EXPLORE WILD HOPE

In Indonesia, shark fishing has been a long standing economic driver in fishing villages – but a recent shift to ecotourism is hoping to provide a new incentive for fishermen to become stewards of marine wildlife.

Around the world, rural communities often have to choose between protecting the neighboring forests that help sustain them or cutting them down to grow crops or harvest wood to generate income. But on the island of Zanzibar, some are farming a crop that helps keep the tropical ecosystem intact: butterflies.

In Singapore, architects and city designers have long strived to create a green utopia – but recent innovations have started to make that vision possible, leaning more into building with native biodiversity at the forefront of urban design.

Ecologist Nyeema Harris explores how wild carnivores like coyotes thrive in Detroit's green spaces, uncovering practical ways for humans and wildlife to live together peacefully.