By Carlos F. Gaymer and Alan M. Friedlander Chile has created several large-scale marine protected areas (LSMPAs) around their offshore archipelagos. These islands have cultural and ecological connections to the broader insular Pacific and by protecting these unique ecosystems, Chile ...
In honor of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, we talked to a few of our National Geographic Explorers who identify as part of this community about how they celebrate and honor their background.
The Tribeca Film Festival announced it will include podcasts for the first time in its film festival lineup. Among the twelve curated selections nominated for awards is a podcast featuring the work of National Geographic’s Okavango Wilderness Project (NGOWP) ...
New report highlights measures needed to safeguard the Kawésqar National Park and Reserve A new report recommends that the Government of Chile not approve any new applications for salmon farming within the newly created Kawésqar national reserve in ...
El nuevo informe destaca las medidas necesarias para salvaguardar la Parque Nacional y Reserva Kawésqar Un nuevo informe elaborado conjuntamente por las comunidades Kawésqar por la Defensa del Mar y National Geographic y su iniciativa Pristine Seas publicado ...
Data from the weather station will aid Chilean communities in weather modelling and water resource management.
National Geographic Pristine Seas thanks the MacArthur Foundation for the honor and opportunity to participate in the 100&Change competition.
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.