Philippines: Take A Tour!
As an increasingly dire prognosis about the health of the planet emerges, it's worth remembering that environmental pioneers around the world are working at the highest levels to create a greener, more sustainable future.
These are the stories of a team of fellows selected by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy to present their work at the 2014 World Parks Congress in Australia, part of a series called "Conservation Innovation: Voices of a New Generation" published in collaboration with The GroundTruth Project on GlobalPost.
The Colorado River Delta, where a mighty flow of fresh water once met Mexico's Sea of Cortez, has virtually evaporated in the late 20th century amid overuse of the river by 40 million farmers, adventurists, energy producers and residents who depend on it.
The State of the Rockies Project at Colorado College worked with graduates Will Stauffer-Norris and Zak Podmore to chronicle the journey from the river's headwaters to its dried-out delta. Enduring October snowstorms and grappling with the river's world-class whitewater, Stauffer-Norris and Podmore created "Remains of a River," showing the interconnected nature of this complex river system and how actions taken upstream have serious implications downstream.
Canadian researchers are pushing for military lands to become officially protected nature conservation areas.
Swiss bank is making it easier to invest in environmentally friendly projects through "green bonds."
Only around $50 billion is spent each year on the protection of nature around the globe, largely from government budgets and philanthropy. But the green bond market is rapidly growing, helping to meet the estimated total annual need of $300 billion to $400 billion.
First issued by the World Bank in 2007, the market grew to $11 billion in 2013. Some $32 billion of green bonds were issued from January through October 2014, and were expected to surpass $40 billion for the year.