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Chumbe Island Continues to Celebrate Awards
Chumbe Island is proud of its long history of award-winning conservation and community efforts.
Caiman Ecological Refuge Supports the Pantanal’s Hyacinth Macaw Project
Brazil stands at first place as regards megadiversity: it possesses between 15 and 20% of the total Earth species, given that 20-22% are of plant species, approximately 10% of amphibians and mammals and 17% of birds of the planet. Concerning the Parrot family [crooked beak species], it is the richest country with 72 species, some of them being endemic. For the biodiversity conservation, the situation is not the best due the loss of habitat area and mischaracterisation of the main biomes.
The Story Behind Tahi Beach
“He kura tangata, e kora e rokohanga; he kura whena ka rokahanga”: “Possessions are temporary things compared to the land”
Tahi Beach and Sustainability
Tahi’s aim is to protect and enhance the natural ecosystems and biodiversity by providing corridors of natural habitat and extending this balance of protection and enhancement to social, economic and future generational considerations.
Conservation at Chumbe Island
Chumbe Island Reef Sanctuary: The Conservation & Education Coordinator and Chumbe Island Rangers are launching their 4th season of coral reef monitoring efforts, adding coral reef diseases to this year’s efforts. Seagrass monitoring continues in addition to our long-terms manual sea urchin removal project, which includes fish monitoring and substrate observations. The team is looking into any potential ecological relationships between sea urchins and their main predator, the orange-striped triggerfish (Balistapus undulaus). On-going monitoring of the crown-of-thorns sea star, a major predator of coral reefs, continues as well.
Species Preservation and Private Conservation
by Professor Jeff Langholz Zeitz Foundation friend and Associate Professor of International Environmental Policy at the Monterey Institute of International Studies (Monterey, California, USA), Dr. Jeff Langholz, spends most of his time researching, identifying, and evaluating innovative approaches for integrating biodiversity, conservation, economic development, and social well being worldwide.
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