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Sea turtle Hatchlings Follow the Brightest Light

This bittersweet story of a romantic marriage proposal with unintended consequences for marine life, is a good illustration of why Paso Pacifico Turtle Rangers have custom-designed red lights on their solar FLAP bags from the Portable Light Project. A romantic marriage proposal on a Hilton Head Island beach Tuesday night had an unintended consequence -- the death of about 60 federally protected loggerhead sea turtle hatchlings. A man had placed...

Saturday’s Successful Coastal Cleanup

Volunteers hard at work in Ostional Starting early in the morning, thousands of volunteers joined us in our efforts to protectNicaragua's waterways for the International Coastal Cleanup Day, an annual event organized by the Ocean Conservancy. Our volunteers worked along the coast from San Juan del Sur to Ostional, and up the riverbanks to Escameca. Coastal cleanup includes our river banks. These kids are lending a hand in Escameca. This event...

Midway Journey

The MIDWAY media project is a powerful visual journey into the heart of an astonishingly symbolic environmental tragedy. The Midway Trash-a-Thon illustrates the importance of cleaning up our waterways. Watch this video of two members of the Midway Journey project rummaging through a huge pile of garbage. It looks like they could be at a municipal dump, but they're just sitting among garbage collected on the beaches of the tiny,...

September 19th: Get Read to Cleanup the Coastline

“Limpieza Internacional de Costas” Nicaragua 2009 PROGRAMA 6:00a.m. - Salida de Managua 9:00 a.m. Llegada a San Juan del Sur 9:30ª.m. Palabras de apertura y agradecimiento Alcalde de la Municipalidad de San Juan del Sur, Jorge Sánchez. 9:45ª.m. Palabras de Liza González, Directora Nacional de Paso Pacífico. 10:00 Acto Cultural a cargo del grupo Folclórico de San Juan del Sur. 12:30p.m Almuerzo 3:00p.m. Cierre de Campaña Limpieza Internacional de...

Noche Tropical

Event to benefit Central American forests, wildlife Noche Tropical September 11th Brooks Restaurant Ventura, CA We're in the news at the Ventura County Star: Local wines, a Latin-inspired meal and stories from the tropics will highlight Noche Tropical, a fundraiser benefiting the wildlife and forests of Central America on Thursday at BROOKS Restaurant in Ventura. “This fundraiser was inspired by realizing that there are members of the local community who...

Clinton Global Initiative

We look forward to attending the Clinton Global Initiative later this month where we'll be recognized for our work empowering women and supporting sustainable agriculture. A relatively young organization founded by women, we launched our environmental programs in communities throughout the Rivas province of Nicaragua, with no thought for the gender of our participants. Over time it has become apparent that the success of Paso Pacifico's projects hinges on the...

Partners in Conservation Education

We're pleased to be joining forces with the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Leon (UNAN-Leon) in Nicaragua. We'll be working together to do conservation work, conduct research, and provide internship opportunities for students. To celebrate our new partnership, they're joining us to help coordinate Nicaragua's 2nd annual International Coastal Cleanup Day, covering 12 km of beaches along the Pacific coast.

September 4: Media Event for Nicaragua’s 2nd Annual Coastal Cleanup

September 4th, 2009 10:00 am Restaurant Cafe El Garabato An invitation for members of the press to learn about Nicaragua's participation in the International Coastal Cleanup Day, co-sponsored by MARENA and the Ocean Conservancy. Cleanup day activities will take place along 12 Km of Nicaragua's Pacific coastline on September 19th.

Meet Ostional’s First Turtle Hatchlings in 25 Years!

For more than two decades, poachers raided every single sea turtle nest on the beach in Ostional, a small fishing village along the Nicaragua's southern Pacific coast. Determined to change that, we came up with a system of incentive payments to reward individuals for finding, reporting, and protecting turtle nests, and additional incentive payments to reward the community at large for supporting our conservation efforts. How's that commitment to voluntary...

Update: Turtle Tracker

"Our" turtle Brasilia has made it to El Salvador. You can monitor her progress here. Our turtle rangers have also encountered a third Hawksbill turtle, which will receive the transmitter which was stolen from Karen.

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