Category Archives: Caribbean
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 »
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Mangrove Alliance website launched as resource for preservation
BirdLife International has launched the Neotropical Mangrove Conservation Alliance, also known simply as the Mangrove Alliance, as an online resource to foster the preservation of endangered mangrove habitats. Continue reading »
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Nesting shorebirds protected at the Cabo Rojo Salt Flats, Puerto Rico
During May 2012, Sociedad Ornitológica Puertorriqueña, Inc. (SOPI, BirdLife in Puerto Rico) installed 25 signs in the Cabo Rojo Salt Flats National Wildlife Refuge to mark important nesting sites for resident shorebirds that were being disturbed by visitors. Continue reading … Continue reading
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Science + local involvement = better conservation for mangroves
Sociedad Ornitológica Puertorriqueña Inc. (SOPI, BirdLife in Puerto Rico) has been awarded funds by the Mangrove Alliance Small Grants Program (SGP) to perform the first comprehensive study of the mangrove community at Caño Tiburones. Continue reading »
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Jamaicans set to put an economic value on a threatened mangrove site
The Windsor Research Centre (WRC) is implementing a project to engage the people of Jamaica in the conservation and protection of the Coral Spring-Mountain Spring Protected Area (CPMSPA) and its mangrove habitat. Continue reading »
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