Tag: Wildlife Conservation Society
Expedition to the Raja Ampat Islands: Happy New Year from the Survey Team!
Written by Alison Green | January 1st, 2010
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Conservancy marine scientist Alison Green wraps up her three-week diving expedition to the most spectacular coral reef ecosystem on Earth.
Expedition to the Raja Ampat Islands: Ecoresort Protects Coral Reefs
Written by Alison Green | December 30th, 2009
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Conservancy marine biologist Alison Green continues her diving expedition around the Raja Ampat Islands…and finds that ecotourism can indeed conserve coral reefs.
Expedition to the Raja Ampat Islands: Marine Conservation Agreements
Written by Alison Green | December 28th, 2009
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How are marine conservation agreements leading the way in protecting coral reef ecosystems in Indonesia?
Expedition to the Raja Ampat Islands: Sacred Lagoon, A Magical Place
Written by Alison Green | December 23rd, 2009
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(Editor’s note: Conservancy Senior Marine Scientist Alison Green is on an expedition to the Raja Ampat islands in Indonesia — amidst some of the most spectacular and biodiverse coral reef ecosystems in the world. Catch up on all her posts from the expedition.) This afternoon we went looking for a place that local villagers had [...]
Expedition to the Raja Ampat Islands: A Close Encounter with a Dugong
Written by Alison Green | December 21st, 2009
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(Editor’s note: Conservancy Senior Marine Scientist Alison Green is on an expedition to the Raja Ampat islands in Indonesia — amidst some of the most spectacular and biodiverse coral reef ecosystems in the world. Catch up on all her posts from the expedition.) Marine mammals such as whales and dolphins are quite common in Raja [...]
Expedition to the Raja Ampat Islands: The Beauty of Cooperation
Written by Alison Green | December 18th, 2009
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(Editor’s note: Conservancy Senior Marine Scientist Alison Green is on an expedition to the Raja Ampat islands in Indonesia — amidst some of the most spectacular and biodiverse coral reef ecosystems in the world. Catch up on all her posts from the expedition.) While I’m here in Raja Ampat, I’ve been learning more about the [...]
Born To Rewild
Written by Matt Miller | March 3rd, 2009
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North America is a land shaped by elephants. (And pronghorns like the one above — but more on that later.) 10,000 years ago — a blink of the evolutionary eye — members of the elephant family like mammoths and mastodons roamed our grasslands, influencing nearly every plant and animal that lived there. They were part [...]
