By Liz Tully | November 7, 2023 At the end of September, President Biden hosted the first-ever White House Summit on Building Resilient Communities and launched a new National Framework for Climate Resilience. The new Framework identifies six critical objectives: 1. Embed climate resilience into planning and management. 2. Increase…

By Sarah Olson | October 14, 2023 As we observe World Migratory Bird Day in 2023, the chosen theme — water — ripples with profound significance. Water, in its various forms, serves as both a barrier and a facilitator in birds’ extraordinary travels. Oceans, rivers, lakes, and wetlands are indispensable…

My trek to the heart of the world’s largest tropical peatland in the northern Republic of Congo — By Morgane Cournarie | August 31, 2023 At the end of the Boha road, the sun had barely risen over the trees that form a wall of green where the Likouala forest begins. Already steaming hot, the air dripped with humidity. Shouldering our packs, Ms. Nguidzi turned her head, saying…

By Dave van Beuningen | July 26, 2023 While the East Coast of Africa, including the shorelines of Mozambique, contain some of the most biodiverse marine ecosystems in the world, the outlook for sharks and rays and the ecological role they play is in question. In 2019, Mozambique joined the…

By Naseeba Sidat | July 26, 2023 Sharks and rays are important sources of protein and are economically profitable, contributing to the livelihoods of many coastal communities. They also contribute to the health of the oceans by maintaining balance in the food chain and controlling the populations of their prey…

By Kemen Austin | June 2, 2023 There is more carbon stored in peat than in all of the world’s forests combined. This amount of carbon (roughly 600 billion tons) is approximately equivalent to three-quarters of the carbon in earth’s atmosphere, and more than twice the carbon stored in known…

By Stephen Martinelli | March 10, 2023 Last week at Our Ocean 2023 in Panama, WCS announced the launch of the 30x30 Ocean Accelerator to advance the historic goal of protecting 30 percent of the world’s oceans by 2030. As part of our launch, we’re highlighting a few of the…

By Emily Denstedt | March 10, 2023 For those of us working in conservation, public health, or veterinary medicine, you may have heard or used the term “One Health.” And if you haven’t yet, you will soon. The World Health Organization’s One Health High-Level Expert Panel (OHHLEP) has defined One…

By Emily Bernal | March 2, 2023 In 2021, I had an undergraduate college experience that afforded me an opportunity to travel the globe. Whereas in “normal times” a student like me might trade her computer for a backpack and passport for new experiences in a far-flung part of the…