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Campaign against the parrot pet trade

The parrot pet trade in the Dominican Republic is contributing to their extinction.  Grupo Jaragua, with Humane Society International, in coordination with the Secretariat of the Environment and Natural Resoucres is implementing an education campaign to educate Dominican society about this issue. Click here to learn more about this issue...

Say NO to tortoiseshell (carey) 

The sale of tortoiseshell (carey) is affecting all the populations of this species in the Caribbean.  Grupo Jaragua, along with Humane Society International, in coordination with the Secretariat of the Environment and Natural Resources is implementing a bilingual educational campaign to educate Dominican society and visitors about this issue.  Don`t buy tortoiseshell and promote this cruel trade.  Click here to learn more... (coming soon). 

Summer camp for kids 2007

This year our environmental kids camp at Oviedo (Pedernales Province) had 108 kids participating.  They came from Oviedo and nearby communitites  (El Cajuil, Manuel Goya, Tres Charcos y Juancho). Multiple nature related activities included birdwatching at Fondo Paradí, Local Radio Program visit, and other musical, theater and educational activities. 

Migratory bird conservation at Sierra de Bahoruco

With support from American Bird Conservancy, we are implementing along with the Secretariat of the Environment and Natural Resources and its local staff a project to study and preserve the migratory birds of Bahourco.  This includes local parkrangers and forestry technicians.  

Important Areas for Bird Conservation  (AICA) Program

See the latest bulleting here (Spanish only) AICA Abril 2007 (pdf)  

More Program docs here:   

Otros Documentos AICA

Biological corridor of the Jaragua -Bahoruco-Enriquillo Biosphere Reserve 

As part of the Conservation of Biodiversity Project in the JBE Biosphere Reserve, we have identified the most important areas for threatened species of flora and fauna.  This is to inform the design of a biological corridor that communicate the populations of endangered animal and plant species.

Sea Turtle Nesting Monitoring

In march 2007 we continued with the turtle nesting study started in 2006 along with the University of Valencia and Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (CIBIMA-UASD).  The season started with nesting leatherbacks in Jaragua National Park. This year we are finding and increase in nest numbers, but poaching remains a major problem, as well as car traffic over nests in Bahía de las Aguilas.  This year we are also monitoring nests (mainly hawksbill turtle) in Saona island, del Este National Park. 

Parrot nest monitoring in Jaragua 

For two years in a row, we are monitoring the critical sites for parrot nesting in Jaragua National Park, particularly in Sabana de Algodón.  There, parrots nest in hollow trunks of the endemic palm cacheo de Pedernales.  Poaching of fledglings for the pet trade is a major threat, with up to 98% of nests destroyed in a given season. 

Monitoring of Ricord`s Iguana

This is the fourth year that we have been monitoring Ricord's iguana nests in Pedernales and we continue with the identification of their distribution and nesting areas in nearby Haitian areas as well as south of Enriquillo Lake.  This is a critically endangered species.  

Last Updated: 21 Sep 2007

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