Conservation Stories

Conservation through Tourism in the Galapagos – a Needed Interview, Part 1

Looking for any excuse to write about one of my favorite destinations on the entire planet, the Galapagos Islands, I recently caught up with my friend and...

Olaf Malver

A Greenland Fish Tale | Olaf’s Corner

A successful tourist season at our East Greenland Base Camp was over. With all packed up, we bid goodbye to our wonderful Greenland staff and were ready for...

Tania Curry

New Research: Elephant Conservation Brings Economic Value through Tourism Revenue

A new study by WWF, the University of Vermont, and the University of Cambridge shows that funds needed for antipoaching efforts in east, southern and west...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Can National Parks Survive Our Behavior for Another Century?

This was a banner year for our national parks. In 2016, we celebrated 100 years of America’s “best idea,” to quote environmentalist and nature writer Wallace...

iSafari

Bad Economics: Pachyderm Poaching and Refuge Reductions

We are losing animal species at an alarming, unprecedented rate, and our wild places are increasingly coming under attack. If we’re not careful, our planet...

Emily Deemer

Greenland Ice Sheet Melt Exceeds Scientific Predictions

Greenland has become the global symbol of climate change. From polar bears stranded on flimsy floating ice slabs to shocking time lapse photos of glaciers...

iSafari

Saving Rhinos with Music in Namibia

Rhino poaching has reached epidemic proportions across the African continent. Even though the international trade in rhino horn has been banned since 1977,...

Nick Grossman

Nat Hab Builds a New Trail for the Colorado Community

Supporting local communities and caring for the environment is part of our DNA at Natural Habitat Adventures. As "The Nature People," our staff is committed...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Bushmeat and Locavores: When “Eating Locally” Goes Bad for Going Big

Becoming a locavore—someone who prefers to find and eat local foods—is a growing and, in most cases, healthy trend in the United States. Locavores typically...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Privatizing Wildlife: Dangerous Trend or Economic Necessity?

Fall in Wisconsin, where I live, is colorful. Leaves in our forests turn vivid purple, red and yellow; and deer hunters in our woods dress in vivid orange. As...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Forever Killing Wolves

This is the dirty fact I’ve come to recognize: we humans won’t allow wolves to live on our planet. We won’t stop until the last one of them is gone. If you...

iSafari

The Secrets Behind Rwanda’s Conservation Comeback

Rwanda, a landlocked country in central Africa, is perhaps best known for its devastating history of war and genocide. Environmentally, the war had...

About Galapagos

Renewables Energize a Sustainable Future for the Galapagos Islands

This is the summer of exciting initiatives and new, hopeful directions for the future of the Galapagos Islands. In March, Ecuadorian President signed a decree...

Julie Waggoner

Tigers and Jungle Scenes Decorate Indian Train Station to Inspire Conservation

The hundreds of thousands of tourists who pass through Sawai Madhopur on their way to search for tigers in the famous Ranthambore National Park and Tiger...

Karl Egloff

The Galápagos: Conservation in Action

“The natural history of these islands is eminently curious, and well deserves attention,” wrote Charles Darwin. As a WWF supporter, staff member, and recent...

Julie Waggoner

Assam State in India Takes New Steps to Stop Rhino Poaching

In the northeast Indian state of Assam the newly elected government this month announced plans to crack down on poaching of one-horned rhinos in the area....

Emily Deemer

New 15,000 Square Mile Marine Sanctuary For the Galapagos Islands

The Galapagos Islands, the inspiration behind Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution, are in the midst of environmental stress as climate change continues to...

Emily Deemer

Bhutan: The World’s First Carbon-negative Country

Bhutan is famously known for replacing the traditional economic concept of GDP (gross domestic product) with the Gross National Happiness index, an objective...

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