This is excellent! And a great example for other islands, get your decision-makers to the ecosystems with the most need for protection.
Environmental Awareness Group added 4 new photos to the album: Prime Minister and Min of Agriculture Visit Offshore Islands.
Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer and Minister of Agriculture, Lands, Housing & the Environment, Hilson Baptiste, recently visited Great Bird Island with the EAG. Issues related to Antigua & Barbuda's potential for birding tourism, management of the marine protected area (NEMMA), the draft Environment Protection and Management Bill and other matters were discussed. This was the government ministers' first up-close encounter with our endemic, critically endangered Antiguan Racer snake.
The visit was sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland through an avi-tourism project and by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund.
Zapoten ==endemics
EN LA SIERRA DE BAHORUCO.Iniciando el 2021, 4 días en busca de aves endémicas y migratorias en esa zona única ,en compañía de nuestro gran amigo el conservacionista y protector de la sierra de Bahoruco, trabajador y defensor del medio ambiente: Fernando González Felix.
This is in Manabao, on the route between Jarabacoa and Pico Duarte,DR
Finca Spirit Mountain is a unique agroforestry project revolving around coffee production, with a driving passion for educational reform and tourism. They work to protect and conserve the biodiversity and water sources present on their farm in lush Jarabacoa, Dominican Republic, and in their surrounding communities.
Learn more about their Bird Friendly farm at https://nationalzoo.si.edu/migratory-birds/certified-coffee-farms/finca-spirit-mountain
This is one of the target birds at the Zapoten “hotspot “ in the Sierra de Bahoruco!!
Long rough road from Villa Barrancoli in Puerto Escondido de Duverge.
En nuestra publicación de #MartesEndémico les presentamos un ave endémica rara llamada Chirrí de Bahoruco (Calyptophilus tertius)
Y ustedes se preguntarán 🤔¿Cómo así…rara? Las especies raras son aquellas de pequeñas poblaciones, que no puede decirse estén actualmente en peligro, o que sean vulnerables, pero que están sujetas a riesgos de extinción.
El Chirrí de Bahoruco está presente en zonas de densa vegetación en el bosque húmedo, latifoliado y de pinos en Massif de la Hotte y Massif de la Selle, en Haití, así como en la Sierra de Bahoruco, en República Dominicana.
📸 Dax Roman E
