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(January 08, 2025)   -   These actions are part of over 200 activities, targeting 32 communities, being conducted over six years, and being funded through the UK Government’s USD $3.2 million investment in Belize under the Biodiverse Landscapes Fund to build resilience, restore and conserve the Selva Maya Forest in Belize, one of the great forests of the Mesoamerica Landscapes.  

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(November 29, 2024)   -   International Jaguar Day. The future of the jaguar is the future of our ecosystems. With names such as Limi Tara in Honduras, Balam in Guatemala, and Jaguar in Belize, this feline stands as a symbol of strength and connection with nature.

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(November 01, 2024)   -   The growing threat of the screwworm—Cochliomyia hominivorax, the larval stage of a fly that affects livestock, wildlife, and even humans—is advancing toward Mexico.

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(November 01, 2024)   -   The growing threat of screwworm, the larva of the Cochliomyia hominivorax fly that affects livestock, wildlife, and even humans, is advancing towards Mexico. Recent studies suggest that cattle smuggling may be accelerating the parasite's spread, heightening the country’s vulnerability.

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(October 31, 2024)   -   The National Council of Protected Areas (CONAP), with support from Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), carried out a field visit to Sipacate-Naranjo National Park and El Paredón Beach to document conservation activities aimed at protecting biodiversity

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(October 22, 2024)   -   In several Central American countries, the screwworm outbreak has triggered health alerts, with more than 40,000 cases reported in Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Honduras as of September 2024.

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(October 10, 2024)   -   10 scarlet macaw chicks (Ara macao cyanoptera), highly threatened and vulnerable species in Guatemala, were released from the flight cage of the “Laguna El Perú”.

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(September 27, 2024)   -   The First Regional Workshop on Environmental and Social Safeguards in Northern Mesoamerica brought together 47 collaborators from Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico to strengthen collaboration and standardize procedures in the implementation of conservation actions with a focus on human rights.

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(September 24, 2024)   -   The Limi Tara (great jaguar in the Miskito language) sees its territory increasingly reduced, along with the populations of its natural prey. Human greed is leaving no space for nature, and it is our duty to conserve these natural riches for future generations.

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(September 09, 2024)   -   This specimen was recently recorded by the binational team from WCS Guatemala and Honduras in the flooded forests surrounding Brus Lagoon, in the Cultural Zone of the Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve.

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