Conservationists have long recognized the significance of engaging locals in safeguarding the ecosystems they live off, but assessing those relationships can be hard because of time and resource constraints. Now, an international research team has parsed how such involvement more so, they say, than penalties for violations shapes the success of a swath […]
In the remote area of Triton Bay in West Papua, a very special relationship has developed between the world's largest fish and generations of Bugis sea nomads.
Nature saw ups and downs in 2021, and Conservation News was there for it all. This month, we are revisiting some of the most significant stories of the past year.