Stories featuring Geanie Cresswell
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. [...]
To properly respond to partners' needs, we must understand the increasingly complex contexts they face. Our Asian Species Programme Officer Aya Sakamoto recently went to Vietnam – a key focus of our conservation work in Southeast Asia – to visit a range of partners across the country. Reflecting on the trip, this photo story [...]
The type of environment news that makes the headlines can be disheartening. But when we take a closer look, there are so many positive and inspiring stories – of welcome progress, community triumphs, and conservation success. Here’s some good news you might have missed from our partners in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). [...]
Given the many challenges of funding, pooling resources so funders can work together is opening a collaborative future for environmental philanthropy.
Women play an immensely important role in the conservation world. From contributing ground-breaking research, to upholding traditional local knowledge, women are often the frontline of preserving nature and nurturing the communities around them. Still, for many women in conservation, these roles often come with extra hurdles and challenges. That’s why it is essential we elevate [...]
The bad news came through at their weekly team meeting: a new decree (N°2019/4562 of 11 November 2019) had been issued, allocating 60,000 ha of Campo Ma'an forest in southwest Cameroon to CAMVERT, an agro-industrial giant producing and marketing palm oil. The Green Development Advocates (GDA) team sprang into action. This is the story of [...]
In 2021, at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, a group of environmental conservation donors made a historic $1.7 billion pledge to support Indigenous Peoples' and local communities' forest guardianship. But getting conservation funding to lndigenous or local community-led groups can be a challenge, particularly for larger funders. Commissioned by the Ford Foundation on behalf [...]
When it comes to preserving nature, it can feel like there is an overwhelming amount of work to do, but the new year brings a moment to reflect on what we’ve achieved so far. Each success makes a difference to species, habitats, and local people, and we’d like to share some of the progress [...]
“Money earmarked for Indigenous people that sits in a bank because of worries about Indigenous ‘capacity’ is water sitting in a locked fire hydrant while a city burns down because you’re worried the firefighters can’t handle the job.” This is how Tapestry Institute’s Standing Our Ground for the Land: An Indigenous Philanthropy describes a key [...]
