• Grassroots Plan Sprouts to Protect the Forests of Indio Maiz
    The Global Wildlife Conservation has crafted a plan to assist the Indigenous people of Central America to rebuild their homes and continue the generational traditions of environmental conservation. Rama and Kriol, communities of Nicaragua’s Indio Maiz Biological Reserve developed an action- based plan to educate members of the Indigenous communities.This tool allows the members to…
  • Community based reserve for protecting freshwater fish biodiversity
    A recent research highlighted how a network of grassroots reserves could protects tropical river fish diversity. Intensive fisheries have reduced fish biodiversity and abundance in aquatic ecosystems worldwide. ‘No-take’ marine reserves have become a cornerstone of marine ecosystem-based fisheries management, and their benefits for adjacent fisheries are maximized when reserve design fosters synergies among nearby…
  • Inland Waters – Post CBD 2020 (Aichi) Targets
    Our sustainable future depends upon targeted actions for conservation of inland waters The Global Biodiversity Outlook 4 suggests that the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)’s 2020 (Aichi) Targets to protect ecosystems and their biodiversity will not be achieved. This is especially the case for inland waters – rivers, lakes, springs, and other freshwater ecosystems often classified…