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In 2020, against a backdrop of massive forest destruction, Sri Lanka’s most active conservation entity, the WNPS, which is the third oldest conservation entity in the world, took a bold visionary step. WNPS set up a not-for-profit, referred to under the acronym of...

Fundacion EcoMinga is an Ecuadorian non-profit NGO dedicated to the protection of areas of high endemism and biodiversity, through the creation of a private protected reserve system, dedicated to conservation of species globally threatened with extinction. Based on...

Fundación Jocotoco was established in 1998. We are an Ecuadorian NGO whose mission is to protect threatened species and habitats in the country. Jocotoco was born out of the realization of how scarce, localized, and consequently threatened many bird species in Ecuador...

The loss of wildlife in Grand Cayman is scarcely imaginable. When Christopher Columbus arrived on the islands in 1503, the seas were said to ripple with turtles, hence the initial naming of the islands as Las Tortugas. The islands later became known as Caymanes, after...

The Foundation for Conservation and Sustainable Development (FCDS) is committed to promoting peacebuilding through environmental zoning of the territory, promoting environmental protection and sustainable development, especially in the Colombian Amazon, with an...

In 2020, against a backdrop of massive land grabs and forest destruction, Sri Lanka’s largest and most active conservation entity, the Wildlife and Nature Protection Society (WNPS), which is the third oldest conservation entity in the world, took a bold visionary...

The mission of the Southern Plains Land Trust (SPLT) is to create and protect a network of shortgrass prairie preserves that ensure a future for all native animals and plants. Through this land acquisition project, SPLT expanded our Heartland Ranch Nature Preserve in...

Cotton-top tamarins (Saguinus oedipus) are one-pound monkeys, only found in the tropical forests of northwest Colombia, in South America; nowhere else in the world you will see these charismatic little primates in the wild. However, their survival is threatened by...

Fundación Jocotoco was established in 1998. We are an Ecuadorian NGO whose mission is to protect threatened species and habitats in the country. Although Jocotoco was born out of the realization of how scarce, localized, and consequently threatened many bird species...

Biological corridors are essential for the protection and/or restoration of natural habitats. In line with this and to minimize the increasing threat by means of human activities such as logging and urbanization, Costa Rica has defined ambitious goals related to the...