James Fitzsimons is Senior Advisor, Global Protection Strategies with The Nature Conservancy, is a Councillor of the Biodiversity Council and a member of the Australian Land Conservation Alliance's ...

Toliara - A national consultation workshop was held in Toliara in July, under the initiative of creating Marine Protected Areas and the establishment of seasonal fishing reserves in the area of North ...

Protected areas can serve as lifeboats, but in the longer run, these lifeboats will still need a safe landing site." What both researchers stress is that current area-based protection will be ...

Plans are underway to establish one of the world’s largest marine protected areas – a key step toward the sustainable resettlement of a community removed from their homes on the Chagos Islands decades ...

Plans are underway to establish one of the world's largest marine protected areas—a key step toward the sustainable resettlement of a community removed from their homes on the Chagos Islands decades ...

Peru’s government has established the Medio Putumayo Algodón Regional Conservation Area in the Loreto region of the Amazon Rainforest. This new protected area holds 53% of Peru’s carbon stock, which ...

In September, Pakistan declared its third marine protected area, around Miani Hor Lagoon on the country’s central coast. The biodiversity-rich lagoon hosts a lush mangrove forest, numerous bird ...

(2nd UPDATE) Siargao Bleu does not have an existing agreement with the protected area management board allowing reclamation in front of the resort Matugas-owned Siargao Bleu Resort and Spa, located in ...