Conservation


Two team members looking across Komarnica Canyon

How RGS grants are supporting a new generation of women explorers

Five women supported by RGS grants reveal the experiences, ambitions and personal connections that have shaped their journeys into exploration
Attendees gather at the RGS Explore Weekend in 2024

RGS Explore celebrates 50 years of expeditions

For five decades, the RGS Explore Weekend has helped turn ambitious ideas into viable expeditions. Diana Maclean traces the event's evolution and asks what exploration is for today
Niall and Finn McCann in sleeping bags near the Akshayuk Pass in the Canadian Arctic

Travel tips with Niall McCann

From rowing the Atlantic to protecting tapirs in Honduras, Dr Niall McCann tells Imogen Edmonds how adventure and conservation have shaped his life
A family of red squirrels in Smardale

Capturing the northern Pennines on camera

In our latest Gallery, discover incredible photography of landscapes and wildlife from the northern Pennines by John Birch
Illustrated map of Rothbury

Wildlife Trust raises £30million to purchase Rothbury Estate

ByVictoria HeathOct 30, 2026
The 9,500-acre estate has been acquired after a two-year fundraising appeal led by figures such as Sir David Attenborough
European flags in front of the Berlaymont building, headquarters of the European Commission in Brussels

EU invests more than €390million for 135 new climate and environment projects

ByVictoria HeathOct 21, 2026
Projects will cover areas including restoration of natural habitats, accelerating the clean energy transition and strengthening climate resilience
Endless horizon over the shimmering sea

Global ‘2030’ ocean protection target is 265 years off pace

ByVictoria HeathOct 19, 2026
New report by Greenpeace reveals it could take more than 260 years to fully protect 30 per cent of the world's oceans at current rate of progress
Illegal mining activities disrupted in Guatemala

233 people arrested in environmental crime crackdown across Latin America and Caribbean

ByVictoria HeathOct 10, 2026
Nine countries were involved in the latest operation, in which 312 individuals were also suspected of involvement in environmental crimes
Small scale fisheries in Ghana

Can the world really protect 30 per cent of its oceans by 2030?

Ten per cent of the ocean is now protected, but new research suggests effective conservation covers a much smaller area
A shaded coral photographed by Karen Neely.

How ‘underwater umbrellas’ could transform the future of coral reefs

ByVictoria HeathOct 7, 2026
Placing temporary shade on vulnerable Caribbean corals could partly reverse bleaching caused by marine heatwaves
Chinook salmon in water

Why Alaska’s Chinook salmon collapse threatens Yukon River communities

Chinook salmon have sustained communities along Alaska’s Yukon River for millennia. Tom Parfitt reports on a collapse that’s threatening both livelihoods and culture
Robert Macfarlane

Robert Macfarlane on nature writing, rivers and room for hope

From mountains and ancient paths to threatened rivers and disappearing species, Robert Macfarlane tells Jonathan Lorie why our relationship with the natural world still leaves us with room for hope
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