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Conserving the San Bartolo Rainforest in Panama

Conserving the San Bartolo Rainforest in Panama

Asociacion Adopta Bosque Panama-ADOPTA (Adopt a Panama Rainforest) is a non-profit, public charity NGO whose mission is to promote conservation and sustainable development of the unique natural ecosystems of the Republic of Panama for the benefit of both people and...

Securing the Kilombero Elephant Corridor in Tanzania

Securing the Kilombero Elephant Corridor in Tanzania

For a number of years, Southern Tanzania Elephant Program (STEP) has led a multi-stakeholder project involving communities, civil society, Government, and the private sector to protect and restore the Kilombero Elephant Corridor in the Kilombero Valley of...

Protecting a Critical Corridor for Sri Lankan Leopards and Elephants

Protecting a Critical Corridor for Sri Lankan Leopards and Elephants

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...

Protecting the Nelson Palacios Reserve in Ecuador

Protecting the Nelson Palacios Reserve in Ecuador

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...

Expanding the Narupa Reserve in Ecuador

Expanding the Narupa Reserve in Ecuador

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...

Expanding the Salina Reserve to Protect Blue Iguanas in Grand Cayman

Expanding the Salina Reserve to Protect Blue Iguanas in Grand Cayman

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...

Protecting Endemic Species in Sri Lankan Lowland Rainforests

Protecting Endemic Species in Sri Lankan Lowland Rainforests

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...

Heartland Ranch Nature Preserve Expansion – Jagers Phases 2 & 3

Heartland Ranch Nature Preserve Expansion – Jagers Phases 2 & 3

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...