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Many people have never heard of the güiña, or the tigrillo, or the tirica. Unlike their higher-profile cousins, the jaguar and the puma, these elusive wildcats aren’t well-known. In fact, many experts consider them cryptic; they’re difficult to differentiate from one another at a glance, and some are even smaller than the domestic cat, which […]
In Colombia, a successful jaguar conservation program has a whiff of coffee In the first such initiative in Colombia, and one of the first in South America, just over 93,500 hectares (231,000 acres) have been prioritized for jaguar conservation through a zoning plan. Following a rise in conflicts between humans and the big cats in Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in 2013, a management plan was put in place and priority areas for jaguar conservation were recognized by local authorities. Coffee growers, whose farms overlap onto jaguar habitat, were also engaged in conservation through a certificati...
Protected areas see continued deforestation but at a reduced rate, OSU research shows Published: - Feb 18, 2021 A survey of more than 18,000 land parcels spanning 2 million square miles across 63 countries shows that a "protected area" designation reduces the rate of deforestation but does not prevent it. The findings are important because most terrestrial species live in forests and because the study suggests that just 6.5% of the Earth's woodlands are truly protected. Photo: Oregon State University EurekaAlert | OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY Published today in Nature Ecology and Evo...
A survey of more than 18,000 land parcels spanning 2 million square miles across 63 countries shows that a ''protected area'' designation reduces the rate of deforestation but does not prevent it.