Posts Tagged ‘Partners’
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CI Vice President Receives Conservation Award
Last week in New York City, Carlos Manuel Rodriguez, CI’s Vice President for Conservation Policy, received an award for his outstanding effort in the fight to conserve jaguar (Panthera onca) populations in Central America. The former Minister of the Environment and Energy in his home country of Costa Rica, Rodriguez has been instrumental to regional conservation efforts for many years. He has helped pioneer the concept of payment for ecosystem services, a system that CI is now implementing with local communities in ecosystems around the globe. The Rabinowitz-Kaplan prize was presented to Rodriguez by the Panthera Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated ... -
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 ... -
Cheetah Sighting
Reason #17 why I love my job: not many people get to spend their lunch hour four feet away from a live cheetah. Then again, I suppose some people might see close proximity to a large, agile carnivore as less than desirable, but I trusted in the cheetah's more than capable handlers to control him. This 11-month old "cheetah ambassador" came as a visitor from the Columbus Zoo, along with an Anatolian shepherd dog that has been raised alongside the cheetah. The zoo staff has found that raising the dogs together with the cheetahs makes the cheetahs more relaxed and even-tempered ... -
Time to Get Engaged
If you were born on planet Earth, it’s time to get engaged in its protection. Stay tuned over the next week as CI and partners launch a broad movement to spur action about the way we live on, and make use of, the shared planet we call home. Learn more about CI’s upcoming event on Facebook and Twitter, and come back to www.conservation.org/climateweek09 this Sunday (September 20th) for an inside peek at an amazing forest you won’t believe. -
Don’t Eat the Turtles When You Order the Shrimp
Headed to the supermarket to pick up some fish filets for dinner? Or perhaps you’re going to your favorite restaurant to dine on some scrumptious seafood this evening? How would you like your dinner choices to give your favorite turtle a leg up in the Great Turtle Race? Better yet, wouldn’t it be great if your evening menu helped turtles all over the globe (and seabirds, and fish, and marine mammals, and sharks)? A quick search on the Internet, or even a text message – if that’s more your speed – can have great results. When it comes to seafood, knowledge is ...
