by BAND | Jan 20, 2020 | Grants in Focus, Nature Conservation
When most people think of American grasslands, they imagine the vast open prairies of the Great Plains. Few recognize that some of the most varied and important grassland habitat actually occurred in the Southeast. Contrary to popular lore, the Southeast was not an...
by BAND | Jan 10, 2020 | Grants in Focus, Nature Conservation
The Maasai Mara ecosystem is one of the world’s most important conservation landscapes. It is also home to the Maasai people whose pastoralist traditions have allowed wildlife to coexist with humans and livestock for centuries. Today, this ecosystem is severely...
by BAND | Jan 10, 2020 | Grants in Focus, Nature Conservation
Grazing is the lifeblood of Maasai culture in northern Tanzania, and its currency is grass. Population pressure, agricultural expansion, infrastructure development and land subdivision are placing enormous pressure on savanna grassland resources in this landscape. ...
by BAND | Jan 10, 2020 | Grants in Focus, Nature Conservation
Media coverage of the biodiversity crisis too frequently lends itself to apocalyptic headlines and a sense of hopelessness. In turn, this can cause people to tune out and feel as though nothing can be done to stem nature’s decline. It also shortchanges the countless...
by BAND | Jan 9, 2020 | Grants in Focus, Nature Conservation
The climate crisis is magnifying the ecological stresses affecting the world’s natural landscapes and biodiversity, forcing the development of new conservation models that promote resilience and allow for adaption. Acadia National Park, one of the crown jewels of...
by BAND | Jan 9, 2020 | Grants in Focus, Nature Conservation
Several years ago, a mysterious disease started to appear in sea stars all along the Pacific coast of North America, rapidly and simultaneously decimating well-known species such as the sunflower and ochre stars. Sea stars are keystone predators vital to the health...
