The High Seas Treaty has been ratified. Now what? Ashleigh McGovern, Senior Vice President of Conservation International’s Center for Oceans, weighs in on what needs happen next to turn this agreement into action.

An epic ariel survey off western Sumatra has revealed something extraordinary… killer whales and pygmy killer whales documented there for the very first time! But the truth is more urgent, because 93% of whale and dolphin hotspots in the region fall outside of Indonesia’s current and proposed marine protected areas. Covering more than 15,000 kilometers over 23 days, Konservasi Indonesia scientists on an OceanX mission mapped critical marine mammal habitats and found major overlap with shipping a

When drought and climate change left kids hungry and school attendance dwindling in Kenya’s Chyulu Hills, community leaders took action. With funds generated from protecting one of the planet’s most vital forests, they started a school food program that has fed nearly 35,000 children in 90 schools in just over a year. Conservation International and Massai Wilderness Conservation Trust support these efforts that help Indigenous Peoples and local communities benefit financially from protecting for