photo of the crater at Masaya (this is NOT smoke from the current fire) We're watching the fire burn through the tropical dry forests near Volcano Masaya, where we work closely with park rangers to help visitors understand and appreciate Masaya's unique ecology. The fire in Masaya has burned through 1200 acres of woodlands and is still flaming, threatening the very ecosystems we're working to protect. Forest regeneration and restoration will...
Working in Nicaragua’s Paso del Istmo for nearly a decade, we have seen firsthand the effects of climate change on the wildlife, landscape, and people of this incredibly biodiverse terrain spanning volcanoes, dry mountain forest, mangroves, and coral reefs. From deforestation and devastating storms to longer dry seasons, climate change means greater habitat loss for the endangered species we protect, as well as the loss of homes and livelihoods...
Miguel Ordeñana, the big cat specialist who leads our Jaguar Conservation Initiative, is now at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, where he continues his great work expanding citizen science and local biodiversity programs. Among his projects is an urban wildlife mapping effort through www.iNaturalist.org that will connect people of all backgrounds with nature of the Los Angeles area and encourage citizen science with projects like the Lost Lizards of LA and...
16-17 de abril 2013 Managua, Nicaragua La radiotelemetría es una herramienta poderosa para el estudio de la ecología espacial de una gran variedad de animales. En este taller, participantes revisarán la historia, teoría, y práctica de la radiotelemetría (16 de abril, Managua), seguido por medio día de práctica en el campo (17 abril, R.S.P . Montibelli) con equipo de telemetría. Cupos limitados. Este taller es gratis, sin embargo no incluye...
From the Rainforest Alliance: As the world’s population grows and natural resources dwindle, the creation of parks and protected natural areas is not enough to solve the problem of forest destruction. The Rainforest Alliance believes that it is possible to safeguard valuable ecosystems while still allowing communities and businesses to extract the forest resources upon which their livelihoods depend. The farms, forests and tourism businesses with which we work not...
Recent findings reported in Science suggest that coral reefs may be more independent and resilient than previously thought. This is good news for our reef rangers as they begin monitoring and conserving a couple miles of reef islands and the surrounding marine environment off the coast of Nicaragua. Read more about the reef regeneration study at Our Amazing Planet.
The Multilateral Investment Fund issued a press release last week about our Environmental Leadership and Entrepreneurship for Geotourism project: The Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF), a member of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Group, will support the Paso Pacifico Foundation in a project that seeks to position Nicaragua as a competitive ecotourism destination that contributes to the conservation of biodiversity in and around the La Flor Wildlife Refuge in the department...
Our March newsletter is online. We report on our new project supporting Environmental Leadership and Entrepreneurship for Geotourism. This project, supported by the Inter-American Development Bank, is a concerted effort to scale up our efforts to combine community-based sustainable tourism with biodiversity management in the Paso del Istmo. We also talk about our work with Man and Nature, to rebuild connectivity across watersheds and to gather traditional knowledge of local...
A few weeks ago, Paso Pacífico's Abril Perez & Julie Martinez appeared on Nicaragua's Channel 2 morning magazine show Primera Hora, to discuss our campaign to encourage better solid waste and wastewater management. Watch the video (in Spanish) below, or you can watch it on the Canal 2 website. Abril & Julie also appeared on three other morning news shows. We'll share those videos as they become available.
On International Women's Day, these Nicaraguan school girls look toward their future. A featured commitment of the Clinton Global Initiative, our ELLAS Initiative works directly with women, children, and communities to ensure the region’s current and future ability to sustain ecological efforts. ELLAS, the Environmental Learning, Leadership, Adventure, and Stewardship Initiative, is transforming Nicaragua's La Flor coastal and marine protected area into a geotourism destination. By strengthening female enviropreneurs, empowering...
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