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...
Our February newsletter is online. Thanks to Danielle Gustafson from Bat Conservation International for the great photo of our Junior Rangers learning about a bat they've just netted with bat biologist Luis F. Aguirre. Also in our newsletter: catch up on last month's Turtle Ball learn about our upcoming arts education programs with the Raechel & Jackie Foundation Meet PP staffer Nicole Salazar help us fight forest fires in coastal...
The Wall Street Journal has a new piece on the challenge of transforming Nicaragua from "a country from tourism pariah to hot destination for wealthy travelers," showcasing Nicaragua's first luxury hotel, opening next month. We have long recognized the natural of beauty of the Paso del Istmo and as we have watched the tourism sector grow in Nicaragua, we have educated people about nature tourism's potential to provide economic benefit...
Walking to Volcano Masaya This week we are pleased to be hosting Bat Conservation International's Board of Directors for their annual meeting. We've been working with BCI and their scientists for over a year to study Nicaragua's bats and conduct bat education and community outreach in and around Volcano Masaya, whose caves are home to dozens of species of bats. The bat experts assembled by BCI and Kim Williams-Guillén, Paso...
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