blue moon fund works to build human and natural resilience to a changing and warming world. We use natural, social, and financial capital to implement new models in high-biodiversity regions around the world.
Released today, Morgantown, W.Va.’s Downstream Strategies reports on the present and future decline of coal production in Central Appalachia. The report is quickly making rounds in various outlets, including the Washington Post and Ken Ward’s Coal Tattoo.
The North America program staff have been traveling nonstop these past months, attending conferences and forums, planning strategy sessions, and developing future site visits!
The North America program celebrates a success today, as Dogwood Alliance announces its partnership with International Paper (IP) in protecting Southern forests, one of the world’s largest paper producing regions.
Vigorous and unparalleled in its approach, Amazon Gold takes viewers on a powerful but unsettling journey into Peru’s illegal mining industry. The documentary follows two journalists as they travel along the Madre de Dios, revealing the consequences of the global high demand for gold.
Blue moon fund fellow Bruce Babbitt, who primarily focuses on Tropical Americas, shares his remarks on conservation and energy development in North America. The speech, given at the National Press Club February 5, highlights the idea of a 1:1 ratio and measures needed to achieve the plan.
Here’s a roundup of what we followed this week: