Protecting Jaguars and Biodiversity in the Amazon

Introduction 

We are very excited to be building a new partnership based in the Brazilian Pantanal, the worlds largest wetland and the best location in the world for wildlife tourist to come observe jaguars in their natural environment..

Report 

This year our partners are starting off a new project located at a cattle ranch that is also a ecolodge. Their ranch/lodge is located only 10km from a large city with 40k population. Since 2017 they have been occasionally setting camera traps there and since then have identified 12 individuals using this land. The thing about this lodge is they are surrounded by ranchers who aren't involved with eco tourism, not necessarily jaguar friendly and are annually losing their livestock to jaguar and or puma. Our goal here is to show our presence, give talks and workshops, and build a program where neighboring ranches pledge to be jaguar friendly and stop killing jaguars. In turn we will have a conservation tax that will be uses to help offset these losses for those who aren't working directly with ecotourism

Thank you for your support

Dear Supporters,

In January 2011 we started this project with our team in Costa Rica with the aim to build a sustainable project that would be funded locally and sustainability. We know that conservation projects are long term and over the years our team have published countless papers that have included local, national and international partners to influence decision making to protect the Jaguars and the rainforest in Costa Rica. 

Over the past 11 years with you by our side we have invested over $33,000 from 641 donors around the world and this inclides you! You have be apart of something unique and special and today although sad for us it is a huge achievement that we hand this project over to a local charity that has a sustainable funding source and will continue the great research and more importantly will continue local outreach activities to engage the local community in the issues these amazing wild animals face on their doorstep.

So what is next?: Our team is ready to head over to our next location with a similar mission and I am excited to let you know before anyone else that this new project will be in Peru! We are very excited to kick off in Peru but our priority now is fundraising through this project so we can set up in Peru over the next few months. We hope you Join Us in the next part of this project adventure to protect and save more wildlife and more of the beautiful rainforest 

Thank You!