• Land

Nevada Activists Fight For Federal Protections for Native Lands

• Bears Ears
• conservation
• indigenous communities
• protected areas

by Natasha Lasky, ODP Staff Writer Activists in Nevada are fighting to permanently protect a stretch of Mojave Desert with ecological and Native American cultural importance. The proposed site would be called Avi Kwa Ama National Monument and would encompass 594 square miles, including a Spanish Colonial Revival house that belonged to 1920s stars Clara […]

• Forests

WWF’s Forests Forward Campaign Helps Businesses Meet Sustainability Goals

• conservation
• Forests
• WWF

by Ashira Morris, ODP Staff Writer Every day, the world loses an area of tree cover about the size of New York City from deforestation. World Wildlife Fund’s new Forests Forward campaign partners with companies to help improve forest management and trade. Companies like Kimberly-Clark and Lowe’s have already signed on, committing to the program’s […]

• Ocean

Capitol Hill Ocean Week Continues with Talks on Food Security, Environmental Justice

• Capitol Hill Oceans Week
• CHOW
• conservation
• food security

by Amy Lupica, ODP Staff Writer Capitol Hill Ocean Week is in full swing, and panelists from the government, private sector, and nonprofits are bringing their expertise to discuss significant issues facing our oceans and coastal communities. Yesterday, food security and justice were on the table, and panelists dove into incorporating traditional fisheries management strategies […]

• Forests

CI and Dove Team Up to Conserve Sumatra’s Forests

• conservation
• Indonesia
• rainforest
• Sumatra

As conservationist Paul van Nimwegan wrote for Conservation International, Sumatra’s biodiversity is at a critical juncture — widespread forest clearing, wildlife poaching and land-use intensification have put much of the island’s astonishing flora and fauna under considerable threat. About 12 million hectares of Sumatra’s vast forest ecosystem have been cleared in the past 22 years, […]

• Animals

The U.S. has Rejoined the Paris Agreement, but Why Not the CBD?

• #30x30
• biodiversity
• conservation
• Convention on Biological Diversity
• extinction crisis

Despite playing a significant role in drafting the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), an international agreement to conserve biodiversity, the U.S. is the only member of the United Nations yet to ratify it. The next Conference of the Parties (COP) of the CBD is scheduled to take place in China later this year.

Why This Matters: More than one million species are now considered endangered, and extinction rates have reached an all-time high.

• Animals

The Real Danger Behind White Tigers

• animal cruelty
• animal sanctuary
• conservation
• IFAW
• tigers

by Minka Kelly, Actress and IFAW Global Ambassador As a Global Ambassador for the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), I’ve known for years that there are more tigers in captivity in the U.S. than remain free in the wild today. Hearing this stunning fact never fails to shock me. I’ve had the opportunity to […]