Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens recognized Manatee Awareness Month in a prominent way, by releasing a female manatee in Daytona Beach waters Thursday after she spent three months at the Manatee Critical Care Center.
How camera traps in Costa Rica are saving the jungle and supporting local communities
Across the world, the equivalent of 27 soccer fields is cleared every minute for agriculture and logging – threatening wildlife and damaging crucial ecosystems. In Costa Rica, camera traps are working to combat this – helping to both record animals such as jaguars, pumas, tapirs and armadillos, while also helping to monitor the health of the ecosystem. In addition, camera trapping is also attracting tourists, which boosts local income – allowing the community and biodiversity to exist in harmony.
Our Wildlife Conservation Agenda
In the last four years, the Trump administration consistently sold out the environment, working instead to recklessly and unapologetically place the power of the federal government at the disposal of those who seek to exploit and degrade our land, water, air and wildlife. The failure to act decisively to counter biodiversity loss and climate change has given these crises unchecked momentum. In combination, they present the greatest threat to our planet’s health in the history of humankind, threatening to unravel the rich, intricate tapestry of life on Earth. Defenders is committed to working with President-elect Biden and his administration to … Continue