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Entries for August 2025
Communities in La Moskitia strengthen patrols with new cargo motorcycles
Views: 1440
(August 28, 2025)
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The communities of Mavita and Rus Rus, in Honduras’ Moskitia region, now have cargo motorcycles (also known locally as mototrocos) that will strengthen the work of community rangers in monitoring and protecting the forest.
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International Armadillo Day
Views: 2438
(August 13, 2025)
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🦔 Today, August 13, we celebrate International Armadillo Day to raise awareness about the need to protect this species and many others that suffer the consequences of road development without environmental planning.
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National Maize Day: Food, culture, and restoration in the Maya Forest
Views: 665
(August 13, 2025)
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In the restoration area “La Pailita”, within the Cruce a La Colorada Management Unit in the Multiple Use Zone, Mr. Luciano Aldana is one of 43 beneficiaries of the Agroforestry Systems (SAF) project. Here, former pastures used for illegal cattle ranching — previously covered only with grass — have been transformed into productive land where milpas grow alongside trees.
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Wildlife at risk from the New World Screwworm
Views: 1070
(August 05, 2025)
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Trap camera monitoring has detected New World screwworm infestations in wild animals. In April 2025, in Mirador-Río Azul National Park and the Naachtún-Dos Lagunas Biotope in Guatemala, we captured evidence of a puma (Puma concolor) likely infested with this parasite. This sighting occurred just seven months after the first reported case in domestic animals in the country.
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