From Kim Williams-Guillén, our director of conservation science: There are two main lava tube caves, and several smaller caves. The largest cave has a colony of what I believe may be thousands of bats, but we have not done any counts. We have captured five species leaving this cave, Pteronotus parnelli, P. personatus, P. gymnonotus, and P. davyi. On one occasion I caught 3 Mormoops megalophylla which was the first time...
We are finalists in NatGeo's Geotourism Challenge on Ashoka's Changemakers website. If we win this challenge, we will receive funding for our watershed and coastal restoration work from the National Geographic foundation, the Multilateral Investment Fund, and the Inter-American Development Bank. The ELLAS Initiative up for a vote is centered around empowering female enviropreneurs to harness market forces and employ voluntary solutions to environmental programs in their local communities. Please take a few...
In December, we worked with our surf ambassadors to organize an environmental education workshop and coastal clean-up. We're really proud that Nicaragua's growing surf community has embraced a culture of conservation. This project is made possible through funding from the Surf Industry Manufacturers Association's SIMA Environmental Fund.
Last night our turtle rangers spotted a Leatherback sea turtle nesting on Playa Brasilon. They watched over her while she deposited 78 eggs in a nest which they will guard. Because the Pacific Leatherback is very close to extinction, we are happy to start the new with this, our very first leatherback nest on Brasilon Beach.
From this weekend's Science Roundup: One of the major uncertainties about global climate change is the effect of clouds, which cool the climate by reflecting incoming solar radiation back to space, but also warm the climate by trapping heat that might otherwise escape. So as the planet warms, will clouds change in ways that counter warming by greenhouse gases (a negative cloud feedback), or further amplify it (a positive cloud...
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species of the Day is the Wrinkle-faced bat. The Wrinkle-faced Bat, Centurio senex, is listed as ‘Least Concern’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM. This striking-looking bat inhabits moist and dry tropical forests of Latin America, from Mexico to Colombia and Venezuela. It is considered to be an uncommon species throughout its range, although occasionally it can be locally abundant under certain conditions. Wrinkle-faced...
From the tropical forests of Nicaragua, Happy New Year! This ocelot cat (Leopardus pardalis) was photographed just this month in a forest we are working to protect. Paso Pacifico scientific intern Robert Euwe caught this image in a motion-detecting "camera trap". Paso Pacifico thanks you for your support in 2010 and welcomes your continued interest in the year to come. Sincerely, Sarah Otterstrom Executive Director Donate on-line by Dec. 31st to receive a...
From the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Nicaragua Sea Turtle Conservation Program we are pleased to announce the new WCS-Nicaragua Youth Group blog. This blog has been created by a group of young adults from Pearl Lagoon, located on the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua, as a tool that allows them to broadcast their activities in support of sea turtle conservation while learning computer skills and engaging them in collective writing. We...
From this month's CAVU newsletter: The first of CAVU’s three films released this year was created in collaboration with NGO Paso Pacífico. “Paso del Istmo” is a narrow ribbon of land between the vast Lake Nicaragua and the Pacific Ocean which harbors remnant dry tropical forest, and species such as spider monkeys, yellow-naped parrots, freshwater bullsharks and mass arrivals of olive ridley sea turtles. It is a crucial land bridge...
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species of the Day is the Green Turtle. The Green Turtle, Chelonia mydas, is listed as ‘Endangered’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM. This long-lived and highly migratory species is found in tropical and, to a lesser extent, sub-tropical waters throughout the globe. The Green Turtle has the most numerous and widely dispersed nesting sites of the seven turtle species. Green Turtles...
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