GC Highlights: Our 2025 Year of Impact

Written By Joshua Asel

Global Conservation is working to protect the Last 10% of Intact Primary Forests and Marine Ecosystems.

By funding Training, Equipment and Systems - Global Park Defense and Community Protection are stopping the Illegal Logging, Mining and Poaching devastating our endangered National Parks and Indigenous Territories.

In 2025, Global Conservation made a tremendous impact towards our protection goals across 22 countries and over 20 million acres.

January 2025

GC deploys its fourth marine radar in Mexico in Islas Marias and Baja Sur, leading to the arrest of eight illegal fishing vessels.

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February 2025 

GC Cameroon receives critical funding for the Protection of Dja Rainforest Complex from European Union and UK DEFRA.



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March 2025

The Global Conservation OpEd was published in Newsweek with Panama Minister Juan Carlos Navarro.

  


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April 2025

GC deploys the latest marine radar in Coiba National Marine Park in Panama with six illegal fishing vessels captured in the first month.




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May 2025

GC Films Last Lands 2: Mirador with ABC News Bob Woodruff in the Heart of the Maya Biosphere.



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June 2025

Global Conservation Supports the Asháninka People in Protecting Their Communal Reserves.



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July 2025

GC Mirador and Calakmul Forces Remove 600 Land Invaders from Balam-Ku in Calakmul Biosphere Reserve.


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August 2025

Tigers to Return to Cambodia After GC Protects Cardamoms National Park over the Past eight Years.




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September 2025

GC’s Annual Event Raises Hope and Funding for Protecting Our Planet.



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October 2025

GC Inaugurates New Marine Radar with the Government of Indonesia to Protect Derawan Archipelago.



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November 2025

GC Kicks Off $1.5M Protection of Leuser Ecosystem : Sinkhil Wildlife Reserve and Experiences Massive Flooding due to Deforestation.


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December 2025

GC Completes 8-Year Project to Protect DaMaI Rainforest Complex in the Heart of Borneo, making it the Largest New National Park in SouthEast Asia.

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Saving Rawa Singkil Wildlife Reserve of Leuser Ecosystem, Aceh Province, Sumatra, Indonesia
Saving Rawa Singkil Wildlife Reserve of Leuser Ecosystem, Aceh Province, Sumatra, Indonesia

In 2025, satellite evidence shows 652 hectares of new illegal oil palm plantations inside Rawa Singkil Wildlife Reserve, with 453 hectares already in production as of September 2024. The destruction of large forest areas in Singkil is happening now and likely has the involvement of corrupt government officials. Almost 5% of the wildlife reserve has already been destroyed.

GC’s 2025 Komodo National Park Progress Report
GC’s 2025 Komodo National Park Progress Report

This year 2025 represented an important milestone in the ongoing effort to strengthen protection and management of Komodo National Park (KNP). Following the achievements of previous years, this year’s initiatives primarily focused on optimizing infrastructure to support sustainable conservation and integrating advanced technology surveillance systems to improve the management of the park’s protection.

New Camera Traps Snap Nearly Three Times More Images of Endangered Sumatran Tigers than Before
New Camera Traps Snap Nearly Three Times More Images of Endangered Sumatran Tigers than Before

In many ways, the Leuser ecosystem is an ideal habitat for Sumatran tigers. Three times the size of Yellowstone National Park, it is the largest contiguous tiger habitat remaining in Sumatra. It’s made up of lowland, hill, and montane forests, of which 44% are classified as intact forest landscape. “It’s also more thoroughly patrolled by rangers than nearly any other place on the island,” Figel said.

GC Featured in The Guardian: “They’re scared of us now”—How Co-investment in a Tropical Forest Scared Away Loggers
GC Featured in The Guardian: “They’re scared of us now”—How Co-investment in a Tropical Forest Scared Away Loggers

Low-cost tech and joined-up funding have reduced illegal logging, mining and poaching in the Darién Gap—it’s a success story that could stop deforestation worldwide

Marine Protection for Baja Sur, Mexico 2024-25 Impact Report
Marine Protection for Baja Sur, Mexico 2024-25 Impact Report

Global Conservation’s primary objective on land and sea is to protect the endangered marine ecosystems of the Baja Sur marine corridor from Loreto to East Cape (Boca del Álamo) by alleviating the pressures of illegal fishing, unregulated tourism, overfishing, and increasing marine traffic.

The GC 2024-2025 Impact Report Now Available
The GC 2024-2025 Impact Report Now Available

Packed with highlights of conservation successes from around the world at our project sites, this report features the effectiveness that the Global Park Defense and Community Engagement programs have for protecting culturally rich and highly biodiverse natural ecosystems in the most threatened parts of our world—land or sea.

GC Highlights: Our 2025 Year of Impact
GC Highlights: Our 2025 Year of Impact

Global Conservation is working to protect the Last 10% of Intact Primary Forests and Marine Ecosystems.

In 2025, Global Conservation made a tremendous impact towards our protection goals across 22 countries and over 20 million acres.

Defending the Heart of the Maya Biosphere—The Mirador 2024-25 Impact Report
Defending the Heart of the Maya Biosphere—The Mirador 2024-25 Impact Report

Global Conservation is working to secure permanent protection for Mirador National Park in Petén, Guatemala—the Heart of the Maya Biosphere and the Cradle of Maya Civilization.

GC Inaugurates New Marine Radar with the Government of Indonesia to Protect Derawan Archipelago
GC Inaugurates New Marine Radar with the Government of Indonesia to Protect Derawan Archipelago

Indonesia just inaugurated its first marine radar with the Governments of East Kalimantan and Berau to protect the Derawan Archipelago, Indonesia’s most important and biodiverse Marine Protected Areas (MPA).

Naso Kingdom Community Rangers Protect Their Indigenous Comarca
Naso Kingdom Community Rangers Protect Their Indigenous Comarca

Rangers from the Naso Kingdom spend days patrolling their forests to stop deforestation, which is penetrating the borders of their territory. Satellite monitoring and observing the terrain from high points helps them identify deforestation hotspots to visit on patrols. Global Conservation continues to support the community rangers in their efforts to protect this vast area of tropical rainforests in Panama.

Peru Community Protection—2024-25 Impact Report 
Peru Community Protection—2024-25 Impact Report 

Global Conservation forwards protection efforts throughout Peru in multiple parks while supporting native peoples through our Community Engagement program.

GC’s Annual Event Raises Hope for Protecting Our Planet
GC’s Annual Event Raises Hope for Protecting Our Planet

This inspiring event merged conservation leaders together with people who also share their passion for wildlife and habitat protection on a global scale! Live music from local band NOTORIOUS set the tone for a fun and thriving evening.

Joshua Asel
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