![Guarding Lions](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Dispatch/Guarding Lions/Thumbnail.7f36d62b.jpg)
by Georgia Woodroffe
Africa’s lion population has decreased by an estimated 50 percent in the last 50 years. Due to habitat loss, depletion of wild prey, poor livestock management and conflict with humans, it is believed that…
Read more![The Long Run](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Dispatch/The Long Run/Thumbnail.4dad7336.jpg)
by Georgia Woodroffe
The Long Run is a nonprofit organization that supports a global community of nature-based tourism destinations committed to achieving the highest level of sustainable business practice.
Read more![Scottish Wildcats: The Endangered Feline of Britain](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Feature/Scottish Wildcats/Thumbnail.381804bd.jpg)
by Georgia Woodroffe
The “British Tiger,” with dense fur and bewitching eyes, is at the heart of many British folk stories and traditions. Hundreds of years ago their ferocity, untamable nature, and haunting mating calls infiltrated…
Read more![Birdwatching: A Growing Industry in Post-Conflict Colombia](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Dispatch/Birdwatching/Thumbnail.7f36d62b.jpg)
by Erika Zambello
In November 2016, Colombia’s congress approved a historic peace deal after a 52-year conflict with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). For decades, the presence of armed groups prevented…
Read more![Peru’s Chaparrí Conservation Area: A Wildlife Reserve in the Tumbesian Dry Forests](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Feature/Perus Chaparrí Conservation Area/Chaparri%20entrance-400x400.80cd3c3b.jpg)
by Maddie Southard
Named for the mountain that dominates the landscape, the Chaparrí Conservation Area is located about 50 miles east of the Pacific coast in northern Peru.
Read more![Too Rare to Wear: Stopping Illegal Trade of Hawksbill Turtle Products](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Impression/Too Rare to Wear/Too%20Rare%20To%20Wear.31d79840.png)
by Georgia Woodroffe
The Too Rare to Wear campaign brings tourist and conservation groups together to end the trade of illegal tortoiseshell products. Also called turtleshell, this material comes from hawksbill sea turtles,…
Read more![Reduce, Reuse and ... Power Up](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Feature/ReduceReusePowerUp/photo%204_FEATURE%20PHOTO.a1d5d6b3.jpg)
by Terence Hyland
Perspective can dictate what we see. A visitor to Guam or Easter Island may see sandy beaches or breathtaking seascapes, but a local may see an endless tide carrying plastic bottle caps and spent fishing…
Read more![An Interview with Wendee Nicole, Founder & Director of the Redemption Song Foundation](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Interviews and Reviews/An Interview with Wendee Nicole/PREVIEWPHOTObeck1532.c2ef37d6.jpg)
by Georgia Woodroffe
The Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Uganda is one of the most biodiverse regions on the planet. It is home to half the world’s population of endangered mountain gorillas, several other primates, 400 species…
Read more![Bird Conservation in Colombia’s Andean Forests](/assets/image-cache/Team%2C%20T2-002.8c4221d4.jpg)
by Natalia Ocampo-Peñuela
I wake up at 4:30 a.m. in my tent and go out to admire the dark, cloud-covered forest. I meet with my team of locals to warm up and discuss our plan of action. Over a nice cup of Colombian coffee, we sit…
Read more![Conservation Under the Pandas Umbrella](assets/media/images/Feature/Conservation under the Pandas'/Panda_Thumbnail.jpg)
by Barbara Fraser
When it comes to wildlife protection, the most photogenic species — such as polar bears, dolphins and pandas — seem to attract the most attention and conservation dollars.
Read more![The Zimbabwean Hero](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Feature/The Zimbabwean Hero/Home%20Page%20Thumb.381804bd.jpg)
by Georgia Woodroffe
Johnny Rodrigues, Chairman of the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force (ZCTF), is a key figure in Zimbabwean wildlife conservation. Despite the heroic labels that have been ascribed to his actions, Rodrigues…
Read more![Clean Stoves and Healthy Forests](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Interviews and Reviews/Clean Burning Stoves Yak Dung/Himalyan%20Stove_Thumb.5b22e5d8.jpg)
by Georgia Woodroffe
Household Air Pollution (HAP) affects more than three billion people — almost half of the world’s population. The U.S.-based non-profit The Himalayan Stove Project, founded by George Basch, provides free,…
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