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(September 24, 2024)   -   El Limi Tara (gran jaguar en idioma miskito) ve su territorio cada vez más reducido, al igual que las poblaciones de sus presas naturales. La avaricia humana está dejando sin espacio a la naturaleza, y es nuestro deber conservar estas riquezas naturales para las futuras generaciones.

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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. The giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla), also called Winku Tara in the Miskito language, is a mammal native to Central and South America, mainly living in tropical forests, savannas, and swampy areas.

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(August 28, 2024)   -   The British Embassy in partnership with the Honduran Institute for Forest Conservation (ICF), Indigenous Territorial Councils, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), Bosques del Mundo and Fundación para la Investigación y Conservación de los Ecosistemas y la Biodiversidad (INCEBIO) celebrated the recent start of activities of the project «Resilient and Biodiverse Landscapes of Northern Mesoamerica» in Moskitia which is funded through the Biodiverse Landscapes Fund.

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(August 27, 2024)   -   WCS, in alliance with the Institute of Forest Conservation, Protected Areas and Wildlife (ICF), with the support and supervision of MASTA (Moskitia Asla Takanka - "Unity of La Moskitia"), and at the request of the Indigenous communities, has carried out the process of Prior, Free and Informed Consent, a fundamental step to advance the declaration of Warunta as an Indigenous protected area.

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(August 13, 2024) The British Embassy in El Salvador in partnership with the Government of El Salvador celebrated the in-country launch of the project «Resilient and Biodiverse Landscapes of Northern Mesoamerica», funded through the Biodiverse Landscapes Fund (BLF).   The event was held on August 12th at the Metapan Lagoon followed by a site visit of the area where seven communities are already coordinating activities within the framework of the project for the elaboration of a Climate-Smart C...

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(July 31, 2024)   -   Park ranger, forest ranger, ranger…these are some of the names given to those who watch over protected natural areas. Both in terrestrial and aquatic, as well as marine ecosystems, rangers often face complex situations and extreme weather conditions; cold, heat, rains, hurricanes, and floods, to name just a few.  They play a crucial role in preventing the expansion of illegal cattle ranching, land encroachments, wildlife trafficking, fires, logging, poaching, among other threats.

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(July 18, 2024)   -   On 18th July, the UK Government in collaboration with the Ministry of Sustainable Development and Climate Change, through the Belize Forest Department and partner organisations, celebrated the in-country launch of the project “Resilient and Biodiverse Landscapes of Northern Mesoamerica” funded through the Biodiverse Landscape Fund. 

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(June 21, 2024)   -   Close to seventy women gathered from various coastal communities in Belize at Hopkins Village for the 7th Women in Fisheries Forum (WIFF), which was held under the theme, "Leave No One Behind in Building an Enabling Environment for Our Small-Scale Artisanal Fisheries." The annual forum is designed to bring recognition to the varied roles women play in Belize’s small-scale fisheries sector and to provide a space for women to voice the challenges they face and opportunities they wo...

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(June 08, 2024)   -   Ahead of the United Nations Ocean Conference pre-meeting in Costa Rica, women leaders from 11  from Latin America and Caribbean countries released a call to action with major recommendations for better mainstreaming women’s priorities for coastal marine conservation and sustainable development into national policy dialogue.  Among other requests, the Women Ocean Guardians called for concrete actions by governments to eliminate gender-based violence, recognize the benefits and bur...

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(April 26, 2024)   -   There are four species of tapir in the world and Central America is home to the Tapirus bairdii species, also known as danta o danto, considered a symbol of the jungle and fertility, present in myths and legends of various indigenous communities. This April 27th, we celebrate their presence in the Great Forests of Mesoamerica, as they play a crucial role in seed dispersal, thus contributing to the regeneration of tropical forests where they inhabit. Their distribution spans southern Mexico, Guat...

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