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Conservation Biology and Artistic Expression
Conservation Biology and Artistic Expression

by Nezam Ardalan

The decision to pursue conservation biology came after an incredible and intense 14 months of traveling through South America. There was no one moment or epiphany, no strike of clarity, just a slow and…

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- Mar 19, 2013
Labels and Lies: When the Eggs Come Before the Chickens
Labels and Lies: When the Eggs Come Before the Chickens

by Emily Swaim

When most people hear the word farm, they think of a large red barn, a fenced-in yard, and chickens roaming freely in the sunlight. Unfortunately, that scene is hardly common in contemporary America. Most…

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- Mar 14, 2013
Standing up for the Baboons: Primatologist Paula Pebsworth
Standing up for the Baboons: Primatologist Paula Pebsworth

by Debra Denker

Voices for Biodiversity became aware of Pebsworth’s work when she was doing her field research in South Africa. Voices for Biodiversity’s founder, Dr. Tara Waters Lumpkin, and filmmaker…

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- Mar 11, 2013
Food Security and Sustainable Action
Food Security and Sustainable Action

by Jessica Schmonsky

Climate change affects agriculture and food production both directly through changing environmental conditions and indirectly by affecting growth and the distribution of incomes. Current studies suggest…

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- Feb 25, 2013
Tiger Tourism: Can Travel Help Save These Big Cats?
Tiger Tourism: Can Travel Help Save These Big Cats?

by Brad Nahill

Tigers are one of the most charismatic and beautiful animals on earth. They are the world’s largest cat and can live across a wide range of habitats, from mountains to coastal wetlands. Most of the world’s…

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- Feb 20, 2013
A Brief Biodiversity Explainer
A Brief Biodiversity Explainer

by Lillian Steenblik Hwang

You have probably read a lot of articles that mention biodiversity, but sometimes it can be unclear exactly what biodiversity is and how biodiversity loss impacts your life. As we enter the new year, here…

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- Feb 07, 2013
Displacement  of Local Peoples
Displacement of Local Peoples

by Alex Perry

For thousands of years, people have depended on their natural surroundings for their livelihoods. Sustaining the environment and minimizing their impact on it remain necessities for survival. It is these…

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- Feb 03, 2013
Allison Argo: filmmaker, conservationist
Allison Argo: filmmaker, conservationist

by Mary Bates

Raised in a theatrical family, filmmaker Allison Argo learned early on the art of storytelling. And when she met Ivan, a 27-year-old gorilla held in a 14-by-14 foot concrete cell in a mall in Tacoma, Washington,…

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- Jan 28, 2013
Teenaged Climber Takes Growing Up to New Heights
Teenaged Climber Takes Growing Up to New Heights

by Kathryn Pardo

Dating. Homework. High school dances. Where to go to college? Life for many teenagers is already full of the challenges of growing up. But at 15 years old, mountaineer Jordan Romero is taking “up” to a…

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- Jan 21, 2013
Lleva una Llama a Almorzar
Lleva una Llama a Almorzar

by Teresa Dovalpage

Take a Llama to Lunch (Lleva una Llama a Almorzar) es una de las excursiones que ofrece Wild Earth Llama Adventures, una compañía que lleva veinte años haciendo senderismo con llamas en Nuevo México. La…

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- Dec 10, 2012
The Impact of El Salvador’s Ban on Consumption of Sea Turtles
The Impact of El Salvador’s Ban on Consumption of Sea Turtles

by Brad Nahill

In the hopes of reversing the tide of wildlife loss, the government of El Salvador enacted a ban on the consumption, sale, and possession of sea turtles, their eggs, and their parts for purposes other…

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- Dec 02, 2012
Pathway Toward  Soul: The Film Journey
Pathway Toward Soul: The Film Journey

by Kathleen Lowson

This film is my most challenging and the most critical, with the potential to transform the face of fur fashion, save the lives of countless animals around the world, awaken humanity on our planet, and…

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- Nov 19, 2012

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