Monday, 16 November 2009
The World’s Second Largest Rainforest
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| Mark Godfrey/TNC |
The 13.3 million-acre Maya Forest stretches across Belize, northern Guatemala and through Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. The Conservancy is working to protect the entire forest through innovative conservation techniques and by supporting sustainable forestry projects – protecting habitat for threatened species such as mahogany and jaguar.
Journey to the Maya Forest in Mexico »
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Tuesday, 27 October 2009
Building a New Future in Central America
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| Sergio Pucci/TNC |
The Conservancy is working with indigenous communities in Central America to create the Indigenous Ecotourism Network. Its goal is to provide cultural and ecotourism services to local and foreign visitors that will take advantage of the region’s extraordinary natural and cultural resources without harming them.
Ecotourism Benefits Wildlife and Communities »
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Tuesday, 8 September 2009
Protecting the Natural Beauty of Costa Rica
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| Sergio Pucci/TNC |
Costa Rica hosts as much as 5 percent of the world’s biodiversity. Unfortunately, its natural treasures are at risk. Costa Rica aspires to be the first developing country in the world to establish a sustainably managed and permanently financed protected areas system. Costa Rica could change the face of global conservation forever.
Learn More About Forever Costa Rica »
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Thursday, 27 August 2009
Saving the Cotton Top
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| 2008 Bridget Besaw |
Only 6,000 cotton-top tamarins remain on Earth - but The Nature Conservancy and its partners are working to preserve their habitat in Colombia.
Find out how we're helping »
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Sunday, 16 August 2009
When Nature Calls
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| Limeydog via a Creative Commons license. |
Can what you do in the loo hurt rainforests? It all depends on what kind of toilet paper you use. Just 2 percent of us in the United States use 100 percent recycled toilet paper at home, and that's having an impact on forests.
Green Living in the Bathroom »
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Tuesday, 4 August 2009
Seedlings of Change
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| Adriano Gambarini |
Tree planters are helping reforest Brazil's Atlantic Forest -- one tree at a time. Although just 7 percent of the original forest remains, tree planteres are working hard to bring this forest back from the brink of extinction, one tree at a time.
See How We're Reforesting Brazil »
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Friday, 31 July 2009
Saving the Forest for the Frogs
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| Steffen Reichle/The Nature Conservancy |
There are a lot of reasons to save the rainforest -- but for frogs and snakes? Nature Conservancy Biologist Steffen Reichle thinks so. Find out why and view a slideshow of these "cute" critters.
Read the interview »
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Thursday, 23 July 2009
Great Bear Rainforest: From Impossibility to Opportunity
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| The Nature Conservancy |
On the mainland coast of British Colombia, the Great Bear Rainforest stretches for more than 250 miles. Born of a complex interaction between ocean, mountains, forest and rain, this is a land of mist-shrouded valleys and glacier-cut fjords, old-growth forests and rich salmon streams.
Learn About Our Work in the Great Bear »
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Friday, 17 July 2009
Bringing a Forest Back to Life
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| Marci Eggers |
Centuries ago, the once-mighty Atlantic Forest covered nearly 330 million acres, an area roughly the size of the eastern seaboard of the United States. Today only 7 percent remains. The Conservancy has launched an ambitious effort to plant 1 billion trees and bring this natural treasure back from the brink.
Watch the video »
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Friday, 19 June 2009
What is Design for a Living World?
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| 2008 Ami Vitale |
Design for a Living World asks us to think about the products we use -- where they came from, how they are made and the impacts they have on our planet. The Nature Conservancy invited ten designers to create new objects from sustainable materials sourced from around the world.
See innovation happen »
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