Our friends at the Equator Initiative have launched a cool Case Study Database to share the work of their Equator Prize winners. This is a great resource for everyone interested in community-based environmental conservation.
Protecting Nicaragua’s Coastline
The pioneers of the surfing industry have also been pioneers in ocean mapping, climate tracking, and ocean conservation. Naturally, surfers were the first group of tourists to venture into Nicaragua, putting its beautiful, undeveloped beaches on the map for ocean …
Underwater Robots to Monitor Climate Change
Over at TreeHugger: Underwater robots, otherwise known as autonomous underwater vehicles, or AUVs, have been exploring the ocean floor for years, documenting species and habitats and monitoring changes to the seabed, but there are spots in the ocean that are …
Parrots Get a Second Chance
We’re featured in the November/December issue of the Humane Society’s All Animals magazine: Down the Pacific coast almost to the Costa Rica border, a non- profit called Paso Pacifico, using money from the Loro Parque Foundation and Parrots International, pays …
Can Galapagos Corals Predict the Future of Reefs Worldwide?
“This summer, a major coral survey found that some of the islands’ coral communities are showing promising signs of recovery,” the Environment News Service reported last week. The article provides a pretty good overview of how climate change, ocean acidification, …
Ocean Acidification Threatens Sea Snails
Sea snails’ shells are being eaten by increasingly acidic ocean waters, the first evidence that the changing chemistry of the oceans threatens marine habitat. Read more on CNN: The amount of carbon dioxide in the earth’s atmosphere is increasing, mainly …
Central America’s Hidden Turtles
In the newest issue of WildHope Magazine, SEEtheWILD Director Brad Nahill writes about his adventures with sea turtle researchers from the Eastern Pacific Hawksbill Initiative (ICAPO) and Fauna & Flora International. Our friends, operating in El Salvador and Nicaragua, are …
The Dark: Nature’s Nighttime World – TV Review
This synopsis of the new nature show The Dark makes us wish our cable package included BBC2: Advanced thermal imaging cameras and motion sensitive cameras enabled the team to unearth the secrets of nocturnal animals in south and central America. And researchers …
Nicaragua: Land of 100 Bat Species
Carol L. Chambers, Professor of Wildlife Ecology at Northern Arizona University, has an article about the bat survey she did with us in the new Bats magazine. The Paso del Istmo is a narrow strip oflow mountains sand- wiched between …
Messaging Ecosystem Services
From the Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation blog: People HATE the terms “ecosystem services” and “natural capital”; the very concept that nature “serves” us is unappealing; abstract cases for markets are off-putting, and; while Americans across the political spectrum are …