Michelle Carrere

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The new Grau Tropical Sea National Reserve covers just over 115,675 hectares (285,840 acres) of sea off the departments of Piura and Tumbes.

Peru approves the creation of long-awaited marine protected area

Michelle Carrere 31 May 2024

A highway project in Chile threatens one of the world’s longest-living tree species

Michelle Carrere 15 Feb 2024

Peru’s ports allow entry of Chinese ships tied to illegal fishing & forced labor

Michelle Carrere 22 Dec 2023

In Chile’s far south, scientists record an island’s quickly shifting ecology

Michelle Carrere 30 Nov 2023
A washed-up egg case of a ray.

Tangled in marine debris, skate egg cases dry up and die on Peruvian beaches

Michelle Carrere 30 Jun 2023

Maps of sharks’ journeys show marine protected areas alone won’t save them

Michelle Carrere 5 Apr 2023

Chile communities defy the desert by capturing increasingly scarce water

Michelle Carrere 4 Apr 2023

New MPA Tic-Toc Golfo Corcovado a safe haven for blue whales in Chile

Michelle Carrere 21 Mar 2023

Fishing communities create marine refuges to protect Chile’s biodiversity

Michelle Carrere 16 Feb 2023
Forests of Bolivia.

Reciprocal Water Agreements protect millions of hectares of Bolivian forest

Michelle Carrere 19 Jan 2023

In Chile, drought and human expansion threaten a unique national park

Michelle Carrere 17 Nov 2022
A member of an indigenous community in Putumayo watches over his community’s territory. Photo courtesy of Michelle Carrere.

As gangs battle over Peru’s drug trafficking routes, communities and forest are at risk

Michelle Carrere 8 Nov 2022
Panama restricts information on sanctioned boats, evading transparency

Panama restricts information on sanctioned boats, evading transparency

Mary Triny Zea, Michelle Carrere 14 Oct 2022
Panama: A ‘flag of convenience’ for illegal fishing and lack of control at sea

Panama: A ‘flag of convenience’ for illegal fishing and lack of control at sea

Mary Triny Zea, Michelle Carrere 13 Oct 2022
A dead vaquita floats in the ocean. Image by Robbie Newby for Sea Shepherd.

Experts fear end of vaquitas after green light for export of captive-bred totoaba fish

Michelle Carrere 28 Jun 2022

‘They died from the spill: The animals that couldn’t escape Peru’s oil slick

Michelle Carrere 6 May 2022

Fighting a Chile mining project with science: Q&A with biologist Maritza Sepúlveda

Michelle Carrere 10 Jan 2022

In Latin America, the law is ‘a tool to silence’ environmental defenders

Michelle Carrere, Vanessa Romo 14 Dec 2021

Galápagos census looks at impacts on turtles during and after COVID lockdown

Michelle Carrere 29 Nov 2021

Green light for mining project raises red flags for Chile penguin reserve

Michelle Carrere 8 Nov 2021

Sinking hope of justice as exporter of 26-ton shark fin cargo gets token fine

Michelle Carrere 4 Nov 2021

In Chile, a prickly coalition tries to bring a salt flat back to life

Michelle Carrere 17 Aug 2021

Chile’s marine protected areas aren’t safe from its salmon farms

Michelle Carrere, Vanessa Romo 19 May 2021

Researchers rush to understand kelp forests as harvesting increases

Michelle Carrere 22 Apr 2021

Patagonia’s blue whales besieged by hundreds of boats, study finds

Michelle Carrere 26 Mar 2021

Illegal fishing: The great threat to Latin America’s marine sanctuaries

Michelle Carrere 5 Mar 2021

To fight climate change, save the whales, some scientists say

Michelle Carrere 1 Mar 2021

Seeking a sanctuary for Peru’s sea life: Q&A with Yuri Hooker

Michelle Carrere 12 Jan 2021

Past illegal activity dogs Chinese fleet that fished squid near Galapagos

Michelle Carrere 23 Sep 2020

Chilean authorities eye controversial Cruz Grande port project

Michelle Carrere 25 Mar 2020

Chile’s biosphere reserves get supersized, but protection isn’t a given

Michelle Carrere 16 Mar 2020

In Chile, scientists seek the cause of blue whales’ mystery skin lesions

Michelle Carrere 2 Mar 2020

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