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Women’s History Month: Meet the Women Making History at National Geographic
In honor of Women’s History Month, we are proud to spotlight a handful of inspiring women in the National Geographic family.
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“Sea to Source: Ganges” Expedition Team Releases Key Findings
The international, female-led interdisciplinary expedition team traveled the transboundary Ganges before and after the monsoon season and used rapid assessment methods for research.
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The U.S. Officially Re-enters the Paris Climate Agreement
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.
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Celebrating Black History Month with National Geographic Explorers Christine Wilkinson and Kendall Calhoun
Explorers Christine and Kendall “sit down” virtually with the Society to share why they helped co-found Black Mammalogists Week, discuss their interest in conservation, and what Black History Month means to them.
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Uncommon dart moth joins National Geographic Photo Ark as the 11,000th species
Joel Sartore, founder of the National Geographic Photo Ark, makes history by taking what is likely the first photo of the long-toothed dart moth (Dichagyris longidens) alive. Photographed during COVID-19 pandemic, Sartore took a creative approach to continue capturing our ...
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Landmark UK Government Review Issues Stark Warning and Calls for Urgent Transition to Nature Based Economy
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 ...
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The National Geographic Society Remembers Urken Lendu Sherpa
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.
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Back From The Field: The 2019-2020 Fulbright-National Geographic Storytelling Fellows Share Their Transformative Stories
In partnership with the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, the National Geographic Society encouraged the Fellows to use storytelling tools including blogs, photography, video, and social media to provide a window into the ...
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Nature Based Solutions Essential For Climate Mitigation
On the 5th anniversary of the Paris Climate Agreement, Nature Based Solutions are emerging as essential climate mitigation and adaptation strategies.
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Key Fishing Nations Endorse the Protection of 30% of the Ocean
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.
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Climate Change and Human Impacts Are Altering Mt. Everest Faster and More Significantly Than Previously Known
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.
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UK Overseas Territory Becomes One of the World’s Biggest Sanctuaries for Wildlife
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.
Science & Exploration
Without Public Finance, We Can’t Protect 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.
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While Global Biodiversity Negotiations are Delayed, New Pandemic Report Underscores Need for Major Progress in Nature Conservation
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 ...
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Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities are Essential Partners in Protecting at Least 30% of the Earth by 2030
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.