August 2020
Cayo Alcatraz
This project will ban fishing in a large area of mangroves, coral, and seagrass around Cayo Alcatraz, a small island off the Yucatan Peninsula. Many species of local and migratory […]
Nu Skin Force for Good Foundation
June 2020
Alabat Municipality
This project will protect both coral reef and mangrove forest. The reef is the “fringing” type, close to shore, and contains both soft and hard corals. It teems with fish, […]
June 2020
Big Dog Island
The island that Aboriginal people call Big Dog Island (also known as Great Dog Island) is an isolated place northeast of Tasmania’s main island. It’s a “mutton bird island”—that is, […]
February 2020
Bogtong
Villagers on beautiful Busuanga Island are building a boardwalk along their thriving mangrove forest. The walkway will attract tourists and also help preserve the mangrove forests, coral reefs, and seagrass […]
February 2020
Wandoor Village
Wandoor is a scenic village of 1,500 people on South Andaman Island, between Thailand and the Indian mainland. It is surrounded by extensive mangrove forests, littoral forests, rock and sand […]
June 2019
Santo Tomás de Castilla Bay
The Elephant Stone Keys are three small islands in beautiful Santo Tomás de Castilla Bay, on the Caribbean coast of Guatemala. Mangroves fringe the islands, which also have dry tropical […]
June 2019
Oneisomw Island
The coral reefs around Oneisomw, a volcanic island in the westernmost part of Chuuk Lagoon, were once full of large fish (including several kinds of sharks and hundreds of species […]
February 2019
Toloa Rainforest Reserve
Lowland tropical rainforest once covered nearly all of Tonga’s main island, Tongatapu. Now, however, only fragments are left. Many Tongans have never seen some kinds of native trees, which were […]
February 2019
Libong Island
Only about 200 dugongs, the large, slow-moving marine mammals that are cousins of the American manatee, still swim in Thailand’s waters. Their numbers have declined drastically because of habitat loss […]
February 2019
Korolevu Village
The small village of Korolevu has shown a strong and sustained commitment to conservation. They began working to prevent environmental damage decades ago, after logging nearby caused the river to […]