La Prensa covered the presentation of our findings from this year’s International Coastal Cleanup, gathering over 300,000 pounds of trash: Recolectan más de 300 mil libras de basura Un total de 332 mil 925 libras de basura inorgánica fue recolectada …
Creating a Culture of Conservation
¡Felicidades Karina! Meet Karina Alvarez, from Pueblo Nuevo in the Rivas province of Nicaragua. Karina won honorable mention in a national children’s art contest, after taking a Paso Pacifico-sponsored course in nature painting. Karina is a shining example of how …
Calm Air; Visibility Unlimited
We’re excited to have videographers from CAVUsite.org visiting the Paso del Istmo this week. They’re getting footage for a documentary on the future of tourism in Nicaragua. Dedicated to helping people solve complex problems related to the management and conservation …
Torneo de Panga
San Juan del Sur’s Annual Panga Fishing Tournament took place this weekend. Paso Pacifico’s National Director, Liza Gonzalez was on hand to deliver a presentation about marine conservation. If you watch this video, you’ll understand why everyone at Paso Pacifico …
Saving Wild Places Will Save the Planet
We’re pleased to be included in this piece at the Environmental News Service: MÉRIDA, Mexico, November 13, 2009 (ENS) – For the first time in decades, the eggs of endangered sea turtles buried on a small strip of Nicaraguan beach …
Meet the People Who Do the Work!
You’re just as likely to find them in the field in Rivas, checking on our biodiversity monitoring stations, traveling from rural school to rural school on horseback, measuring tree growth at one of our reforestation projects, or just picking up …
Caras Blancas
Our friends at AMICTLAN have shared this great video of the white-faced capuchin monkey, with friends of the Laguna de Apoyo Nature Reserve.
Conservation Efforts in Nicaragua Shed Portable Light on the Pacific Coast
Unique solar technology aids Paso Pacifico in protecting endangered sea turtles Media Contacts: Wendy Purnell, Paso Pacifico1-805-643-7044wendy@pasopacifico.org Sheila Kennedy, Portable Light Project1-617-442-0800skennedy@kvarch.net It was a chance meeting at PopTech’s annual innovation conference two years ago that sparked collaboration between California-based …
Vida y muerte en La Flor
Adelayde Rivas, our PR guru in Managua shares a sad story. The other day she got a call from Paso Pacifico, informing her of an arribada at La Flor, the sea turtles were arriving to nest on the beach. She …
Nicaragua’s Land, Trees, and People
Over at Project Groundswell, S. Neil Larsen, shares his adventures on horseback visiting our Return to Forest program: Under a midday sun, I guided my horse up a steep, dusty slope, eventually emerging at the top of a ridge overlooking …