National Geographic Pristine Seas thanks the MacArthur Foundation for the honor and opportunity to participate in the 100&Change competition. Washington, DC (April 7, 2021)—Today, the MacArthur Foundation announced the winner of the 100&Change competition, National Geographic Pristine Seas is ...
The National Geographic Pristine Seas team will embark on an expedition to Uruguay to support the creation of new marine protected areas and employ exploration technology including deep sea cameras and pelagic cameras.
A ground-breaking scientific study from 26 international experts offering the most comprehensive assessment to date of where to ramp up strict ocean protection to increase seafood security, curb biodiversity loss, and provide a cost effective solution to climate change, as well ...
The international, female-led interdisciplinary expedition team traveled the transboundary Ganges before and after the monsoon season and used rapid assessment methods for research.
The Campaign for has issued the following statement in response to the U.S.’s official reinstatement into the Paris Climate Agreement, which takes effect today.
Destined to be as critically important as the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change, The Economics of Biodiversity: The Dasgupta Review, commissioned by the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, marks a major inflection point in global political economic ...
The National Geographic Society is saddened to learn of the sudden death of Urken Lendu Sherpa. Urken has been part of the National Geographic community for 2 years as a member of our National Geographic and Rolex Perpetual Planet Everest Expedition.
On the 5th anniversary of the Paris Climate Agreement, Nature Based Solutions are emerging as essential climate mitigation and adaptation strategies.
Today, the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy, composed of 14 serving world leaders, put forward a new ocean action agenda for building a sustainable ocean economy where protection, production and prosperity go hand in hand.
New findings from the most comprehensive scientific expedition to Mt. Everest in history have been released in the interdisciplinary scientific journal One Earth, filling a critical knowledge gap on the health and status of high-mountain environments.
Today, the most remote inhabited island on Earth becomes one of the world’s biggest sanctuaries for life above and below the waves thanks to an international partnership that is supporting the local community and protecting nature.
This week, leaders of 450 public development banks representing 10% of total global investment will gather to discuss the role public finance can play in driving sustainable development that benefits people and the planet.
A timely new report by The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) asserts that preventing future pandemics before they emerge requires targeted action to address the underlying causes of pandemics--which are the same global environmental changes that ...
The Campaign for Nature’s goal of protecting at least 30% of our land and oceans by 2030 can only be achieved with full respect of Indigenous Peoples’ rights and with the leadership of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities around the world.
Today, the Environment Council of the European Union committed to protecting at least one-third of its land and seas by 2030.