You Pay or We Drill
When Ecuador asked the world for $3.6 billion to not drill for oil, the world balked. But in terms of reining in carbon, Ecuador may be on to something.
TV as Birth Control
How to defuse the population bomb: Provide people with a steady diet of soap operas and reality TV shows that depict modern, urban lifestyles.
Pay It Forward
Wildlife premiums incentivize conservation in rural communities
State of Fear
People in Wisconsin have become more afraid of wolves
What Tragedy? Whose Commons?
Pastoralist PR is dreadful. In the classic cautionary tale, communal land ownership inevitably leads to overgrazing. But maybe the story’s got it wrong.
Hungry for Land
When the super-wealthy scoop up huge plots of land worldwide, what’s left behind? Gaia Vince reviews The Land Grabbers by Fred Pearce
Net Gain
Fishing regulations vastly reduce sea turtle deaths
Conservation Everywhere
Jon Christensen reviews Rambunctious Garden by Emma Marris.
Conservation and Poverty Reduction
In protected areas across the planet, locals are waiting for the benefits of conservation to improve their lives. And waiting and waiting… By Fred Pearce.
Confronting Corruption
When a fast-talking Israeli journalist became both father and sole enforcer of Cameroon’s wildlife-trafficking laws, he lifted the veil from the taboo subject of corruption in conservation.