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5 projects · 5 organizations

Comunidad y Biodiversidad (COBI)

Fishers Running Their Own Marine Reserves

Oceans & Coasts

A Mexican NGO trains small-scale fishers to run their own no-take marine reserves and collect the science that keeps fisheries sustainable.

222fishersFishers trained as marine citizen scientists
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Grupo de Ecología y Conservación de Islas, A.C. (GECI)

GECI — Bringing Mexico's Seabird Islands Back to Life

Wildlife

A Baja California NGO clears rats, cats and goats off Mexico's islands, and formerly extinct seabird colonies are returning by the thousands.

60populationsInvasive species populations removed from islands
85% of coloniesFormerly extirpated seabird colonies recovered
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Tens of thousands of Nahua and Totonac families in Mexico's Sierra Norte de Puebla run their own cooperative economy, organic coffee, community finance, housing and forests, outside the reach of intermediaries.

35kmembersCooperative members across the Sierra Norte de Puebla
430villagesVillages participating in the cooperative network
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