Stories featuring Geanie Cresswell
The nature that upholds all life is protected every day by Indigenous Peoples and local communities around the world. Their leadership is essential to a healthy planet and a just future. As leaders gathered at St James’ Palace to discuss how momentum towards COP30 can channel pledges into action, Synchronicity Earth calls on funders to [...]
Guarani peoples – native to Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia and Uruguay – were one of the first peoples contacted after Portuguese and Spanish colonisers arrived in South America around 500 years ago. They have been fighting to protect their land and way of life since. In this blog, Programme Officer Bruna Miguel and Latin [...]
Rivers cleanse our waters, birth new life, and carry generational stories of interrelatedness and resilience as they journey through our ecosystems. Indigenous Peoples and local communities have been stewards of these stories for generations, safeguarding caregiving practices for their lands and waters. Recognising this, our partner Taskforce Against Kaiduan Dam (TAKAD) weaves together environmental [...]
If we want to create a liveable future for all beings, it’s vital we listen to Indigenous voices, which too often go unheard. That’s why we hosted a Listening Session at The Sidebar alongside the Skoll World Forum, creating a space for influential individuals to pass the microphone to Indigenous representatives, and instead take [...]
As we enter spring, new life starts to emerge, and that brings tadpole season. There is still a lot we don’t know about these curious creatures, even in the herpetology world. On the quest for the most interesting tadpoles, we’ve done some research, asked our Amphibian partners, and spoke to a tadpole expert to [...]
As we start the new year, we look back at six conservation success stories from 2024, made possible thanks to our wonderful partners and supporters. Soaring success for the white-bellied heron The Royal Society for Protection of Nature (RSPN) in Bhutan is dedicated to saving the incredibly rare white-bellied heron. 2023 [...]
Three stories told by Indigenous people standing up for Ecuador’s rivers about their fight to protect the nature they depend on.
A welcome new chapter for the Congo Basin Forest Partnership as local voices join discussions to preserve the region’s critical ecosystems.
In late Spring, a handful of Synchronicity Earth team members visited our partner Project Seagrass in West Wales to see their incredible work preserving lesser-known, though vital, seagrass habitats. These remarkable underwater ecosystems face global threats: since the late 19th century, around a fifth of the world’s seagrass meadows have disappeared. In the UK, [...]
We speak to Nerissa Chao, director of the IUCN SSC Asian Species Action Partnership (ASAP), about their new strategy and why investing in the people who will save species is key to conserving Southeast Asia’s rich biodiversity. 80% of Southeast Asia’s Critically Endangered land and freshwater vertebrate species are found nowhere else on the planet. [...]
