As Andrew Revkin points out at the Dot Earth blog: The documentary chronicles how communities that once depended on sea turtle poaching and other activities depleting the region’s rich natural resources are now testing a new economic model, one built around fishing with turtle conservation in mind and tourism focused on the area’s extraordinary marine life. Following the lead of the fishermen who work Grupo Tortuguero and working with fishermen in...
Saturday, April 21st, in cooperation with partner organizations FONARE, Recicla Nica, and Comite Ballena Azul, and with assistance from the Nicaraguan army, we set out to clean up 2500 feet of shore along Laguna de Tiscapa. A volcanic lagoon in Nicaragua's capital city, Laguna de Tiscapa has ecological, historical, and sentimental significance for many Managuans. Thirty years ago, you could see families relaxing in the lagoon and...
Parrots require tall trees for nesting or large, mature trees which form natural cavities, where the parrots like to lay their eggs. Without suitable nesting sites, parrots don't nest. Look closely and you'll see one of two nesting Yellow-naped parrots guarding a nest opening. And the two newly hatched chicks he's protecting. This is one of twenty nests being protected by members of our incentive program. Yellow-naped parrots only have two eggs...
El sabado 21 de abril en cooperacion con el ejercito y otras organizaciones ambientalistas asi como ciudadanos volutarios nos dispusimos a realizar una limpieza en la Laguna de Tiscapa. La limpieza de 2,500 metros lineales de andenes y la recolección de 18 metros cúbicos de desechos sólidos fue el resultado del trabajo realizado por esta jornada ecologica. La laguna de Tiscapa en uno de los mantos acuiferos que embellece la...
Anyone who has spent time in Central America undoubtedly knows what howler monkeys sound like, but it can be difficult to spot them among the branches of the trees where they roost. Thanks to our camera traps, we "caught" this howler on one of the private reserves where we cooperate with the landowner to ensure forest connectivity. Howler monkeys are also known to be an arboreal species, meaning they spend...
Over at One World One Ocean's blog, The Water Column, Sarah Bedolfe tells a story from Indonesia which will sound very familiar to Paso Pacífico's friends and followers: For generations, the island residents of Runduma, Indonesia have been harvesting sea turtle eggs. The egg harvest was a tradition... eggs were eaten as well as sold for about 1,000 rupiah (9 cents) each and used for community expenses–fixing a new water filtration system,...
Our partners at the Turtle Conservancy have been selected as a featured charity partner on CharitySub.org. They are raising money from their community of online donors in April to help support biodiversity. With over 800 species forced into extinction in the past 500 years, they are working hard to protect the most endangered turtles and tortoises and their habitats worldwide. Vote to support their project.
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...
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