Notes from a rare planet: Renewables outpower nuclear in the US
Report reveals America now receives more power from renewable sources than nuclear (Inhabitat) The monthly energy review revealed renewable sources of energy produced a combined 2.2245 quadrillion...
View ArticleNotes from a rare planet: Guatemala’s rapid deforestation leads world
Guatemala has experienced the most rapid deforestation of any country over the last five years (The Guardian) “Agriculture is inexorably devouring the forest.” Since 1980, 40 percent of the forest of...
View ArticleA trip that showed the many successful campaigns at present and in the works...
The fabled chocolate hills. Note: This is Rare’s Senior Vice President of Global Programs Paul Butler’s sixth and final blog post in a series about his recent trip to the Philippines and Indonesia to...
View ArticleRare @ Rio+20: Another World is Possible
Twenty years ago, 108 world leaders met in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, also known as the Earth Summit. Only the nerdiest attendees even knew...
View ArticleRare & Environmental Defense Fund: Joining Forces for Fishers
A recent study in the journal Science concluded that global fish stocks are in rapid decline. The report is the first comprehensive analysis of more than 10,000 fisheries—roughly 80 percent of global...
View ArticleOp-ed by Rare in the New York Times: How to Catch Fish and Save Fisheries
Brett Jenks, President and CEO of Rare, and Carl Safina, founding president of the Blue Ocean Institute at Stony Brook University. Op-Ed by Brett Jenks, President and CEO of Rare, and Carl Safina,...
View ArticleQ&A with Jesus Sucajel: An Island, a Fisher and a Sanctuary
Fishers like Jesus Sucajel from Hambongan Island, Inabanga, Philippines, do not need charts and statistics to validate the depletion of marine resources. He sees it in diminishing daily catches, lost...
View ArticleBloomberg Philanthropies invests in Rare’s nearshore fishery recovery plan
Rare is excited to announce its newest global initiative, Fish Forever, launched in partnership with Environmental Defense Fund and the University of California, Santa Barbara. To learn more, please...
View ArticleBloomberg Sees the Upside of Oceans
Rare is excited to announce its newest global initiative, Fish Forever, launched in partnership with Environmental Defense Fund and the University of California, Santa Barbara. To learn more, please...
View ArticleFish Forever’s First Funders: The Waitt and MacArthur foundations cast a line...
Rare is excited to announce its newest global initiative, Fish Forever, launched in partnership with Environmental Defense Fund and the University of California, Santa Barbara. To learn more, please...
View ArticleGerman Government Backs Innovative Fisheries Program
Fisher in Indonesia The International Climate Initiative of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB) is supporting Rare’s project to...
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