Community-based wildlife conservation is often promoted as a win-win solution. The idea behind this approach is that the people who live close to wildlife can be involved in protecting it and have an ...

Community-based conservation has gained traction in the Brazilian Amazon because of its potential in combining territorial protection, local well-being and biodiversity conservation. We assessed the ...

A recent study from Uganda’s Kibale National Park found that nine mammal species, including five monkey species, have grown in abundance over the decades, suggesting that conservation efforts are ...

During the medieval period, references to the markhor appear sporadically in the memoirs and biographies of Mughal emperors ...

Functionally connected marine conservation areas are widely recognized as a cornerstone for successful biodiversity conservation outcomes and small-scale fisheries livelihoods. Incorporating fish ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. In Brazil’s western Amazon, community-led efforts to protect the pirarucu, one of the world’s largest freshwater fish, bring conservation benefits ...

July 14, 2023 — Cruising the crystal-blue waters off Mafia Island, Tanzania, you never feel alone. Boats of all shapes and sizes glide past, fishing the nutrient-rich Mafia channel. Seabirds circle ...

National Geographic Explorer João Campos-Silva has long been fascinated by the arapaima, since before it sprung back from near extinction just over a decade ago. The precarious state of the world’s ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — The Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority took steps to practice conservation of the islands through its Kahu ʻĀina program, which is in partnership with a division of the Hawaiian Council, by ...

A little more than a year ago, the Haida Nation released the Land-Sea-People plan to manage Gwaii Haanas, off the coast of northern British Columbia, “from mountaintop to seafloor as a single, ...