Surf breaks worldwide are loved for their natural beauty and the thrill of riding that next big swell. Now, a first of its kind study finds that they are also an ally in the fight against climate change.

August 13, 2024

Once underappreciated, mangroves are having a moment. Now, a landmark $36.4 million project aims to give Ecuador’s degraded mangroves a new lease on life.

July 26, 2024

A new documentary takes viewers on a trip around the world to explore one of nature’s most powerful — yet overlooked — climate allies: blue carbon.

April 18, 2024

Growing up in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains, Jill Hamilton always felt connected to nature — and knew she would pursue a career to protect it. But time spent on the coast with family drew her from the mountains to the ocean.

November 1, 2023

A new initiative in the Eastern Himalayas aims to raise US$1 billion to accelerate — and scale up — local conservation work, providing resources to plant 1 billion trees, and protect and restore 1 million hectares by 2030.

September 20, 2023

Worldwide, mangroves — once destroyed for agriculture and development — have seen a sharp decline in deforestation. A new report from the Global Mangrove Alliance offers a plan to end mangrove loss entirely.

November 23, 2022

From “blue carbon” to “ecosystem services,” environmental jargon is everywhere these days. Conservation International looks to make sense of it in an occasional explainer series. In this installment, we explore “climate adaptation.”

November 9, 2022

Nature’s stashes of climate-warming carbon is packed into a small percentage of Earth’s lands, finds a new study that pinpoints the ecosystems humanity must protect to avert a climate disaster.

November 18, 2021

A recently-launched blue carbon finance project for the first time takes into account not only the carbon that mangrove trees store in their trunks and leaves, but also the carbon they sequester in their soils, often for millennia.

May 19, 2021

In partnership with Conservation International and NASA, the government of Liberia recently mapped the country’s diverse ecosystems — from lush forests to coastal mangroves — and analyzed how they have changed over time.

March 17, 2021

Protecting nature starts with science. Here’s a roundup of recent scientific research published by Conservation International experts.

January 14, 2021

Protecting nature starts with science. Here’s a roundup of recent scientific research published by Conservation International experts.

July 15, 2020

To stop climate catastrophe, there are certain places on Earth that we simply cannot afford to destroy, according to new research by Conservation International scientists.

March 31, 2020

A look ahead at ocean conservation in 2020 from Conservation International experts.

February 20, 2020

A community in Colombia ensures their mangroves and clams are around well into the future.

June 21, 2018

On World Wetlands day, here are five facts you should know.

February 2, 2018

Dining out? You may want to think twice before ordering the “surf and turf special.” The carbon footprint of a steak and shrimp dinner — were it to come from shrimp farms and pasture formerly occupied by mangroves — is the same as driving a small car across the continental United States.

April 10, 2017

A term you might never have heard of has immense importance for curbing climate change.

November 1, 2016

Mangroves are a key piece of how we address climate change. It’s time we stop overlooking them.

July 25, 2016

In Ecuador, it pays to save the forest.

November 23, 2015