks whether AI can give us a living picture of Earth's last uncharted ecosystems. Read this story in Spanish here. The gold miners had brought friends. It wasn't over. But it wasn't…...
Small towns, big impacts
3+ week, 4+ hour ago (578+ words) National parks and reserves harbor wildlife and water, secure planet-warming carbon, and enable local communities to prosper from the benefits that nature provides. But many of these nationally protected areas have been protected in name only. Some, as in the…...
In Hawai'i, a beautiful menace
3+ week, 13+ hour ago (316+ words) A beautiful species of fish thrives in the waters off the'Hawaiian islands. Measuring'less than'a foot long (30'centimeters), lemon yellow with electric-blue stripes,'ta'ape'doesn't'look like much of a threat.'Native to the Indian Ocean, the handsome species was introduced to the…...
Our work in the news, March 2026
3+ week, 3+ day ago (342+ words) How to get involved Have you heard the news? We're making headlines around the world. Here's a taste of the stories our work has inspired over the past few weeks. Harrison Ford has had many roles. He tells National Geographic…...
3 stories about forests that may surprise you
4+ week, 2+ day ago (377+ words) How to get involved By Mary Kate Mc Coy From shade that cools you on a hot summer day to oxygen that fills your lungs with every breath, the value of trees is easy to grasp. Yet, forests are disappearing…...
Living Gulf: a partnership with Unilever to protect mangroves
1+ mon, 4+ hour ago (300+ words) How to get involved Guayaquil, Ecuador (March 23, 2026) " As the planet warms and climate risks intensify, one of nature's most powerful defenses is quietly at work along Ecuador's coast. Mangroves"rooted in the sea"shield communities from storms, store vast amounts…...
As Cambodia's great lake recovers, a rare predator returns
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (489+ words) How to get involved By Mary Kate Mc Coy The sighting of a fishing cat offers new evidence that Conservation International's restoration efforts in Tonle Sap are taking hold. Under cover of night, in the flooded forests of Pursat, Cambodia,…...