Nature is invaluable — but protecting it isn’t free. CI celebrates 25 years of creatively funding conservation.
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Category Archives: Climate Change
Palm Cultivation Helps Struggling Coffee Farmers in Mexico
For coffee farmers impacted by climate change, growing multiple crops can be an insurance policy against disaster.
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Costa Rica Leading the Way in Incentivizing Protection of Nature
In the last 25 years, the country has tripled its GDP while doubling the size of its forests.
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Even in Marine Protected Areas, Climate Change Threatens Reefs
New research by CI and partner scientists reveals that protection isn’t enough to safeguard coral reefs.
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New Research Helps Starbucks Improve Ethical Coffee Sourcing
Three years of data indicate that the sustainable coffee farming practices developed by CI and Starbucks are working.
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A Bird’s-Eye View of Colombia’s Fragile Beauty (Part 2 of 3)
From the air, the destruction of the páramo ecosystems surrounding Bogotá is impossible to miss.
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A Bird’s-Eye View of Colombia’s Fragile Beauty (Part 1 of 3)
Videographer John Martin gives a behind-the-scenes look at filming Colombia’s páramo ecosystems from the air.
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Promoting Gender Equality through Conservation
This International Women’s Day, learn how environmental issues impact women — and how they’re taking action.
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European Parliament Hosts Blue Carbon Policy Working Group
Coastal ecosystems can store up to five times the amount of carbon as some forests.
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Team Earth: CI’s New Storytelling Approach
Around the world, people are doing amazing things to tackle the environmental challenges we face. Here are some of their stories.
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