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Call to reconsider Construction Council's plan for the northern Karst

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The conservation organization Citizens of the Karst (CDK) invited the Construction Council to reconsider their position and join the majority of Puerto Rican society in their efforst of protecting the northern Karst. 

 

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Puerto Rican parrot takes flight

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Sandra Caquías Cruz / scaquias@elnuevodia.com

The Department of Natural and Environmental Resources is evaluating the creation of a third aviary to breed the endangered Puerto Rican parrot and help the restoration of its population. The population of the Amazona vittata was once at 13 individuals and today is around 500.

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Extinction of the Puerto Rican boa could represent a public health risk

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Antonio R. Gómez / antonio.gomez@gfrmedia.com

The Puerto Ricna boa was declared an endangered species in 1970, and although there are specimens in certain regions of Puerto Rico, the species continues to be threatened risking not only its survival but public health. Boas eat rodents, like rats and mice, which can transmit diseases to humans.

The fate of the boa and other endangered species in the Caribbean and Latin American are being discussed this weekend at a conference at the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico in Arecibo.

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Green turtle dies in Escambrón

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Ivelisse Rivera Quiñones / ivelisse.rivera@gfrmedia.com

Edwin Mojica, from the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources, informed that an endangered green sea turtle died this morning in the Escambrón area of San Juan. In better news, Mojica said that another endangered sea turtle species, a leatherback turtle, was seen laying eggs in Ocean Park.

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Historical protection to a coquí

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Aurora Rivera Arguinzoni / arivera@elnuevodia.com

The coquí llanero became the first of this species of frog to be designated as an endangered species by the United Stated Fish and Wild Life Service.

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