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February 20, 2012 by Jeremy Hance | No comments

Innovative conservation: wild silk, endangered species, and poverty in Madagascar

For anyone who works in conservation in Madagascar, confronting the complex difficulties of widespread poverty is a part of the job. But with the wealth of Madagascar's wildlife rapidly diminishing— such as lemurs, miniature chameleons, and hedge...

Posted in: Conservation corner, Interview, Syndicated | Tags: africa, agriculture, animals, community-based conservation, conservation, conservation finance, deforestation, economics, endangered species, environment, environmental economics, farming, governance, green, happy-upbeat environmental, health, illegal logging, in-situ conservation, interviews, islands, jeremy hance, Lemurs, madagascar, mammals, parks, poverty, primates, protected areas, rainforest, rainforest animals, rainforest conservation, Rainforest deforestation, rainforest destruction, rainforest logging, rainforests, reforestation, sustainability, sustainable development, tropical forests, wildlife

April 22, 2010 by Jeremy Hance | No comments

World failing on every environmental issue: an op-ed for Earth Day

The biodiversity crisis, the climate crisis, the deforestation crisis: we are living in an age when environmental issues have moved from regional problems to global ones. A generation or two before ours and one might speak of saving the beauty

Posted in: Conservation corner, Syndicated | Tags: agriculture, animals, asia, avoided deforestation, biodiversity, bold and dangerous ideas that may save the world, carbon emissions, carbon sequestration, china, china's demand for resources, climate change, conservation, deforestation, disasters, ecological beauty, ecological services, ecology, economics, ecosystem services, endangered species, environment, environmental economics, environmental politics, environmental services, ex-situ conservation, extinction, Fishing, food, food crisis, forest carbon, forests, global warming mitigation, governance, green, impact of climate change, India, jeremy hance, madagascar, marine conservation, oceans, parks, payments for ecosystem services, payments for environmental services, politics, population, poverty, poverty alleviation, protected areas, rainforest, rainforest conservation, Rainforest deforestation, rainforest destruction, rainforest logging, rainforests, reforestation, saving rainforests, saving species from extinction, sustainability, sustainable development, threats to rainforests, threats to the rainforest, tropical forests, water, wildlife

April 22, 2010 by Jeremy Hance | No comments

World failing on every environmental issue: an op-ed for Earth Day

The biodiversity crisis, the climate crisis, the deforestation crisis: we are living in an age when environmental issues have moved from regional problems to global ones. A generation or two before ours and one might speak of saving the beauty

Posted in: Conservation corner, Syndicated | Tags: agriculture, animals, asia, avoided deforestation, biodiversity, bold and dangerous ideas that may save the world, carbon emissions, carbon sequestration, china, china's demand for resources, climate change, conservation, deforestation, disasters, ecological beauty, ecological services, ecology, economics, ecosystem services, endangered species, environment, environmental economics, environmental politics, environmental services, ex-situ conservation, extinction, Fishing, food, food crisis, forest carbon, forests, global warming mitigation, governance, green, impact of climate change, India, jeremy hance, madagascar, marine conservation, oceans, parks, payments for ecosystem services, payments for environmental services, politics, population, poverty, poverty alleviation, protected areas, rainforest, rainforest conservation, Rainforest deforestation, rainforest destruction, rainforest logging, rainforests, reforestation, saving rainforests, saving species from extinction, sustainability, sustainable development, threats to rainforests, threats to the rainforest, tropical forests, water, wildlife

December 28, 2009 by Mongabay.com | No comments

Rainforest conservation: a year in review

2009 may prove to be an important turning point for tropical forests. Lead by Brazil, which had the lowest extent of deforestation since at least the 1980s, global forest loss likely declined to its lowest level in more than a

Posted in: Conservation corner, Local corner, Syndicated | Tags: africa, agriculture, asia, china's demand for resources, congo, conservation, conservation finance, corporate role in conservation, deforestation, farming, forestry, forests, happy-upbeat environmental, latin america, logging, madagascar, mongabay, palm oil, parks, protected areas, rainforests, redd, sustainability

September 17, 2009 by Jeremy Hance | No comments

Innovative reforestation project threatened by ‘regime change’ in Madagascar, an interview with Rainer Dolch

In Madagascar the TAMS Program (Tetik'asa Mampody Savoka, meaning "the project to bring back the forest") is under threat due to the new government's unwillingness to provide funding. The current government, after gaining power in a coup this year, has...

Posted in: Conservation corner, Interview, Local corner, Syndicated | Tags: africa, amphibians, animals, atbc, bold and dangerous ideas that may save the world, carbon credits, carbon offsets, community-based conservation, conservation, conservation finance, corruption, ecological services, economics, ecosystem finance, ecosystem services, endangered species, environment, environmental economics, environmental politics, environmental services, forests, governance, green, in-situ conservation, interviews, jeremy hance, Lemurs, madagascar, mongabay, politics, poverty, poverty alleviation, primates, rainforest animals, rainforest conservation, reforestation, saving species from extinction, sustainability, tropical forests, wildlife

September 17, 2009 by Jeremy Hance | No comments

Innovative reforestation project threatened by ‘regime change’ in Madagascar, an interview with Rainer Dolch

In Madagascar the TAMS Program (Tetik'asa Mampody Savoka, meaning "the project to bring back the forest") is under threat due to the new government's unwillingness to provide funding. The current government, after gaining power in a coup this year, has...

Posted in: Conservation corner, Interview, Local corner, Syndicated | Tags: africa, amphibians, animals, atbc, bold and dangerous ideas that may save the world, carbon credits, carbon offsets, community-based conservation, conservation, conservation finance, corruption, ecological services, economics, ecosystem finance, ecosystem services, endangered species, environment, environmental economics, environmental politics, environmental services, forests, governance, green, in-situ conservation, interviews, jeremy hance, Lemurs, madagascar, mongabay, politics, poverty, poverty alleviation, primates, rainforest animals, rainforest conservation, reforestation, saving species from extinction, sustainability, tropical forests, wildlife

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Innovative conservation: wild silk, endangered species, and poverty in Madagascar

World failing on every environmental issue: an op-ed for Earth Day

World failing on every environmental issue: an op-ed for Earth Day

Rainforest conservation: a year in review

Innovative reforestation project threatened by ‘regime change’ in Madagascar, an interview with Rainer Dolch

Innovative reforestation project threatened by ‘regime change’ in Madagascar, an interview with Rainer Dolch

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