The Islas Marías Biosphere Reserve (RBIM) highlights a series of coordinated actions involving personnel from the Islas Marías Naval Sector, the Coast Guard, ENSAR personnel, fisheries officers, federal CONAPESCA officers, and RBIM personnel to address threats to marine biodiversity in this protected natural area.

The governments of Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize signed an agreement to protect and preserve the Great Mayan Forest, a 5.7 million-hectare expanse shared by the three nations. It represents the second most important natural reserve on the continent, only after the Amazon. 

The National System of Protected Areas (SINAP) of Panama has adopted EarthRanger as a management and monitoring tool across its protected areas.

Between June and July, the Naso Kjunkler park ranger group, in coordination with the Ministry of Environment rangers stationed in the Bonyic sector of the Naso Comarca, carried out a series of protection and control operations.

Despite several challenges encountered during the year, the EAGLE teams pushed forward with 90 significant wildlife traffickers arrested in seven countries. It is a positive example of how team spirit and inner motivation play a strong role in getting results and fighting obstacles.

For one week, park rangers will receive training in active patrolling, inter-institutional coordination, and use of the Earth Ranger platform.

African People & Wildlife (APW) is the recipient of a grant from Global Conservation for the project “Supporting rapid response anti-poaching teams and human-wildlife conflict mitigation officers in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.” This project is essential to the success of community-driven conservation programs in Tanzania.

The Danum-Maliau-Imbak (DaMaI) Initiative on Patrolling (monitoring and enforcement) concluded this year with notable achievements in protecting the Danum Valley, Maliau Basin, and Imbak Canyon Conservation Areas—collectively known as the DaMaI Rainforest Landscape (DRL) of approximately 1.0 million hectares.

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.