Posts for the ‘Partnerships’ topic
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Notes from WILD9: Photographer James Balog wins ILCP League Award
On Sunday night at a beautiful hacienda on the outskirts of Mérida, Mexico, Jane Goodall, Sylvia Earle, Russell Mittermeier, Patricio Robles Gil and Vance Martin joined the International League of Conservation Photographers' (ILCP) Cristina Mittermeier and over 150 participants to offer James Balog the first-ever League Award for Conservation Photography. Mr. Balog has over 30 years of experience photographing nature and has also received the Leica Medal of Excellence, among other awards. Maria Carolina Hoyos is the Senior Manager of Communications Strategy for Conservation International and blogging from WILD9. -
Notes from WILD9: “The Wealth of Nature” takes over
The Wealth of Nature book signing brought the Wild9 crowd together! More than 200 people visited CI's booth to meet the photographers and scientists who made this amazing book possible. The authors greeted participants and shared stories about the important collaboration between science and photography to achieve on-the-ground conservation action. See photos after the jump! Read More... -
The Wealth of Nature
What makes our planet's natural treasures worth saving, and why should we care? With hundreds of stunning full-color photographs and more than twenty data-rich essays from some of the most well-respected intellects in the conservation movement today, this 17th publication in the CEMEX Conservation Book Series aims to provide some of these answers. More than twenty essays by some of the most distinguished scientists working in conservation are compiled in this publication to highlight that unsustainable economic growth has put a burden on nature's capacity to deliver clean water, fresh air, medicines and climate regulation, among other benefits. Assigning a financial ... -
Drought in East Africa: The Human Benefits of Standing Forests
This week, an Associated Press article about drought in Kenya brought millions of people’s attention to the deep connections between the environment and human well-being. It is during years of extreme weather events such as severe drought, flooding, hurricanes and wildfires that we are all reminded how close many people live to the very edge of survival and at the behest of Mother Nature. This is the case for many in East Africa, which is now plagued by the worst drought in nearly 50 years. The failure of the last two anticipated rainy seasons has led to rivers drying up and ... -
The Power of Images
As CI's Photo Coordinator, I work with amazing photography and the leading photographers in conservation. Recently, the Conservation in Focus Alliance, CI's partnership with BG, debuted an incredible exhibit called BG Thrive! in London, and now it has traveled to Brazil. It is being held at the The Botanic Garden in Rio de Janeiro from October 15- November 9, 2009. The exhibit features some of the most dominant conservation photographers like Luciano Candisani, who is member of the International League of Conservation Photographers (ILCP). Through the Conservation in Focus Alliance, Luciano was able photograph some amazing imagery like this Northern ... -
A Day in the Field (and by “field”, I mean woods)
As you might expect, CI's headquarters in Arlington, Virginia is full of people who live for being outside; after all, our passion for nature is what brought all of us here. Ironically, the demands of our jobs often keep us indoors at our desks. Luckily, this isn't always the case. A couple of weeks ago, I joined about 25 CI staff members and volunteers from REI and the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club in McLean, Virginia's beautiful Turkey Run Park. Less than ten miles from my house in the middle of DC, the park's thick woods and ample river views felt ... -
Life in the Cay
One thing that impresses me most about Conservation International is our work with hundreds of partner organizations around the globe. Recently, I had the opportunity to visit one of these partners, the Perry Institute for Marine Science, as a volunteer at their tropical research center on Lee Stocking Island, in the Bahamas' Exuma Cays. The island is as far away from the steel drum-lined ports of Nassau or Freeport as you can get. From CI's headquarters in Arlington, VA, I took three flights (including a 19-seater plane with no bathroom), an airport taxi, and finally, an open boat across a channel to ... -
CI is raising awareness about climate change with Google Earth
The power of forests to deliver climate change solutions was displayed in a new virtual tour of Madagascar launched today by Google Earth in partnership with Conservation International. Mixing satellite images with photos and videos, the tour shows initiatives to protect tropical forests and calls on citizens and governments to support these types of projects at the UN climate change talks in Copenhagen in December. You don't have to download Google Earth to see for yourself. Visit the Google Earth climate change page or watch below! LEARN MORE: New Partners For Forests: Climate Tours -
Exploring Phoenix Island Part 2
Yesterday we were moored just south of Rawaki, aka the namesake Phoenix Island, having arrived early morning. The morning dive was a truly sweet and interesting affair. Before breakfast, a landing party made way for the island to check out the birds, me on it. "Landing" is a euphemism for packing everything in watertight containers, jumping off the skiff with mask, fins and snorkel, then dragging all your stuff backwards up into the surf and (hopefully) out of the water onto the island. I felt fully prepared with my special wetpack backpack purchased by John Tschirky for MMAS in ... -
Exploring Phoenix Island Part 1
Today we are at Phoenix Island (aka Rawaki in Kiribati), the name sake for the entire archipelago. This is a place of birds. As we approached from a distance, the island looked like it had a small dark cloud hanging low over it, but when we got closer I could see the cloud was tens of thousands of squawking, screeching, hovering, darting, flapping, pecking birds. I could hear this cacophony of bird sound from inside the ship a ¼ mile away. Then as we got even closer, the birds surrounded the boat and we had brown noddies hovering outside portholes, frigate ...
