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Darien National Park Progress Report 2023-2024

With Global Park Defense, the park authority and ranger teams will have increased capacity and improved effectiveness to greatly improve park and wildlife protection, law enforcement, and biodiversity monitoring. Our goal is to achieve "No Cut, No Kill" protection for the national park within 5-6 years.

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Global Conservation Deploys Marine Protection in Coiba National Park, Panama

In Panama, Global Conservation is deploying Global Park Defense in Coiba National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site with excellent intact marine ecosystems facing increasing pressures from illegal fishing and wildlife poaching. Global Conservation funded a state-of-the-art radar system, created by Protected Seas, which significantly strengthens the protection, conservation, and surveillance efforts against illegal fishing in this nature reserve.

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Watch the Premiere of War on Nature: NASO KINGDOM | Episode 6

The Naso people are battling against illegal squatters, agricultural expansion, and recurring invasions by cattle ranchers, which threaten both their cultural heritage and the region's fragile ecosystems. In response, Global Conservation has partnered with the Naso authorities to implement Global Park Defense. Over the last 18 months, 60 Naso Community Ecoguards, supported by Panama law enforcement, have patrolled thousands of kilometers to map threats, dismantle illegal settlements, and protect the integrity of the Naso Comarca. ​

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Komodo National Park: Progress in Park and Wildlife Protection 2023-2024

Global Conservation’s Executive Director was on mission recently to Komodo National Park, meeting with the National Park Authority and GC Partner in Conservation—Komodo Survival Program. We commit to a new 3-Year Global Park Defense Program and also highlight the rangers' success and goals for the future.

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Jeff Morgan Writes for the South China Morning Post about the Future of Conservation

Powerful words from our leader, Jeff Morgan.
We are down to our last 10 percent of intact tropical forests and endangered wildlife such as rhinos, tigers, and African forest elephants. It is time for rich countries and philanthropists to step up and get the money flowing directly to national parks and indigenous territories across the world. Our last forests, along with the people and animals that inhabit them, demand nothing less.

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Global Conservation Gains New Vice President Amy Tidovsky

Global Conservation is more than excited to have new Vice President Amy Tidovsky on our team, who brings a wealth of knowledge, primarily from the fields of conservation and fundraising. We are sure she will be an invaluable leader towards guiding GC in the right direction.

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Photo Essay: Great Koala National Park is Being Decimated by the Australian Government; Global Conservation Steps In

Once numbering in the millions across the country, today, fewer than 36,000 koalas remain in the wild. Sadly, koalas are now officially declared endangered and facing a real threat of extinction. Australia has one of the highest rates of deforestation in the world due to land clearing for beef production, unregulated urban development, and native forest logging, which places Australia as one of the fastest rates of biodiversity loss across the world.

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GC’s Investments in Ngorongoro, Tanzania, Showcase Passion for Coexistence with Wildlife Amid Nightly Raids

Global Conservation supports two Conservation Partners for the Ngorongoro World Heritage Site in Tanzania: African People and Wildlife (APW) and KopeLion. With APW, we provide support to rapid response anti-poaching teams and human-wildlife conflict mitigation officers, with a primary focus on elephants, while KopeLion focuses on developing a sustainable model for lion-livestock coexistence.

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ABC News Announces New Four-Part Series Investigating Global Fight To Protect the Planet’s Most Threatened Ecosystems

ABC News Live, the 24/7 streaming news channel, is partnering with Global Conservation, the only international nonprofit organization focused on the direct protection of endangered national parks and Indigenous territories in developing countries, to present “Last Lands,” a gripping new series spotlighting the global fight to protect our planet’s most threatened ecosystems.

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GC Releases Fourth in the Series - War on Nature: Panama

Darien National Park is the largest protected area in Central America and the Caribbean. This biosphere reserve is considered the most important natural lung in the world after the Amazon rainforest. These forests provide habitat for the endangered brown-headed spider monkey, the endangered Baird’s tapir, harpy eagles, and many more.

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GC Forwards Critical Conservation Efforts Throughout the Derawan Archipelago

This year, GC made significant strides in our conservation efforts across the Derawan Archipelago. We began by facilitating the establishment of the Berau Marine Protected Area (MPA) Task Force, led by the Berau Regency Government Fisheries Department, followed by the Air and Water Police of Berau and East Kalimantan and the Berau Navy.

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