Marco Bustos Salazar, a park ranger and conservation leader from the Área de Conservación Guanacaste (ACG) in Costa Rica, recently completed a specialized course on protected area management led by Jim Barborak from Colorado State University.

Environmental control and protection made significant progress during the evaluation period. A total of 157 operations were carried out to safeguard natural resources, which resulted in the seizure of goods valued at over USD $70,000. Additionally, over 25,000 kilometers of terrestrial patrols were conducted, and 28 environmental complaints were addressed, strengthening surveillance and response to ecological threats.

Recently, ten green turtles were brutally slaughtered—caught on video in direct violation of Indonesian Conservation Law.

Steps taken by Panama in the past year include enacting a province-wide illegal logging moratorium in Darien to stop anarchic cutting and clearing of tropical rainforests until a new permitting system is deployed, while hiring, equipping, and training 240 new national park rangers with the trucks, boats, and equipment they need—with an additional 50 rangers on the way.

Global Conservation signs an agreement with the East Kalimantan (EK) Government to deploy Global Park Defense for conservation areas across the region, beginning with a pilot project in the Derawan Archipelago.

Global Conservation collaborates with numerous individuals worldwide who are pioneering in the fields of environmentalism, encompassing anti-poaching, wildlife conservation, and the promotion of human-wildlife coexistence. We have the great honor of highlighting some of our Heros for you by sharing their history and stories.

GC is providing CONANP critical patrolling operations funding, training, and technology to support critical operations against illegal activities. Recently, Global Conservation, with the support of CONANP, SEMAR, and PNO, deployed its first marine monitor in the archipelago. 

Patrolling efforts within Bardia and Banke National Parks made significant progress thanks to joint patrols with local communities, new camera traps, and support for patrols.

On the east coast of Baja California Sur, a radar system seeks to curb illegal fishing and poaching of marine species that impact national parks and fishing refuges. In this region of northwestern Mexico, a partnership between organizations, community guards, park rangers, and the government patrols and monitors the area using technological tools such as drones and long-range surveillance cameras.

The National Border Service of Panama (SENAFRONT), the Public Ministry, and the Ministry of Environment (MiAMBIENTE) dismantled an illegal mining network in the Mangle River, in Alto Tuira, within Darién National Park, near the border between Panama and Colombia.

Wildlife 1 Conservancy, a Thai-registered NGO, has been involved in several sensitive wildlife conservation projects across Asia since 2010. Our objective is to protect biodiversity and counter illegal wildlife trade and trafficking through strengthening the capacity and capabilities of agencies and institutions tasked with this purpose.

The Belize Maya Forest Trust (BMFT) is dedicated to preserving this critical ecosystem through monitoring, enforcement, community engagement, and sustainable practices. Global Conservation’s support has enabled BMFT to enhance its capabilities through infrastructure upgrades, equipment acquisition, and expanded patrol efforts.

Guanacaste Conservation Area in Costa Rica is leading the way in environmental monitoring and response to threats like illegal hunting and forest fires. They have installed smart camera surveillance, a state-of-the-art monitoring technology, which is already helping to protect ecosystems.

GC commits to a new 3-Year Global Park Defense Program and also highlights the rangers' success and goals for the future.

The Citizen Observers Network (ROC), a Mexican organization based in La Paz, is the featured topic in the Mexico chapter of the new documentary series Guardians, a production of Prince William's United for Wildlife and the Royal Foundation. This recognition places Mexico on the international map of organized citizen monitoring, highlighting a locally built model with a technical, community-based, scientific, and replicable approach. 

UPDATE: A total of ten infractions were encountered from January to March 2025; these infractions included undersized product, illegal development, and found property.

This report summarizes key conservation efforts implemented by Global Conservation's Global Park Defense (GPD) in collaboration with SINAC across Costa Rica’s protected areas, including Corcovado National Park (PNC), Guanacaste Conservation Area (ACG), La Amistad International Park (PILA), and Golfo Dulce Forest Reserve (RFGD), during the first quarter of 2025. 

With our support, the Bushlife Conservancy has been working to curb poaching. Thanks to this hard work, they recently announced that Mana Pools National Park has been free of any elephant poaching incidents for three years.

Notably, the organization is already actively working in Ukraine, supporting, among others, the Carpathian National Nature Park and the Verkhovyna National Nature Park.

In partnership with the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), two comprehensive five-day training sessions were conducted in Lomie for rangers from the Dja and Ngoyla Reserves. These sessions aimed to strengthen both the operational and strategic capabilities of frontline personnel involved in anti-poaching and wildlife protection efforts.