Conservation International
Articles about the work of Conservation International
- An armoured catfish, a cowboy frog, and a host of colourful insects discovered in southwest Suriname
- Tiny, new, pea-sized frog is old world's smallest
Conservation International (CI) applies innovations in science, economics, policy and community participation to protect the Earth's richest regions of plant and animal diversity in the biodiversity hotspots, high-biodiversity wilderness areas and key marine ecosystems. With headquarters in Washington, D.C., CI works in more than 40 countries on four continents. For more information about CI, click here
Conservation International have run expeditions to the Foja mountains in Papua (2005) that discovered a wealth of new species, the reefs off the coast of Indonesian Papua that discovered over 50 new species of fish and shrimp as well as a wealth of coral, and the Amapa Forest of Brazil where they discovered 23 new species.
More articles about the work of Conservation International
- Mimic octopus - the cephalopod that can look like a fish
- New species of monkey discovered in Amazon – Just 250 left
- Millions of sea turtles are killed as ‘collateral damage' in the race for fish
- New population of world's rarest lemur discovered in Madagascar
Scientists discover a host of new species in remote mountains of Ecuador
