Caribbean Partners get their “mangroove” on for World Wetlands Day
Grupo Jaragua and Sociedad Ornitológica Puertorriqueña, Inc. marked World Wetlands Day with programmes aimed at raising awareness of the value and benefits delivered by the Caribbean’s shrinking coastal mangroves.
Continue reading...Agreements that seek to protect 474 hectares of threatened forests in Argentina, Paraguay and the Dominican Republic are signed
Thursday, September 13, 2012
During the 2012 BirdLife Americas Partnership Meeting three agreements were signed for land acquisition in key IBAs in Argentina, Paraguay and the Dominican Republic.
Continue reading...Grupo Jaragua’s first land purchase initiative saves 100 ha of threatened Caribbean forest
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Grupo Jaragua (BirdLife in the Dominican Republic) has successfully purchased a 100 ha corridor of transitional, previously unprotected and highly threatened forest within the Jaragua-Bahoruco-Enriquillo Biosphere Reserve.
Continue reading...Black-capped Petrel may warrant protection under the endangered species act
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
A nocturnal seabird, the black-capped petrel, may warrant federal protection as a threatened or endangered species.
Continue reading...Haiti´s inland mangroves disappear under rising waters
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
As part of a Haiti-wide mangrove survey, the Fondation pour la Protection de la Biodiversité Marine (FoProBiM) has undertaken visits to Trou Caïman and Lac Azuéi Important Bird Areas to search these brackish lakes for remnants of inland mangroves.
Continue reading...The Caribbean wetland experience
Thursday, February 2, 2012
This year’s World Wetlands Day (WWD) theme is “Wetlands and Tourism” and BirdLife Partners in the Caribbean are ready to be part of the experience.
Continue reading...Las primeras imágenes captadas de un pichón dan esperanza a un ave marina amenazada del Caribe
Friday, January 13, 2012
Una nueva localidad de anidación para el diablotín Pterodroma hasitata ha sido descubierta en Haití a través de los esfuerzos en el campo de un grupo de colaboradores dominicanos y haitianos.
Continue reading...First ever chick photos give hope for threatened Caribbean seabird
Friday, January 13, 2012
A new nesting location for Black-capped Petrel has been discovered in Haiti by the efforts of a joint Dominican – Haitian field team.
Continue reading...Pequeñas donaciones, gran conservación de manglares
Friday, December 23, 2011
La Alianza para la Conservación del Manglar Neotropical otorgó su primera pequeña donación al Grupo Jaragua (BirdLife en la República Dominicana) como parte de una iniciativa para catalizar la conservación comunal de manglares en el Caribe Insular.
Continue reading...Small grants, big conservation for mangroves
Friday, December 23, 2011
The Neotropical Mangrove Conservation Alliance has awarded its first small grant to Grupo Jaragua (BirdLife in the Dominican Republic) as part of an initiative to catalyze community-based mangrove conservation in the Insular Caribbean.
Continue reading...Jaragua Community Volunteers celebrate World Bird Festival
Monday, December 5, 2011
Last October, the local community of El Cajuil-located in the south-west of Dominican Republic-participated in World Bird Festival (WBF) activities.
Continue reading...Grupo Jaragua celebrates 2nd year of the Bahoruco Summer Camp
Friday, September 23, 2011
The Bahoruco Summer Camp run by Grupo Jaragua (BirdLife in the Dominican Republic), the local grassroots organization Voluntarios Comunitarios de Jaragua and the Puerto Escondido Birding Club.
Continue reading...The Jaragua Summer Camp: fifteen years of experience in the environmental awareness of local communities
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Last August, Grupo Jaragua (BirdLife in the Dominican Republic) held its 15th Jaragua Summer Camp and in turn, celebrated 15 years of continuous efforts towards a greater environmental awareness in local communities.
Continue reading...$4.3 Million for Neotropical Migratory Birds and Habitat Conservation
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today more than $4.3 million in grants for 34 projects that will support neotropical migratory bird conservation throughout the Western Hemisphere.
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