Publications

Bhutan‚'s National Red Panda Survey Report 2023 summarizes its first population survey for this endangered species , providing valuable insights into genetic diversity, population stability, and potential challenges facing the red panda population in the region.

Using non-invasive fecal sampling across all potential red panda habitats in the country, the survey identified a surprisingly high number of red pandas - 302 unique individuals within a limited area covering just 6% of the country's total area. Despite surveying only a small fraction of Bhutan's potential red panda habitat, the results offer a glimpse into a potentially thriving population and a potentially much larger red panda population distributed across Bhutan.

In 2022‚ – the year this report examines‚ – approximately 1.9 million acres of grasslands were converted to croplands across the US and Canadian portions of the Great Plains region. This figure, while significant, represents a slight improvement from the previous 10-year average of 2.6 million acres per year. In the Northern Great Plains region, which represents one of the world‚'s four largest intact temperate grasslands, 480,000 acres‚ – an area 2x the size of New York City‚ – were converted in 2022. This is lower than the 10-year average of about 630,000 acres per year, but, as with conversion across the Great Plains, this is not an acceptable level of loss.

Engaging companies to contribute to nature positive in the energy transition

Tourism sector transformation to enable sustainable, inclusive, climate-resilient blue economies

Credible actions to avoid, reduce, and mitigate shipping impacts on ocean health

On September 13, six organizations issued a letter to President Biden appealing for executive leadership on global plastic pollution.