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2 months ago | 
es.mongabay.com | James Hall
El semillero de pico grande o semillero piquigrueso (Sporophila maximiliani), considerado la especie de ave amenazada más traficada de Brasil, ha sido durante mucho tiempo codiciado en el comercio de aves enjauladas, lo que ha provocado su extinción local en gran parte de su antigua hábitat en la sabana del Cerrado.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
news.mongabay.com | James Hall
An Indigenous-led citizen conservation project in the community of Musuiuiai in Putumayo, Colombia, aims to obtain data on the lowland tapir’s presence and understand the environmental factors affecting the species. According to spiritual beliefs, a divination from an elder in the 1990s pushed the community to move to a high-priority region for tapir conservation. Beliefs in the mammal’s sacred status supports conservation efforts.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
es.mongabay.com | James Hall
El gecko de Lima (Phyllodactylus sentosus) hoy se encuentra principalmente en sitios arqueológicos de la capital de Perú, en donde pasó a estar En Peligro Crítico de extinción. Un proyecto de conservación interdisciplinario único ha reunido a biólogos y arqueólogos desde 2018 para salvar a la especie de la extinción.
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Sep 22, 2024 | 
es.mongabay.com | James Hall
La pérdida de hábitat debida a la deforestación de los bosques de Polylepis está aumentando la incidencia de conflictos entre las comunidades y las especies felinas amenazadas, como el gato andino (Leopardus jacobita), el puma (Puma concolor) y el gato de las pampas o gato del desierto peruano (Leopardus garleppi) en los Andes centrales del Perú.
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Aug 22, 2024 | 
news.mongabay.com | James Hall
Habitat loss due to deforestation of Polylepis forests is increasing the incidence of human-wildlife conflict between communities and threatened feline species such as the Andean cat (Leopardus jacobita), puma (Puma concolor) and pampas or Peruvian desert cat (Leopardus garleppi) in the central Andes of Peru.
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Aug 1, 2024 | 
goodgoodgood.co | James Hall
— The Lima leaf-toed gecko (Phyllodactylus sentosus) today occurs mostly in archaeological sites in Peru’s capital, where it has become critically endangered. — A unique cross-disciplinary conservation project, has brought together biologists and archaeologists since 2018 to save the species from extinction. — The project involves in-situ and ex-situ conservation, environmental education and, soon, plans to translocate individuals between the archaeological sites to boost genetic diversity.
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Jul 10, 2024 | 
news.mongabay.com | James Hall
The Lima leaf-toed gecko (Phyllodactylus sentosus) today occurs mostly in archaeological sites in Peru’s capital, where it has become critically endangered. A unique cross-disciplinary conservation project, has brought together biologists and archaeologists since 2018 to save the species from extinction. The project involves in-situ and ex-situ conservation, environmental education and, soon, plans to translocate individuals between the archaeological sites to boost genetic diversity.
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May 30, 2024 | 
news.mongabay.com | James Hall
The great-billed seed finch (Sporophila maximiliani), thought to be the most trafficked endangered bird species in Brazil, has long been coveted in the caged-bird trade, which has caused the local extinction of the species over most of its former range in the Cerrado savanna. One conservation project is working to conserve the species holistically through research and environmental education, while collaborating with bird keepers and breeders to bring the species back to the wild.
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May 27, 2024 | 
dailycoffeenews.com | James Hall
The Aves y Cafe program in Venezuela aids rural communities by encouraging community-centered shade coffee agroforestry, while protecting rare and migrating birds. The project has so far succeeded in protecting 415 hectares (1,025 acres) of montane forest, ensuring the survival of threatened endemic and migratory bird species.
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May 14, 2024 | 
news.mongabay.com | James Hall
The Aves y Cafe program in Venezuela aids rural communities by encouraging community-centered shade coffee agroforestry, while protecting rare and migrating birds. The project has so far succeeded in protecting 415 hectares (1,025 acres) of montane forest, ensuring the survival of threatened endemic and migratory bird species.
