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(March 10, 2026)   -   From community nurseries and forest restoration to monitoring brigade patrols, communities in La Amistad landscape in Costa Rica are advancing initiatives that combine cacao production, the recovery of native seeds, and territorial management to help sustain the forest. 

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(March 08, 2026)   -   As the WCS Mesoamerica team, together with partner organizations, we are fortunate to collaborate with committed women who contribute to the care of nature from many different fields. 

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(March 03, 2026)   -   Images obtained through camera traps do more than simply record wildlife: they provide evidence of species dynamics and forest integrity. Based on these records, activity patterns, habitat use, and spatial distribution are evaluated, generating information that supports conservation decision-making.

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(February 24, 2026)   -   From degraded areas to recovering forests, communities in Guatemala's Maya Biosphere Reserve are advancing landscape restoration, generating benefits for both people and biodiversity.

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(February 12, 2026)   -   On this International Day of Women and Girls in Science, at Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), we want to inspire more women and girls to get involved in science by sharing stories that show there are many ways to engage with it.

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(February 11, 2026)   -   In Belize’s Maya Forest, communities, local organizations, and WCS are working together to restore degraded areas, strengthen community fire management, and promote sustainable production systems.

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(February 02, 2026)   -   In Honduras’s La Moskitia, communities, Indigenous leaders, and partners are strengthening conservation across the second-largest humid tropical forest in Mesoamerica. 

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(February 01, 2026)   -   Over three days of fieldwork, 43 volunteers—13 women and 30 men—from different regions of Guatemala took part in the systematic recording of birds, with notable participation from local youth connected to the territory.

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(January 30, 2026)   -   With the aim of evaluating the use of drone-mounted LiDAR technology to better understand landscape topography and ecosystem health, an eight-day aerial mapping expedition was recently completed in the central area of the Maya Forest Corridor, in Belize and Petén, Guatemala.

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(January 09, 2026)   -   Honduras has confirmed for the first time the presence of Cormura brevirostris, a rare bat species from the family Emballonuridae, characterized by a unique diagnostic vocalization consisting of a short sequence of three consecutive calls that progressively increase in frequency. 

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