Indigenous knowledge and conservation. Kilii Yuyan shares his global experience with indigenous peoples fighting for their land and biodiversity.

My Life for the Land

http://voicesforbiodiversity.org/articles/my-life-for-the-land

In April 2017, Saira Ka’apor was found stabbed to death in a logging town in the B…

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Curious about bird watching in Colombia? Check out Erika Zambello’s brief about the subject.

Birdwatching: A Growing Industry in Post-Conflict Colombia

http://voicesforbiodiversity.org/articles/birdwatching-a-growing-industry-in-post-conflict-c

In November 2016, Colombia’s congress approved a historic peace d…

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Did you participate in the 2017 International Coastal Cleanup? Sounds like some strange things were found on our beaches.

2017 International Coastal Cleanup

http://voicesforbiodiversity.org/articles/2017-international-coastal-cleanup

On Saturday, September 16, hundreds of thousands of volunteers from across the…

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Voices for Biodiversity would like to welcome Julia Osterman to our advisory board. Julia is a graduate student at Stanford so keep an eye out for her! She will certainly be an asset to Voices for Biodiversity as well as Stanford University.

Julia…

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Check out this new book review on Voicesforbiodiversity.org

Book Review: Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?

http://voicesforbiodiversity.org/articles/book-review-are-we-smart-enough-to-know-how-smart

Many readers would be intrigued but perhaps not surprised to learn that chimpanzees in Gabon hunt…

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Voices for Biodiversity’s Managing Editor, Erika Zambello explored Elkhorn Slough in California and captured some fun photographs of the location and its otters. Enjoy!

Studying Sea Otters at Elkhorn Slough

http://voicesforbiodiversity.org/articles/studying-sea-otters-at-elkhorn-slough

I stood atop Yampah Hill…

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One of many ways to teach children to value biodiversity

Biodiversity Questions in School Gardens

http://voicesforbiodiversity.org/articles/biodiversity-questions-in-schools-gardens

Find a bug (and draw it). Find plants that are ingredients in pizza sauce; in toothpaste; in salsa. Find two living and two nonliving…

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One of many ways to teach children to value biodiversity

Biodiversity Questions in School Gardens

http://voicesforbiodiversity.org/articles/biodiversity-questions-in-schools-gardens

Find a bug (and draw it). Find plants that are ingredients in pizza sauce; in toothpaste; in salsa. Find two living and two nonliving…

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One of many ways to teach children to value biodiversity

Biodiversity Questions in School Gardens

http://voicesforbiodiversity.org/articles/biodiversity-questions-in-schools-gardens

Find a bug (and draw it). Find plants that are ingredients in pizza sauce; in toothpaste; in salsa. Find two living and two nonliving…

[Read more]

One of many ways to teach children to value biodiversity

Biodiversity Questions in School Gardens

http://voicesforbiodiversity.org/articles/biodiversity-questions-in-schools-gardens

Find a bug (and draw it). Find plants that are ingredients in pizza sauce; in toothpaste; in salsa. Find two living and two nonliving…

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Our interesting new article about the intersection of war, food security and biodiversity.

Growing the Bosnian Kitchen: Sustainable Food Systems

http://voicesforbiodiversity.org/articles/growing-the-bosnian-kitchen-sustainable-food-syste

Dawn in rural Bosnia breaks slowly, as the sunlight peeks through hilltops…

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This is such a fun read about a fish lover’s experience searching for fish in Cameroon.

Searching for Fish in Cameroon

http://voicesforbiodiversity.org/articles/searching-for-fish-in-cameroon

Crowds of people funneled past me as I unloaded my sampling equipment from the back of a taxi in Cameroon’s Kumba M…

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Searching for spotted owls in Washington State.

Waiting for Owls

http://voicesforbiodiversity.org/articles/waiting-for-owls

In the woods, the air is still and quiet. The ground is warm from the sunshine that beats down on the hillside all day, but mostly, it’s dark. The lightest breeze brings the smell of p…

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Global Big Day 2017: Counting the World’s Birds

http://voicesforbiodiversity.org/articles/global-big-day-2017-counting-the-world%E2%80%99s-birds

Birders had their binoculars and checklists ready on May 13 for the annual Global Big Day, and I was one of them. Armed with my eBird phone app, which allows me to r…

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Community Mapping in Gabon

http://voicesforbiodiversity.org/articles/community-mapping-in-gabon

I came to Gabon to study how communities use and value their forest resources, what they see is threatening their resources and why all of that might differ across the landscape. All of the information that I’ve h…

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Studying the Indirect Effects of Wildlife Loss at the Mpala Research Centre in Kenya

http://voicesforbiodiversity.org/articles/studying-the-indirect-effects-of-wildlife-loss-at

First thing on Monday morning, I get into the driver’s side of the Land Cruiser, grasping the “holy sh*t” handle to hoist myself up into…

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Snowy Plovers and Citizen Science along the Florida Panhandle

http://voicesforbiodiversity.org/galleries/photos/snowy-plovers-and-citizen-science-along-the-florid

For those who bird on the Emerald Coast, Snowy Plovers are a relatively common sight on Okaloosa Island – once you walk away from the more crowded b…

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