CONSERVATION

A magazine for people who are serious about conservation.

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"This well written magazine takes you into the field with conservation biologists to give you a close-up look at what their vital work is all about. The vivid stories and commentary show that conservation biology is not just an academic discipline but an exciting path of research crucial to the future of our planet."

- Charles Alexander, Former Editor, Time magazine

Conservation was founded in 2001 by a consortium of public and private environmental organizations ranging from The Nature Conservancy and World Wildlife Fund to the National Park Service and the Pew Institute for Ocean Science. As a group, we set out to create a magazine of frank conversations and bold ideas that transcended the agenda of any one organization. Our editorial mission is to raise the bar on conservation thinking and writing—to bring to conservation a sophisticated flair akin to the Harvard Business Review or Foreign Policy.

We seek out leading journalists and pair them with outstanding researchers and thinkers to analyze the trends, the people, and the research pushing the boundaries of our field. From the debate over marine bycatch to the challenges of conservation during war, we strive to combine innovative and counterintuitive thinking with on-the-ground examples of ideas in action.

We then package these ideas with offbeat illustrations by world-class artists such as Guy Billout, James Marsh, and Ray Troll. In a field where publications typically feature picturesque landscapes and wildlife photography, our artwork catches readers off guard. Our intent is to be provocative with a dose of humor and irreverence.

Our readers are serious and passionate about environmental conservation. They shape environmental policy in government, they work for NGO's, and they teach and do research at universities. They’re smart, they want more than advocacy that preaches to the converted, and they aren’t afraid to have their thinking challenged.

Here are some of the features we published in 2005:

Are We Consuming Too Much? By Jon Christensen
The answer seems obvious. But it’s not. Paul Ehrlich, Kenneth Arrow and nine other brilliant minds argue that we’re worrying too much about how much we consume and too little about how to invest.

Why Aren’t Fish Populations Recovering? By Natasha Loder
Evidence is mounting that fish populations won’t necessarily recover even if fishing stops. Fishing may be such a powerful evolutionary force that we are running up a Darwinian debt for future generations.

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