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Language Diversity Is Highest in Biodiversity Hotspots

Russell Mittermeier | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Conservation International, Biodiversity, Biodiversity Hotspots, Endangered Species, Indigenous People, Biodiversity Language, Cultural Diversity, Biodiversity Preservation, Globalization, Ecosystem Preservation, Terrestrial Conservation, Cultural Preservation, Green News

These biodiversity hotspots and wilderness areas must be among our top priorities for terrestrial conservation if we hope to preserve Earth's natural ecosystem services and biodiversity for future generations of people.

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A Sea Change in Ocean Conservation

Peter Seligmann | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Green Business, Kiribati, Pacific Oceanscape, Oceans, Marine Conservation, Conservation International, Green Oceans, Governments Resources Oceans, Environment Oceans, Climate Change Oceans, Green News

Marine conservation is not just critical for the health of our oceans.

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Conservation 2.5 -- An Essential Upgrade for Human Survival

Peter Seligmann | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Environment, Conservation, Conservation International, Nature, Water Conservation, Energy Conservation, Energy Conservation Future, Green News

If we can get decision makers to value nature's services, if we can help them understand that this is in their enlightened self-interest, then we can transition to sustainable development.

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PHOTOS: Armored Catfish And Cowboy Frog Among 1,300 Species Documented In Suriname

Posted 01.25.2012

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An armored catfish, a Pac-Man frog and a cowboy frog were some of the 1,300 species documented during a scientific survey conducted by Conservation In...

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The Most Dangerous Places To Live If You're A Sea Turtle

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Christian | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: IUCN Marine Turtle Specialist Group, Video, Sea Turtles, Sea Turtle Conservation, Animals, Bryan Wallace, 11 Most Threatened Sea Turtle Populations, Conservation International, 12 Healthiest Sea Turtle Populations, Sea Turtle, Green News

Sea turtles be warned: A new report has found nesting sites in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh are some of the most dangerous places in the world for ...

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PHOTOS: Good News For Hawksbill Sea Turtles In Eastern Pacific ... They're Not Extinct!

The Huffington Post | James Gerken | Posted 10.31.2011

Read More: Hawksbill Sea Turtle, Eretmochelys Imbricata, Video, Sea Turtles, Hawksbill Turtles, Icapo, Endangered Species, Animals, Conservation International, Green News

Scientists have for some time now assumed that the hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) was functionally extinct in the eastern tropical Paci...

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PHOTOS: The Secret Lives Of Animals

Posted 10.16.2011

Read More: Habitat Destruction, Conservation International Animal Photos, Asia Travel, Animals Climate Change, South America Travel, Africa Travel, Conservation International Animal Pictures, Conservation International Secret Photos, Conservation International, Green News

Finally -- the chance to be a fly on the wall in the secret lives on animals. No film set, no circus, no desperate YouTube video. Just animals in thei...

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Partnerships for the Planet: Why We Must Engage Corporations

Peter Seligmann | Posted 07.19.2011

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Conservation International's corporate engagement practices have been attacked recently in a so-called "sting." At CI, we take our mission to protect the environment very seriously. Here are the facts.

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Green Group Duped By Video Sting

HuffingtonPost.com | Tom Zeller Jr. | Posted 07.17.2011

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For some environmental advocates -- including prominent supporters like the actor Harrison Ford and the band the Dixie Chicks -- Conservation Internat...

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PHOTOS: The Coolest New Animal Discoveries -- 'Yoda Bat,' 'Walking Shark,' 'Dinospider' And More

The Huffington Post | Posted 06.13.2011

Read More: New Species 2011, New Species Found, Still Counting, Rapid Assessment Program, Still Counting Book, New Species Discovered 2011, Animals, New Species, New Species 2010, New Species Discovered, Conservation International, Green News

Conservation International (CI) is celebrating two decades of its successful Rapid Assessment Program (RAP), which has led to the discovery of over 1,...

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Fashioning Change in the Big (Green) Apple and Beyond

Susan Cohn Rockefeller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nrdc, Charity Buzz, Christie's, Vogue, Conservation International, Central Park Conservancy, Oceana, Environmentalism, Runway to Green, Green News

The worlds of fashion, art and the environment don't often collide, even in New York City. But that is exactly what's happening on March 29 at the second annual Christie's Green Auction.

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A Technology Pioneer's Top 10 of Davos

Carol Realini | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bill Clinton, Davos 2011, Wef, Mobile Banking, Davos, Mobile Phones, Bill Gates, Carol Realini, Conservation International, Business News

I thought I would create my own list of "bests" for Davos. Not to contradict the top 25 award, but to see Davos through a different lens. So here is one Technology Pioneer's Top 10.

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PHOTOS: Mozart, 'Ventriloquist' And Other Frogs Found After Missing For Decades

The Huffington Post | Joanna Zelman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slidefullscreen, Macaya Burrowing Frog, Hispaniolan Crowned Frog, Animals, Endangered Frogs, La Hotte Glanded Frog, Nature, Haiti, Ventriloquial Frog, Haiti Frogs, Robin Moore, Macaya Breast-Spot Frog, Conservation International, Hispaniolan Ventriloquial Frog, Lost Frogs Haiti, Ventriloquist Frog, Mozart's Frog, Lost Frogs, Green News

When an expedition team set off to Haiti in search of a missing frog, little did they know that they would rediscover six other frog species instead. ...

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The Most Powerful NGO You've Probably Never Heard of

Andrew Winston | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Transparency, Natural Resources Defense Council, The Nature Conservancy, Paul Dickinson, Christiana Figueres, World Wildlife Fund, Conservation International, Carbon Disclosure Project, Telepresence, Cdp, Greenpeace, Environmental Defense, Environmental NGO, Sierra Club, Ngos, Green News

Stepping away from the old-style NGO approach to companies, the CDP and its leaders are both optimistic and relentlessly pro-business.

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PHOTOS: Hundreds Of Incredible New Species Discovered

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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SYDNEY (AP) -- A thumbnail-sized frog with a long snout, a brilliant green katydid with bright pink eyes and a mouse with a white-tipped tail are amon...

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Fighting Global Warming by Saving British Columbia's Old Growth Forests

Dr. Reese Halter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Western Climate Initiative, Cap and Trade, Ancient Forests, Ikea, Glaciers, Pacific Northwest, Dr. Reese Halter, Water, Old-Growth-Forests, Carbon Credits, Carbon Dioxide, Global Forest Science, British Columbia, Marriott International, Global Warming, Conservation International, Green News

The Western Climate Initiative, a group of seven western states and four Canadian provinces, have joined forces in a plan to limit greenhouse gas emissions.

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Fossil Fools Day: Environmental Activists In 30 Cities Take On Corporate Polluters

It's Getting Hot In Here | Matt Wilkerson | Posted 05.25.2011

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More than 30 cities throughout North America have organized demonstrations against the fossil fuel industry, corporate banks and big environmental org...

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The Real Climategate: How America's Conservationists Have Been Bought

Johann Hari | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: National Wildlife Federation, Environmentalism, American Green Movement, Conservation International, Green News

Why did America's leading environmental groups jet to Copenhagen and lobby for policies that will lead to the faster death of the rainforests -- and runaway global warming?

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Everything They Do, You Do

Jonathan Daniel Harris | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Starbucks, Aig, McDonald's, Capitalism, Starbucks Cups, Exxon Mobil, Conservation International, Impact News

I went to Starbucks and on the back of my cup it said, "Everything we do, you do." It's a nice thought, but it works the other way as well. What if McDonald's, Exxon Mobil, or AIG had "Everything we do, you do" as their slogan?

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Team Earth Campaign Brings Together Harrison Ford, the President of Guyana, CEOs, and a Life-Size Origami Forest

ThienVinh Nguyen | Posted 05.25.2011

As a "global sustainability movement" that'll include just about everyone - from educators to scientists to businesses to non-profits and little kids - Team Earth's first campaign centers on tackling deforestation.

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Indonesia Agrees To Protect Forests In Exchange For Debt Forgiveness

The Wall Street Journal | Tom Wright | Posted 05.25.2011

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JAKARTA, Indonesia -- The United States will sign an agreement Tuesday to forgive nearly $30 million in Indonesian debt in return for the large Southe...

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An Eco Night in L.A. for the Star-Studded Stella McCartney Screening of Home

Marissa Bronfman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American Idol Finalists, Sunset Marquis Hotel, Sustainable Farming, Reasons to Be a Vegetarian, Vegetarianism, Lexus Hybrid, Greening Hollywood, Katherine Mcphee, West Hollywood, Hybrid SUVs, greenplanet.org, Yann-Arthus-Bertrand, Cameron Diaz, Los Angeles-California, Eco Fashion, Rachel Zoe Project, Emily Deschanel, Vogue Magazine, Environmentalism, Daryl Hannah, Sustainable Energy, Rachel Zoe, Liv Tyler, Fashion Trends, Rosario Dawson, Anjelica Huston, Stella McCartney, Luc-Besson, Francois-Henri Pinault, Conservation International, Ppr, Green News

Home is a visual masterpiece, a compilation of incredible aerial shots that dramatize the staggering statistics of environmental degradation and peril that many of us are already fairly familiar with.

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Greening Hollywood: Kung Fu Panda and Wall-E Kick Some Green Gr..ass

Paige Donner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dustin Hoffman, Annie Awards, Kung Fu Panda, Seth Rogen, Conservation International, Pandas, Wall-E, Pga, Dreamworks, Producer Guild of America, Andrew Stanton, Lindsey Collins, Wildlife Conservation, Shaolin Temple, Melissa Cobb, Movies, Entertainment News, Entertainment News

Kung Fu Panda, starring the voices of Angelina Jolie, Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Jackie Chan, and Seth Rogen, swept the Annie Awards in 10 categories.

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The High Price Of Taking Trees For Granted

Marguerite Manteau-Rao | Posted 05.25.2011

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The CO2 emissions from deforestation are greater than the emissions from the world's entire transportation sector-all the cars, trucks, planes, trains, and ships combined.

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Harrison Ford Waxes Chest For Global Warming (VIDEO)

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Harrison Ford pulled a Steve Carell for a public service announcement: He gets his chest waxed. The 65-year-old star winces in appare...

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