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    <title>Proyecto Vida Silvestre Expands Its Conservation Reach</title> 
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    <description>In its fourth phase, after consolidating more than a decade of work across the Colombian departments of Santander, Antioquia, Cesar, Vichada, Arauca, and Putumayo, the Vida Silvestre Project (PVS) is expanding into Casanare, in Colombia&amp;rsquo;s Orinoco region. Through 2028, the project will focus on conserving landscape species&amp;mdash;such as the puma and a striped catfish found in the Cusiana River&amp;mdash;while strengthening conservation agreements, restoring forests, and working alongside local communities. By empowering residents to steward their lands, monitor wildlife, and lead conservation efforts, PVS aims to ensure that biodiversity protection is driven by the people who know these landscapes best.
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    <pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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    <title>On The Trail Of The Torrent Duck</title> 
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    <description>In Colombia&amp;rsquo;s upper Salda&#241;a River basin, the Torrent Duck is helping researchers understand how healthy rivers, intact forests and conservation efforts shape aquatic ecosystems.
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    <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 18:21:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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    <title>In the Amazon, equity is also being cultivated</title> 
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    <description>In Guaviare, Caquet&#225;, and Putumayo, associations of cacao producers, stingless beekeepers, and harvesters of non-timber forest products are empowering more women and young people to recognize their rights, generate income, and lead economic initiatives.

This important effort stands in contrast to the patriarchal model that has historically shaped the region.


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    <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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    <title>Restoring to Recover the Upper Salda&#241;a River Basin</title> 
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    <description>After years of deforestation and land-use practices that degraded forests and water sources, researchers and rural communities are working to restore the ecosystems of this region. 

They are doing so through the establishment of conservation agreements, restoring forests, and promoting productive activities that aim to balance environmental health with local livelihoods.
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    <title>WCS Backs Urgent Protections for Giant Otter at Wildlife Summit in Brazil</title> 
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    <description>The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is supporting a proposal to secure for this endangered species the highest level of protection under CMS while strengthening international cooperation across its range in the Amazon, Orinoco, and Pantanal river basins.

Proposal 30.2.3&amp;nbsp;would list the giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) on both Appendix I and Appendix II of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), as governments prepare to convene for the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP15) in Campo Grande, Brazil, from March 23&amp;ndash;29.
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    <title>Parks Rangers Gather from Six Countries to Strengthen Skills to Protect the Amazon</title> 
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    <description>More than 30 park rangers from Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Peru, and Suriname gathered&amp;nbsp;in Lima to complete the final training and evaluation of the World Bank&amp;ndash;led Amazon Sustainable Landscapes (ASL) Regional Park Rangers project. The innovative initiative seeks to strengthen skills to better equip rangers to respond to the complex and evolving challenges they face on the ground.
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    <title>Stephen Ham Named Senior Vice President and Chief Development Officer of the Wildlife Conservation Society</title> 
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    <description>The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has&amp;nbsp;announced the appointment of Stephen L. Ham as Senior Vice President and Chief Development Officer, effective March 1, 2026.

A highly collaborative senior executive with more than 20 years of experience leading global philanthropy strategies, Ham will oversee WCS&amp;rsquo;s comprehensive fundraising efforts, advancing the organization&amp;rsquo;s mission to save wildlife and wild places worldwide. He currently serves as WCS&amp;rsquo;s Vice President of Individual Giving.
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    <pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 16:57:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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    <title>Landmark decisions at CITES CoP20 deliver historic safeguards for species —many threatened by the global pet trade</title> 
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    <description>As the 20th meeting of the&amp;nbsp; CITES CoP20&amp;nbsp;concluded, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) welcomed a series of landmark decisions that will strengthen trade regulations for threatened species&amp;mdash;including many heavily targeted by the global pet trade&amp;mdash;while also warning that several decisions could jeopardize hard-won conservation gains.

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WCS delegates from across the globe brought decades of scientific and policy expertise to Samarkand, working to ensure that Party decisions were grounded in rigorous, evidence-based conservation science.
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    <description>The devices installed in the upper Salda&#241;a River basin in Tolima reveal the area&amp;rsquo;s biodiversity and show how conservation agreements are starting to deliver results. Landowners and residents take an active role, strengthening their connection to the territory and their commitment to nature.

Discover the species recorded, the impact of monitoring on the community&amp;rsquo;s perception, and how knowledge and conservation come together to protect life in this region.
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    <description>Children taking part in this initiative study in several rural schools across the Department of Tolima, nestled in Colombia&amp;rsquo;s Central Andes. In addition to helping care for species facing different levels of threat, this enthusiastic group of young collaborators is also seizing the opportunity to learn about the importance of wildlife and how to protect it.
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    <title>Environmental organizations warn of deforestation in the Amazon: every minute, an area of forest equivalent to six football fields is lost.</title> 
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    <description>The Amazon is dangerously close to its tipping point.&amp;nbsp;Every minute, an area of rainforest equivalent to six football / soccer fields is deforested,&amp;nbsp;according to an estimate by WWF using data from MapBiomas. Amid this socio-environmental crisis,&amp;nbsp;a group of environmental and scientific organizations have joined forces in an unprecedented alliance to create Amazon League, a global campaign that seeks to mobilize civil society and present a joint petition at COP30, demanding concrete actions to stop the collapse of the Amazon and protect the planet&amp;#39;s other tropical forests.
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    <description>Caring for the land also helps boosts agricultural productivity &amp;mdash; and in this effort, voluntary conservation agreements play a key role. Across the Central Andes in Tolima, an increasing number of cattle ranchers and coffee growers are signing these agreements to protect forests and freshwater ecosystems. So, how does this good-faith mechanism actually work?
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    <description>A group of landowners in southern Tolima is showing that citizens, too, can be conservationists. By turning their properties into Civil Society Nature Reserves, they are committing to the protection of forests, rivers, and unique species, while also adopting practices that are more environmentally friendly. Discover their stories and how, from their own land, they are changing the future of Colombia&amp;rsquo;s biodiversity.
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    <title>WCS Leads International Workshop on Ex Situ Management of Wildlife from Illegal Trafficking</title> 
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    <description>For three days, more than 70 professionals and technicians from Colombian environmental authorities, representatives from wildlife rescue centers, and experts in the care of animals rescued from illegal trafficking are coming together to share experiences and strengthen their capacities in the care and rehabilitation of confiscated wildlife.
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    <description>From Chaparral and Planadas, in the department of Tolima, a group of farmers traveled to the municipality of El &#193;guila, in the north of&amp;nbsp;Valle del Cauca, to exchange ideas on both topics. The meeting was inspired by two successful conservation initiatives.
What motivated this gathering? What were its main takeaways?
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    <description>The purpose of 33 conservation agreements signed with an equal number of peasant families in Colombia&amp;rsquo;s Central Range is to make certain habitual production activities of rural life more eco-friendly, especially with the water resources of this Andean region. What does this conservation strategy consist of? We invite you to read this story.
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