From this month’s Pelican Eyes newsletter: Stones and Waves Vet Clinic continues to thrive, under the leadership of Elvis Cortez, and the financial support of World Vets. The next clinic is scheduled for this week at the Escuela Agricultura in …
Solar Handbags: A Powerful Accessory
“High fashion is going high-tech with designers creating this season’s must-have accessory: a handbag that recharges your cell phone or Blackberry.” ELLE magazine will be running an eBay auction on these high end handbags. Money will go to Paso Pacifico …
Survivor: Nicaragua
La Prensa has a preview of the newest installment of Survivor, filmed in the Paso del Istmo where we work: “Las playas en la costa sur del Pacífico de Nicaragua se convertirán en el nuevo escenario de Survivor… “El programa …
Protecting Neotropical Migratory Birds
Today the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced more than $4.9 million in grants for 37 projects that support neotropical migratory bird conservation throughout the Western Hemisphere. Matched by more than $14.8 million in additional funds from partners, the projects …
Partners in Flight
“In 1990, an unprecedented effort was launched to preserve the western hemisphere’s bird life.” Celebrate the 20th anniversary of this collaborative effort to bird conservation. Its mission:To keep common birds common by protecting the core of avian diversity and maintaining …
Jaguar Corridors in the New York Times
In today’s New York Times: To Help Jaguars Survive, Ease Their CommuteLAS LOMAS, Costa Rica — Héctor Porras-Valverdo tried to adopt a Zen attitude when he discovered recently that jaguars had turned two of his cows into carcasses.…“I understand cats …
Validating the Presence of Jaguars and Pumas
As top predators, carnivores are the keystone of any healthy ecosystem, but hunting and habitat loss threaten their survival in Nicaragua. Over the past few months, local farmers have reported numerous jaguar and puma sightings to Paso Pacifico biologists, while …
Team Member Spotlight: Claudia Perla
A dynamo in the field, Paso Pacifico’s Forester Claudia Perla manages the reforestation plans for Paso Pacifico’s nine Return to Forest plantation sites, where over 200,000 native trees have been planted since 2007. When on site, Claudia has a reputation …
LAND
We’ve just received this trailer for a forthcoming documentary on “the tumultuous topic of land ownership and development in politically volatile Nicaragua” in the year 2006 (and leading up the Ortega’s re-election in 2007). “The only thing we have is …
Plastic Pollution: Good News & Bad News
The bad news is Nicaragua is a hotspot for plastic bottle pollution. The good news is that our outstanding community of coastal cleanup volunteers did an excellent job of picking them up at our coastal clean up last fall. This …