By Chris Walzer, Susan Lieberman & Arnaud Goessens | Nov 26, 2021
This week, the World Health Assembly, the World Health Organization’s decision-making body, will discuss a potential international pandemic treaty. Pandemic preparedness is critical, but governments must also ensure that this agreement addresses prevention at source. …
By Arnaud Goessens | October 14, 2021
Part 1 of the Convention on Biological Diversity CoP 15 is taking place this week. The recent European Union commitment of increased funding to biodiversity could be a game-changer, by showing that biodiversity is finally high on the political agenda. …
By Morgane Cournarie | October 13, 2021
Have you ever had a phone call with one of your bosses while you are in a bathroom stall? I have. Spoiler alert: no, I was not fired!
A few days after I started working in northeastern Madagascar, I had a briefing call…
By Colin Poole | May 21, 2020
[Note: this commentary was originally published at Scientific American.]
In a rare piece of COVID-19 good news, the Thai government recently announced that endangered leatherback turtles are returning to nesting beaches now devoid of tourists. However, at the same time, I was being…
By Alonzo Johnson | July 23, 2021
[Note: This commentary was originally published at PBS Nature.]
The natural world and the millions of animals that inhabit and help maintain it have always been major sources of inspiration for me. However, growing up in the heart of New York City, finding…
By Lauren Del Grosso | July 21, 2021
[Note: this commentary was originally published at PBS Nature.]
Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought my career would turn out exactly how I envisioned it when I was younger. …
By Jeanne Brown | July 16, 2021
A particular stingray species (Styracura pacifica) had been reported in Central America, but a recent study by Fundación MarViva, Fundación Squalus and WCS shows it is present in a coastal MPA in Colombia — a good sign that continued protection of this healthy…
By Thomas Mutton | July 15, 2021
Manus Island is one of the world’s biodiversity jewels. It is the largest of the Admiralty Islands, located in the remote Bismarck Archipelago, and is the namesake of Papua New Guinea’s Manus Province. …
By Luke Warwick | June 8, 2021
The ocean’s top predators are in decline. We now know that sharks and their flattened relatives, rays, are one of the most threatened groups of vertebrates on the planet. …
By Tim McClanahan | June 8, 2021
“Everything is connected” is a truism frequently expressed by ecologists. It’s an adage that practicing ecologists like myself keep in mind. …
