July 2020
Seacology Prize recipient profiled in new book
Author and dive instructor Vera Kruithof’s new book, Be a Wave Maker, profiles 24 exemplary individuals working to protect the world’s oceans and all of the life within them. Among […]
News
July 2020
Cutting bamboo, not trees, protects Indonesian forests
For centuries, the people of Mandalamekar Village, on the Indonesian island of Java, have used the area’s abundant bamboo plants to make everything from baskets to buildings. But selling bamboo […]
July 2020
Protecting penguins and preserving heritage in Peru
The Andes mountains, the Amazon rainforest, a rugged coastline: Peru has it all. About 80% of the planet’s ecosystems can be found in South American’s third-largest country. Its unique geography […]
June 2020
Harvard case study highlights Sri Lanka mangrove project
Harvard University’s Planetary Health Alliance has just released 10 case studies exploring the intersection of human well-being and the climate crisis and other environmental threats. Among them is our recently […]
June 2020
New projects focus on resilience and recovery
Our ten newest projects focus on protecting carbon-sequestering, shoreline-sheltering mangroves and seagrass ecosystems. These new conservation partnerships, which span nine countries, include our first project in Wales and our first […]
June 2020
Mangroves–and coastal women–thrive in Sri Lanka
Seacology’s first nationwide project wraps up after five-year partnership By Karen Peterson Senior Manager for Special Initiatives Mangrove forests–those dense tangles of trees with their distinctive stilt-like roots, rising from […]
June 2020
Signs of hope for the world’s rarest primate
The Hainan black-crested gibbon is the world’s rarest primate. Once abundant throughout China, the population of these graceful tree-dwelling apes collapsed because of habitat loss and poaching. They are now […]
June 2020
Duane Silverstein talks islands, COVID-19, and missing travel with Wild Earth Expeditions
Wild Earth Expeditions, based in Australia, organizes unique tours to fascinating destinations around the world. A longtime travel partner of Seacology, it has helped us put together unforgettable trips to […]
May 2020
Seacology field rep, marooned on a remote island, drums up a new project
Pandemic-related travel and meeting restrictions have made it tough for Seacology’s field representatives—the two dozen people who help us develop projects around the world—to keep working with island communities. But […]
May 2020
Manatees and dugongs: saving serene sirenians
You’ve probably heard of manatees – the gentle marine mammals that live in warm waters from Florida to South America and graze on underwater vegetation. But what about their cousins, […]