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July 13, 2007 12:55 PM EDT -- In Jamaica’s Rio Grande River valley, local communities are struggling with a man-made threat to their way of life — poison fishing, the practice of harvesting fish and shellfish by polluting . . . more
June 12, 2006 06:13 AM EDT -- Flaming Gorge Dam in Utah will mimic natural river flow In February, public agencies and conservation groups celebrated an important victory for both native fish species and collaborative approaches to . . . more
June 08, 2007 02:51 PM EDT -- The world has come to a consensus: Climate change is happening now, and human activity is primarily responsible. But what's next? We talked with Bill Stanley, director of The Nature Conservancy’s . . . more
August 16, 2006 06:36 AM EDT -- Transforming Coral Reef Conservation A Global Program for Sustainable Tropical Marine Conservation Across the oceans, The Nature Conservancy is promoting a worldwide effort to conserve coral reefs and . . . more
August 17, 2006 10:23 PM EDT -- Climate Change: Impacts and Adaptation Global climate change is changing the places we know and cherish. Within our lifetimes, we will see the visible effects of global climate change on coastlines, coral . . . more
July 04, 2007 07:29 PM EDT -- Oceans are vitally important to human communities around the world. We depend on oceans and coasts for food, medicines and protection from storms, among other resources — more than $20 trillion annually . . . more
October 03, 2006 07:09 AM EDT -- A New Pact to Save Guatemala's Tropical Forests $24 Million of Guatemala's Debt Now Slated for Conservation The Nature Conservancy has facilitated one of the largest debt-for-nature swaps in history . . . more
June 20, 2006 03:24 PM EDT -- Nature Conservancy Study Finds Today's Kids Are Choosing TV Over Trees Nature Conservancy-Funded Study Finds Visits to National Parks Decline; Video Games, Television, and Internet Use May Be the . . . more
December 13, 2006 07:38 PM EST -- Simple Ways That You Can Make a Difference Think climate change is too big of a problem to solve? Think again! Small changes in our everyday lives can make a big difference. Just ask Patrick Gonzalez, . . . more
August 29, 2006 07:18 AM EDT -- One Year After Hurricane Katrina Gulf Coast communities and ecosystems are recovering, but much still needs to be done In the year since Hurricane Katrina devastated coastal areas across the Gulf of Mexico, . . . more
June 30, 2006 06:28 PM EDT -- Fishermen and Conservationists Unite: 3.8 million acres of ocean floor protected Degraded seafloor communities and depleted fish species will now get the chance to recover in a large swatch of ocean . . . more
July 03, 2006 01:50 PM EDT -- Partners are working together to finalize the largest forestland conservation project of its kind in Minnesota The Nature Conservancy has partnered with the Trust for Public Land (TPL), Forest Capital . . . more
October 12, 2006 01:22 PM EDT -- Nature photo contest on Flickr - It's free, enter now! Your digital photo could be featured on our website or in The Nature Conservancy's 2008 calendar! The Conservancy invites you to enter your . . . more
October 27, 2006 01:48 PM EDT -- Desert Combat: Fighting The Cactus Moth Invasion The cactus moth (Cactoblastis) is good at what it does: Destroy prickly pear cactuses. In fact, it's so good that the moth has been used from Australia . . . more
To Shoot a Lion
by Jonathon D. C.
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January 26, 2007 05:47 PM EST -- To Shoot a Lion By Sanjayan Note: Sanjayan is one of two lead scientists of The Nature Conservancy, where he works to ensure that the Conservancy is using the best available scientific methods in order . . . more
May 25, 2007 12:47 PM EDT -- It sounds counterintuitive, but a new report by the Global Fire Partnership finds that suppressing fires in areas where they naturally occur increases the incidence of burns that are more intense, harder . . . more
January 20, 2007 11:59 AM EST -- Conservation 2.0: Curbing Deforestation to Slow Climate Change By Bill Stanley Director, Global Climate Change Initiative, The Nature Conservancy My Uncle John — who’s in his sixties — . . . more
June 29, 2007 08:00 AM EDT -- Is there any wilderness left? A new article in Science magazine co-authored by The Nature Conservancy's chief scientist says not really — and that conservation's task is no longer to "preserve . . . more
August 10, 2006 04:56 AM EDT -- The Stamp of Conservation by Courtney Leatherman Dave Mehlman has been buying duck stamps for 20 years. He keeps the collection in a box and keeps the current year's stamp handy for when he goes . . . more
January 20, 2007 09:52 AM EST -- Invasive Species: Preventing the Next Great Lakes Invasion by Lauren Miura Since the 1800s, species from faraway waters such as zebra mussels and purple loosestrife have been hitching rides to the Great . . . more
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