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• Protecting Sharks: the two-edged sword that is CITES
  on Mar 17, 2013
  This past week, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) concluded their 16th triennial Conference of the Parties (CoP16) with much fanfare among shark conservationists as 5 species of sharks and 2 species of rays were give...
• CITES: important meeting for conservation, but what's it all about?
  on Feb 24, 2013
  Within the conservation community, a lot of attention has been placed lately on the upcoming March meeting of CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora).  Specifically, CITES will hold it's sixteenth...
• California Diver interviews Richard Theiss
  on Jan 21, 2013 in RTSea underwater filming cinematography media communications Richard Theiss California Diver
  California Diver's Marine Science Editor, Mike Bear, interviewed me in early January and you can read a PDF of the interview here.  We touched on a variety of subjects, from my humble beginnings, working with wildlife, my work with Diana Nyad, a...
• 2013: Looking ahead and reaching out
  on Jan 1, 2013 in conservation New Year's 2013 ocean conservation commitment communications
  With the start of each new year, many of us re-calibrate our plans, our agendas, our goals.  The resolutions stack up like cordwood and many will get consumed in the fire.  But we look forward, hoping to build on the high points of the past...
• Welcome to RTSea Archive!
  on Dec 2, 2012 in RTSea RTSea Archive cinematography Nature RTSea Media ocean conservation Richard Theiss media communciations
  Media outlets and academics, from grade school to college, are always looking for background research material.  The RTSea Archive provides a resource for searching articles and observations that cover a range of issues having to do with ocean c...
• COARE: successful regional ocean conservation group expanding nationally
  on Dec 1, 2012 in San Francisco expansion Christopher Chin shark conservation COARE ocean conservation non-profits
  Even a casual look at the ocean conservation community and one finds that there are hundreds of non-profit organizations, each addressing an issue or issues of concern and applying their best available resources to bring about solutions.At least that...
• Abrolhos Seascape: Brazil and Conservation International work together to form MPAs
  on Nov 30, 2012 in sustainable fishery management marine protected areas Abrolhos Seascape Brazil Conservation International
  Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) have shown themselves to be both effective ocean management tools and providers of economic renewal for local fisheries.  The forces that resist the establishing of an MPA are typically represented by the local fish...
• Surging Seas: interactive map shows climate change-induced sea levels and surge
  on Nov 29, 2012 in United States Surging Seas rising sea levels Climate Central climate change surge
  There's a very interesting (and disturbing) website anyone living in the United States should check out.  It was first brought to my attention by Deb Castellana, Director of Communications for the Sylvia Earle Alliance-Mission Blue.  The we...
• Chasing Ice: new film dramatically documents shrinking glaciers
  on Nov 27, 2012 in documentary ice formations glaciers James Balog climate change Extreme Ice Survey
  Chasing Ice is a new documentary that chronicles the struggles of photographer James Balog as he set out to complete the Extreme Ice Survey.  The survey was designed to monitor the movement of glaciers existing today under the threat of climate...
• Bison Return To The Wild: finding mankind's balance with nature
  on Nov 25, 2012 in Nature Montana bison harmony buffalo island nations spirituality Native American Indians balance of nature
  There is no greater image that represents the Great Plains of the United States as the wild bison or buffalo.  However, that iconic symbol is an emblem of a long ago past when massive herds of bison roamed free, when nature had not yet felt the...

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