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Huge wildlife corridor in Belize sees progress, boosting hope for jaguars and more (commentary) mongabay.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from mongabay.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Inset map below Historical Distribution of Jaguar, Panthera.org; World Terrestrial Ecoregions, WWF 2012; World Database of Protected Areas (WDPA) 2018. 1 MISIONES - UPPER PARANÁ Due to widespread deforestation, the Atlantic Forest’s jaguars now exist in a few isolated subpopulations. WWF is striving to boost jaguar numbers by reducing conflicts between jaguars and local people while conserving native habitats and preventing poaching. Jaguar corridor SOUTHERN GUIANAS This lushly forested landscape is home to thousands of jaguars. While it’s experienced relatively low rates of deforestation, gold mining and expanding agriculture have driven a recent rise in the loss and fragmentation of jaguar habitats. In Suriname and French Guiana, jaguars are also threatened by the illegal trade in jaguar parts, especially in mining and logging areas. ....
Situated at the base of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve (CBR) spans 1.8 million acres of Mesoamerica’s Maya forest and is home to a diverse array of flora and fauna, such as the iconic and threatened Central American tapir, white-lipped peccary, ornate hawk-eagle, and the second-largest jaguar population on the continent. In recent years however, changes in precipitation patterns, including prolonged drought, have depleted freshwater reserves posing an immediate threat to wildlife. The main objective of this project is to reduce the vulnerability to drought of populations of endangered species in the Maya Forest by managing artificial water sources during the dry season and evaluating the use of these resources in the CBR. To alleviate water scarcity, researchers from WWF and Mexico’s National Commission for Natural Protected Areas will identify critical areas in the CBR that are affected by drought through remote sensing, expand the coverage ....
How mass deforestation is wiping out species around the world msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.