Even in California, it is estimated that over $250 million a year in illegal lobster, abalone and rock fish is occurring in our ‘No Take’ MPAs.
Global Conservation is deploying Marine Monitor (M2) like this one in Palau, Cuba, Belize, Mexico, Philippines and Indonesia and other MPA to protect endangered marine ecosystems from further decimation. With Marine Monitor, developed by Anthropocene Institute, all boats moving in the MPA can be seen 24/7 day and night enabling MPA wardens to effectively target anti-poaching operations.
Global Conservation is helping California embark on a new effort to shield ocean waters from overfishing by wildlife poachers and anglers who illegally catch bass, yellowtail, lobsters and other types of marine life within California MPAs.
Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are critically important in response to growing threats of widespread extinction of various fish and other marine species. A recent study published in Science magazine found that most threatened are larger marine species, such as tuna, sharks and sea turtles.
California’s network of 120+ MPAs cover about 16% of coastal waters, or roughly 5,200 square miles with restrictions from ‘No Take’ prohibiting any removal of marine life to ‘Recreational Take’ allowing only designated fish species, such as salmon, sardines, mackerel and tunas. The idea is to create protected spawning grounds that help marine life rebound and eventually repopulate the fishable areas.
TrailGuard AI: Interview with Eric Dinerstein
Global Conservation is supporting TrailGuard AI, a revolutionary next-generation trail camera alert system that will help protect against human-wildlife conflict and illegal activities like poaching and logging. We caught up with Dr. Eric Dinerstein, who is developing this technology with RESOLVE and CVEDIA, to chat about TrailGuard.
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Cardamom National Park Progress Report 2020
To protect Central Cardamom Mountains National Park, Global Conservation has been working with Wildlife Alliance and Conservation International. We’ve been deploying new technologies, including command and control, cellular trailcams, aerial surveillance and targeted ranger patrols for increasing the effectiveness of forest and wildlife protection. Our partners made incredible progress in 2020.
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Earth Day 2021: Launching People vs. Extinction
We're excited to be part of an innovative new initiative, aimed at stopping extinction in its tracks. This campaign, called “People vs. Extinction”, is designed to drive mass impact and sustained change, in order to fight the loss of biological diversity. PVE is looking for partners and sponsors to invest in the future of our planet.
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Carpathian National Park 2019-2020 Progress Report
Global Conservation has provided significant funding to help strengthen law enforcement in Carpathian National Nature Park. In the first six months of this program, we have achieved substantial progress in ranger training, improvement of monitoring, patrols, and law enforcement, and mapping of the Greater Carpathians.
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