Louisiana update: When oil stops, the hard work can begin (slideshow)

Our multimedia production team returned from their 7-week trip to the Gulf Coast on July 20. Coincidentally, that was just a few days after BP’s latest cap managed to stop the leaking oil (a permanent end is expected in August, when relief wells are completed). It’s been a relief to finally glimpse the end of [...]

NestWatchers can help look for oil’s wider effects

A Tree Swallow is not exactly the face of the Gulf oil spill at present—and we hope it never will be. But many backyard-nesting birds, including swallows, do migrate through the Gulf Coast twice a year. We’re encouraging people to participate in our NestWatch project as one way to keep an eye on their populations. [...]

Louisiana report: Hurricane weather (slideshow)

For the last three days a weird, underwatery gray light has bathed the Delta. Tides high from the full moon have pushed past marina docks and pooled under boat trailers in the parking lots. Cattails and palm trees bend in the same direction all day long, under steady east-southeast breezes. Old-timers call this hurricane weather. [...]

Smart business leaders see nature as an asset

Attitudes of consumers and business leaders are changing, with biodiversity being placed higher up on everyone's agenda says a recent report compiled by The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB)

Local community groups dedicate International Mangrove Ecosystem Protection Day to saving important shellfish

On July 26th, community-based organizations and NGOs in Ecuador, such as C-CONDEM (the National Coordinating Organization for the Protection of Mangrove Ecosystems) celebrated the 2010 International Mangrove Ecosystem Protection Day under the slogan Let’s recover shellfish! Outreach and awareness activities took place in all coastal provinces and in the capital, Quito.

Launch of Wetland Globe International Wetland Awards

The World Wetland Network, an international initiative comprising over 200 wetland NGOs from across the globe, is today launching a new set of awards to recognise best practice in wetland management, and to highlight wetlands in crisis...