Today at WILD9 / Hoy en WILD9

WILD9 is a success! Over the 8 days of WILD9, we gathered together to THINK, FEEL and ACT.

WILD9 was opened by President Felipe Calderon, and attended by 1800 delegates from 50 countries, with 10,000 on-line participants from 100 countries. WILD9 conveyed an extraordinary atmosphere of hope and enthusiasm, hosted a diverse range of working session and featured a plenary program with world leaders such as Dr. Jane Goodall; Dr. Sylvia Earle; Dr Pavan Sukhdev; Chief Tashka Yawanawa; Grand Chief Samuel Gargan; numerous Ministers; the heads of land management agencies from North America and other regions; Heinz Center Director Dr. Thomas Lovejoy; Nobel laureate Mario Molina; Dr. Amory Lovins; Dr Exequiel Ezcurra; and many others.

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Photographer of the Month — Robert Glenn Ketchum

March 12, 2010

Robert Glenn Ketchum, a founding Fellow of the International League of Conservation Photographers (ILCP), is a distinguished photographer. Robert received his B.A. from UCLA, his M.F.A. from California Institute of the Arts, and an honorary M.S. from Brooks Institute of Photography.

A…

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Thinking About Wilderness

March 12, 2010

The following is a guest post by Michael Tobias, Executive Director of the Dancing Star Foundation.

There was a time when people gave no thought to wilderness; when our connection to the natural world was a guaranteed issue of food, shelter…

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Winners of 2010 Tyler Environmental Prize Announced

March 11, 2010

Re-posted from Tyler Environmental Prize Announcement.

Laurie Marker of the Cheetah Conservation Fund and Stuart Pimm of Duke University recognized for scientific and management contributions to the understanding and restoration of ecosystems.

Two conservationists whose careers have centered on understanding ecosystem functions as…

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International League of Conservation Writers site now live

March 10, 2010

The International League of Conservation Writers is a forum to bring writers together from all over the world who are writing to promote wilderness, nature, conservation, and other means to protect and restore the natural areas, habitats, animals, and plants…

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Yale report shows Youth less concerned about global warming than their elders

March 10, 2010

On March 3rd, the Yale Project on Climate Change released a report entitled, “The Climate Change Generation?: Survey Analysis of the Perceptions and Beliefs of Young Americans.” Below is an excerpt from the Executive Summary. I look forward to hearing…

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