In 2010, Gerardo Ceballos and a group of other researchers set out to answer a burning question: how many jaguars were there in Mexico? They knew there weren’t many. Hunting, habitat loss, conflict with cattle ranchers, and other issues had pushed the population to the brink of extinction.

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Featured in Mongabay, Global Conservation has been working for six years to support jaguar research efforts and the protection and monitoring of the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve.

Agriculture, development, and cities have destroyed many of the country's forests, so Calakmul represents the last chance to save Mexico's last intact tropical forest.

In the Balam Kú Biosphere Reserve, which was designated a protected natural area in August 2023 in order to extend protection to the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve, members of the Francisco Villa Popular Front have destroyed at least 70 hectares of Mayan jungle to make way for homes, agricultural fields, and livestock pastures.

Global Conservation helps fund a major expansion of Calakmul that also now boasts the first Mexican tropical forest reserve. Communities meet to strengthen and support for their lands.

With Global Conservation’s support and matching funding from Rainforest Trust, the private nonprofit FundaEco has been working hard to stop illegal activities in Parque Nacional Mirador – Rio Azul (Mirador-Rio Azul National Park) and surrounding areas.