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Spider monkeys live in the steep forest shown above, and donors like you saved them this year. Thank you!
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Over the past two years, donors like you made it possible to protect critically endangered spider monkeys near the Olomega Lagoon in eastern El Salvador. Our team used a non-invasive observation process called habituation to make the monkeys more comfortable with community rangers over time. This process of following primates without disturbing them is critical to their protection. It tells us where the most important fruit trees and water sources are so that with your help, we can continue to protect these lifelines. Thank you.
Your support has paved the way for community rangers like Víctor Romero and his brother to gain training opportunities that enhance their understanding of conservation. Because of you, the community will hold a workshop with the Ministry of Environment this month that will focus on the life history of spider monkeys.
With your help, the rangers have gained a new appreciation for these endangered Salvadoran spider monkeys. They've used this newfound love to act with extra vigilance. Because of your support, a newborn spider monkey baby survived the hunting season on the safety of its mother's back. We can't thank you enough.
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Donors like you made a difference!
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Jarinton García has been a part of Paso Pacífico since he was 14 years old, when he volunteered alongside his father José Felipe García in our reforestation programs. Over time, Jarinton finished his primary studies and had the opportunity to study forestry in the United States. After his studies were completed, he returned to Nicaragua to support his community and the landscape where he works today.
Now, he supervises primate monitoring and, together with his wife, coordinates the Junior Ranger program in the Cárdenas municipality. Just this past year, Jarinton and his wife Milay had their first child together. We’re so happy to have them all part of the Paso Pacífico family. Thank you for supporting his work!
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Since we began trying to save parrots, Dr. Tom White (top left) has always been willing to lend his expertise to our efforts. This month, our executive director (top right) visited the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service's Puerto Rican Parrot Recovery Center, where Tom has led efforts to save endemic parrots from extinction for the past two decades. We felt privileged to make this on-site visit. There, we learned about raising birds in captivity, affirming their social bonds with each other, and preparing them to survive in the wild.
The heroic efforts of Tom and his wife Arelis Jhonson-Camacho, a wildlife technician, during Hurricane Maria provide valuable lessons for you and us. Tom and Arelis bunkered down in a hurricane-proof chamber with the parrots they were raising. Once Maria eased, they were on their own for a week. The hurricane wiped out the wild parrot flock in El Yunque National Forest, but the captive parrots and a wild population elsewhere on the island survived. If not for that second population, the Puerto Rican parrot would be extinct in the wild. This demonstrated that in the age of climate change, we must restore wild populations in more than one place.
We admire Tom and Arelis deeply, and are so grateful to them and donors like you who have made our parrot conservation programs successful year after year. Thank you!
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In case you missed it, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a sobering report that assessed climate change as "widespread, rapid, and intensifying." Read the full report here.
Slowing climate change and managing its effects will take sustained major international and personal efforts.
- This article shares 50 simple changes you can make to reduce your carbon footprint.
- NOAA's U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit shares steps you can take to prepare for adverse weather events. If you don't live in the U.S., look for similar resources about how to combat and prepare for climate threats in your area.
- You can offset specific parts of your lifestyle with our friends at the Offset Alliance and other carbon offset groups.
In addition, donating to Paso Pacífico helps our reforestation and ecosystem conservation efforts. Thank you for your support.
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PARTNERS MAKE IT POSSIBLE
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Zoo Boise recently partnered with you to protect black-handed spider monkeys. Their first grant to us augmented your gifts to save baby monkeys last year, and they just sent a second grant! The zoo is an accredited member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, and so every ticket sold helps save animals in the wild. We have been thrilled and grateful to partner with them, their guests, and you.
Because of your gifts and Zoo Boise's support, rangers were able to maintain patrols protecting the Olomega spider monkeys. The zoo's contributions were a significant boost that helped our team move forward towards creating a wildlife corridor for these primates. Thank you to Zoo Boise and its patrons for helping protect El Salvador's black-handed spider monkeys!
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Thank you for your support!
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Thank you to all the photographers who contributed photos used in this e-newsletter. These include but are not limited to Natasha Woodworth, Pasha Whitmire, Bismarck Picado, José G. Martínez-Fonseca, Elliot Rutherford, NOAA, and Paso Pacífico rangers Victor Romero, Don Carmelo, and Jarinton García.
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