We often hear about new medicines being discovered in inconspicuous frogs, plants or deep-sea mollusks, but here comes a story
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Monthly Archives: February 2010
Rainforests: Seeing is Believing
This week I am in Costa Rica with various CI colleagues. We are taking part in a workshop and are
New Publication Highlights World’s Most Threatened Primates
I remember when I was living in Tanzania in 2008, I stopped by the Wildlife Conservation Society office in Mbeya
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Extra! Extra! The New Issue of Team Earth Magazine Has Arrived
Where can you find stunning photographs and inspiring stories highlighting CI’s work around the globe? What does it mean when
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Cerrado Project Update: Voices from the Field
While Fernando and Artur were planting trees on a farm in Mineiros (see last Thursday’s blog post), I spent a
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Tree Planting in the Cerrado
Today was the third day of our team’s visit to the Emas-Taquari carbon project in Mineiros, Brazil, which CI-Brazil is
In the Field: Reforesting the Brazilian Savanna
We are on our way to the city of Mineiros, in the Brazilian state of Goiás, where CI-Brazil is implementing
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Through the Magnifying Glass
As the saying goes, it’s the little things in life that really matter. Literally. I’m talking about the millions of
Dr. Greg Stone Reports from the World Economic Forum
Last week, Dr. Greg Stone—leader of CI’s Marine Program—attended the 40th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in
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Hiroshima, the Cold War, and the Giant Salamander of Hope
Last week I was in Japan looking for giant salamanders (Andrias japonicus), and for two days I stayed in the
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