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Restoring an essential natural lung near the urban center of Ponce

Submitted on 19 January 2024 - 12:33pm

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Manuel Guillama Capella

Conservation of El Samán forest came after an extensive struggle to prevent the construction of a drugstore

 

Ponce - A community struggle that lasted more than a decade ended recently with a resounding victory for environmental protection, resulting in the first acquisition of an urban forest by the conservationist organization Para la Naturaleza (PLN) and the rescue of an important lung near the urban center of this municipality.

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Continúa abierta convocatoria para participar en el 3er Festival de Cortometrajes Microrrelatos de Cambio Climático

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La UPR en Humacao anuncia que este año el Festival tiene el lema En defensa de nuestras aguas. 

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Scientists concerned about the accelerated deterioration of environmental quality and marine communities in La Parguera Nature Reserve

Submitted on 23 February 2023 - 10:17am

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Scientists from the Department of Marine Sciences (DCM) of the University of Puerto Rico's Mayagüez Campus (RUM) are raising concerns about the accelerated deterioration of the quality of the environment and the state of the marine communities that make up the ecosystem of the La Parguera Nature Reserve (RNLP), the most developed in Puerto Rico.

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Record of leatherback turtle nests

Submitted on 17 June 2014 - 4:04pm

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Marga Parés Arroyo / Mpares@elnuevodia.com

This year, 1681 nests of leatherback turtles have been reported around the coasts of Puerto Rico.

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Protecting 390,000 acres from Cabo Rojo to Vega Baja

Submitted on 29 April 2014 - 5:57pm

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Rebecca Banuchi / rebecca.banuchi@gfrmedia.com

390,00 acres has been designated as a protected zone under the Bosque Modelo.

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Puerto Rico Conservation Trust aims to protect 33% of land

Submitted on 6 June 2013 - 11:34am

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Gerardo E. Alvarado León / galvarado@elnuevodia.com

The Puerto Rico Conservation Trust announced the creation of a new division called "Para la Naturaleza" (translated as 'for nature'), focused on protecting 33% of land in Puerto Rico by 2033. Currently only 8% of land in Puerto Rico is protected, according to the Trust's executive director, Fernando Lloverás.

 

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