by John Horten | Sep 29, 2023
The spoon-billed sandpiper (Calidris pygmaea) is a critically endangered long-distance migrant shorebird. Vietnam used to be a feeding and resting site during migration months. However, the species’ population has dramatically declined due to climate change,...
by John Horten | Sep 29, 2023
The Ujamaa Community Resource Team is undertaking a project aimed at bolstering the security of land and resources for the Maasai community in northern Tanzania. This initiative seeks to empower the Maasai people to preserve their traditional way of life, which is...
by John Horten | Sep 29, 2023
The Foundation for Sustainability of Ecosystems, Wildlife, and Climate is on a critical mission to ensure the survival of the critically endangered Niger Delta red colobus monkey in Nigeria’s Niger River Delta. With the last known population confined to a mere...
by John Horten | Sep 29, 2023
Among the biocultural richness of Oaxaca, Mexico, is the way that Zapotec families combine and use different species of mezcal-making Agave, of which there are about fifty species. The traditional cultivation of multiple species of Agave and the way that it is...
by John Horten | Sep 29, 2023
The Antillean manatee, an endangered and keystone species, heavily relies on the lagoons of the Mexican Caribbean. Nursing females and calves spend over half a year in the gentle waters along the Mexican Caribbean coastline, protected by mangroves and covered with...
