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Tag: wildlife conservation

  • Alumni Join Forces to Protect Wildlife at Major Conference in Panama

    Alumni Join Forces to Protect Wildlife at Major Conference in Panama

    Three Environmental Science and Policy alumni worked to protect wild fauna and flora threatened by the international trade at a major wildlife conference in November.

  • Student Spotlight: Bringing 30 Years of Experience From the New York Sustainability World

    Student Spotlight: Bringing 30 Years of Experience From the New York Sustainability World

    Evelyn Reis is a student in the MPA in Environmental Science and Policy program and is returning to school after almost 30 years at the NYC Department of Sanitation.

  • When People Must Make Way for Nature

    When People Must Make Way for Nature

    It is the black before dawn at the gate to the Kanha Tiger Reserve, in the highlands of central India. The still air carries a dank, penetrating chill. But it is hardly quiet. A buzzing line of tourists is forming at the ticket booth, peddlers are pouring steaming cups of tea.  Groups of green-uniformed rangers chat…

  • Photo Essay: When People Must Make Way for Nature

    Photo Essay: When People Must Make Way for Nature

    The forested Kanha Tiger Reserve, in the highlands of central India, is home to an abundance of rare wildlife. It also used to be home to thousands of people—that is, until they were moved out by the government to make way for endangered creatures.

  • Veterinarian Joins MPA-ESP to Work for Wildlife Conservation

    Veterinarian Joins MPA-ESP to Work for Wildlife Conservation

    “Reading of species after species declared extinct, like the west African black rhinoceros, made me realize that if I ever want to take part in wildlife conservation efforts, the time to take action and to take part in conservation efforts is now.”

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  • Alumni Join Forces to Protect Wildlife at Major Conference in Panama

    Alumni Join Forces to Protect Wildlife at Major Conference in Panama

    Three Environmental Science and Policy alumni worked to protect wild fauna and flora threatened by the international trade at a major wildlife conference in November.

  • Student Spotlight: Bringing 30 Years of Experience From the New York Sustainability World

    Student Spotlight: Bringing 30 Years of Experience From the New York Sustainability World

    Evelyn Reis is a student in the MPA in Environmental Science and Policy program and is returning to school after almost 30 years at the NYC Department of Sanitation.

  • When People Must Make Way for Nature

    When People Must Make Way for Nature

    It is the black before dawn at the gate to the Kanha Tiger Reserve, in the highlands of central India. The still air carries a dank, penetrating chill. But it is hardly quiet. A buzzing line of tourists is forming at the ticket booth, peddlers are pouring steaming cups of tea.  Groups of green-uniformed rangers chat…

  • Photo Essay: When People Must Make Way for Nature

    Photo Essay: When People Must Make Way for Nature

    The forested Kanha Tiger Reserve, in the highlands of central India, is home to an abundance of rare wildlife. It also used to be home to thousands of people—that is, until they were moved out by the government to make way for endangered creatures.

  • Veterinarian Joins MPA-ESP to Work for Wildlife Conservation

    Veterinarian Joins MPA-ESP to Work for Wildlife Conservation

    “Reading of species after species declared extinct, like the west African black rhinoceros, made me realize that if I ever want to take part in wildlife conservation efforts, the time to take action and to take part in conservation efforts is now.”