Our friends at the Costa Rican NGO PRETOMA got a mention in today’s NYTimes Green blog piece on illegal fishing. PRETOMA is focused on marine conservation and research. They have been instrumental in helping us with our sustainable fisheries program.
Mother Jaguar and Cubs
Mongabay.com’s Picture of the Day is from Bolivia. This jaguar mother was photographed with her two cubs in the Kaa Iya National Park in Bolivia. “Kaaiyana’s tolerance of observers is a testimony to the absence of hunters in this area, …
December Newsletter Online
Conservation in ACTIONLaunched earlier this year, the Proyecto Tesoros de Nicaragua ( Proyecto TESÓN), a joint effort to clean up the San Juan River catchment, has already demonstrated how public-private partnerships can work to build a more pristine and sustainable …
Big Cat Sounds
AKA why we love the Guardian’s GrrlScientist: “Big cat” is not a precise biological term, it is just a verbal shorthand for distinguishing the larger members of the taxonomic family Felidae from smaller ones. Some people formally define “big cats” …
November Newsletter Online
Conservation in ACTIONWe have recently completed the first stage of our Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Initiative, which integrates habitat mapping, native tree reforestation, and youth education. This high-impact project is made possible by those of you in the US, and …
October Newsletter Online
Conservation in ACTION Globally important sea turtle arribada beaches like La Flor Wildlife Refuge (pictured above) receive tens of thousands of sea turtles each year. The greatest threat to successful nesting is high mortality among adults caught in fishing gear as …
Camera Traps Show Record Numbers of Jaguars
In Bolivia’s Madidi National Park: Researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) set up the camera traps to try and identify jaguars based on the unique patterns of their spots. Once the images were collected, the team ran them through …
The Jaguar Freeway
Smithsonian.com’s Science & Nature, reports on “a bold plan for wildlife corridors that connect populations from Mexico to Argentina could mean the big cat’s salvation.” In antiquity, killing a jaguar was often part of a religious ceremony or a mark of …
Understanding the Ranging Habits of Jaguars
Our friends at the Wildlife Conservation Society have had a great deal of success identifying individual jaguars with camera traps in Bolivia’s Madidi National Park: A record number of jaguars have been identified in one of the world’s most biologically …
Coastlines & Waterways
We’re pleased to partner with the Ocean Recovery Alliance and other organizations to empower citizen scientists to alert the world to hotspots of floating trash. The hope is that tracking and mapping floating debris, will help drive cleanup efforts, including …