Paso Pacífico’s sea turtle program is made possible through collaboration and information sharing with scientists around the world. Our work with the Eastern Pacific Hawksbill Initiative (ICAPO) focuses on the Hawksbill turtle, one of the rarest, most endangered sea turtles in …
Survivor: Paso del Istmo
News that CBS’s hit reality television show Survivor is filming its Fall 2010 season in the Paso del Istmo dominated Nicaraguan headlines this past month. Filming is taking place south of the popular beach town San Juan del Sur, in …
Meet the Forester
As our Community Forester, Miguel Melendez plays a lead role conserving forests in the Paso del Istmo by assessing the status of tree seedlings and coordinating the teams of workers that clear weeds and brush. A lifetime farmer, Don Miguel’s …
Tradeoffs: Baby Turtles and Beach Clean Ups
FireDogLake posts on the continuing challenges of the gulf oil spill: The Pensacola News Journal states that heat indices of 114 have regularly been observed on the beach there. It should not be surprising then, that with the health of …
New International Coalition for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
From the AAAS Policy Alert: Representatives from 90 countries have joined together to approve the formation of an Intergovernmental Science Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) by the UN General Assembly. IPBES will carry out high-quality peer reviews …
Pelican Eyes & Green Iguanas
We’re pleased to be working with Pelican Eyes Hotel and Resort to reestablish populations of native Green Iguanas in the natural habitats surrounding San Juan del Sur, educate visitors and local population about the valuable role that these reptiles play, …
Turtles and the Oil Spill
Our friends at SeaTurtle.org remind us that there are a number of sea turtles that are being actively tracked by satellite in the Gulf of Mexico. They are also aggregating news on the oil spill: http://www.seaturtle.org/news/
Tropical Forests as Carbon Sinks
Tropical forests store a fifth of the worlds carbon emissions, making our conservation efforts in Central America a particularly important climate change solution. Last month, we partnered with Nicaraguan NGO FUNDENIC to host a well-attended forum on the Climate Change-related …
Visualizing Climate Change
Our friend and colleague, Teresa, blogs at Project Groundswell about Visualizing Climate Change on the Ventura Boardwalk: SLAP stands for the Sea Level Awareness Project, and it is one of a number of initiatives from the group Kids versus Global …
Sea Turtles in the Wake of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
Paso Pacifico Board Member Rick Smith just forwarded the latest article from the National Parks Traveler: Creature Feature: The Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle Faces an Uncertain Future The Kemp’s ridley may be little as sea turtles go, but its got …