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World Turtle Day
Sea turtles are among the few species to have lived throughout the evolution and extinction of dinosaurs and have been swimming in our oceans for more than 100 million years. Today these ancient...
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Sea change – new hope for our neglected oceans
The conservation of our seas and oceans generally lags far behind conservation on land, with progress towards marine protected area targets, for example, being lamentably slow. While the destruction of...
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So far so good – Short-term profit, long-term price
Earlier this month the value of shares in the mining conglomerate BHP Billiton fell by 4%. The fall came hot on the heels of the conclusion of a Brazilian police investigation into the catastrophic...
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Alien onslaught
Alien species are a villainous category of creatures that have been blamed for extinctions across the globe. For the sake of clarity, let it be known that the term alien species does not refer to...
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Longing for a lost forest
Today I woke up with a strong sense of what can only be described as ‘saudade’: “a longing for all that I have not seen”. I miss the great forest that I never had the chance to truly know. I long for...
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Can Christmas save a Critically Endangered conifer?
With their verdant steep slopes emerging dramatically from the clear blue Caribbean Sea, the Pitons are likely one of the first images to come to mind when hearing the name Saint Lucia. Held in high...
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Why conserve a “killer”?
“In the end we will conserve only what we love, we will love only what we understand, and we will understand only what we are taught.” – Baba Dioum Snakes lack the charismatic appeal of the iconic...
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Slither me timbers: snakes and scorpions of the Caribbean
In a beautifully filmed but chilling sequence from BBC’s Planet Earth, we were shown a slithering carpet of serpents ambushing iguanas in the Galapagos Islands. As thrilling as this sequence was, the...
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Protecting marine biodiversity and local livelihoods in Nicaragua
Why was the Oceans 5 project created? Alejandro: The Nicaraguan Pacific coast is made up of a diverse mix of mangrove, estuary, beach and marine ecosystems. The coastal waters are rich in marine life...
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Connecting the Dots: Honduras Integrated Seascape Management Project
There is a point on every small boat trip where the outboard motor won’t start. Our lancha (boat) captain Nelson – a local fisher from the community of Nueva Armenia – had just made an insider joke...
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