Preserve the Earth 2013: Conservation of the Great Cats
The world’s great cats face threats from habitat loss, dwindling prey, and conflicts with humans, including poaching and trafficking.
Subject: Environment
Preserve the Earth 2014: Conservation of Migratory Birds
For centuries, humans have marveled at the ability of birds to fly thousands of kilometers across oceans, mountains and national borders. Twice a year, an estimated 50 billion birds undertake extensive journeys to breed and feed.
Subject: Environment
Preserve the Earth 2015: Conservation of Marine Life
Marine protected areas (MPAs) are safe havens for fish, whales, dolphins, corals, sea turtles and thousands of other precious plants and animals in the sea. They are also living laboratories for scientific research. U.S. partnerships with other countries and regional organizations are helping to conserve and protect the ocean’s irreplaceable resources by establishing effectively managed marine protected areas in more regions around the world.
Subject: Environment
Preserve the Earth 2016: Stop Illegal Wildlife Trafficking
Many species are in dramatic decline due to poaching and illegal trade in live animals and their body parts. For example, elephants are poached for ivory—one is killed every 15 minutes— tigers for their skins and bones, rhinos for their horns and sharks for their fins.
Subject: Environment
Preserve the Earth 2017: Biodiversity of the Polar Regions
Diverse species of wildlife inhabit the Earth’s two polar regions which are our coldest and driest areas. Emperor penguins huddle together on the ice, incubating eggs in winters that bring temperatures as low as negative 48 degrees Celsius. Similarly, the tiny Arctic tern is the only terrestrial resident of both polar regions, flying 80,000 kilometers every year round-trip to catch the Antarctic summer before returning to its Arctic breeding grounds.
Preserve the Earth 2018: Protect Marine Species from Ocean Debris—Poster
For Earth Day on April 22, the 2018 Preserve the Earth poster illustrated by artist Cathie Bleck depicts marine species—dolphins, whales, birds, seals, crabs, tiny plankton along with many others—at risk from ocean debris.