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Enhancing firefighting efforts to safeguard Guatemala’s Sierra de las Minas Biosphere Reserve

RRF Secretariat 8th January 2025 Uncategorised
Enhancing firefighting efforts to safeguard Guatemala’s Sierra de las Minas Biosphere Reserve

In February 2024, the Sierra de las Minas Biosphere Reserve, a critical conservation area in southwestern Guatemala, faced devastating forest fires. These fires threatened the reserve’s diverse ecosystems, including the largest mixed cloud forest in Central America and species like

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Firefighting in araucaria biosphere reserve – Chile

RRF Secretariat 28th August 2024 Uncategorised
Firefighting in araucaria biosphere reserve – Chile

In January 2024, a lightning strike caused forest fires to break out in two areas of Lonquimay commune, Chile, within both the Araucaria Biosphere Reserve and the Kütralkura UNESCO World Geopark. These fires were unusual in the rate at which

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BOLSTERING COORDINATION AND CAPACITY OF FIRE-FIGHTING EFFORTS IN THE BRAZILIAN PANTANAL

RRF Secretariat 29th May 2024 Uncategorised
BOLSTERING COORDINATION AND CAPACITY OF FIRE-FIGHTING EFFORTS IN THE BRAZILIAN PANTANAL

In November 2023, severe and protracted forest fires affected the Pantanal Conservation Area World Heritage site and Pantanal Biosphere Reserve, threatening the integrity of this unique wetland habitat that harbours species such as jaguar, aquatic birds and giant otter. By

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AVIAN INFLUENZA RESPONSE IN THE GALAPAGOS

RRF Secretariat 22nd February 2024 Uncategorised
AVIAN INFLUENZA RESPONSE IN THE GALAPAGOS

The Galapagos archipelago is a world-famous UNESCO Natural World Heritage site, known for its rich diversity of endemic species and as a living showcase for evolution. The islands’ biodiversity is closely linked with the surrounding ocean, making them a vital

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RAPID WASTE REMOVAL TO RESTORE SIMIEN NATIONAL PARK, ETHIOPIA

RRF Secretariat 4th August 2023 Uncategorised
RAPID WASTE REMOVAL TO RESTORE SIMIEN NATIONAL PARK, ETHIOPIA

The Simien National Park (SMNP) in Northern Ethiopia is a spectacular landscape, where massive erosion over millions of years has created jagged mountain peaks, deep valleys and sharp precipices dropping some 1,500m. The Park is of global significance for biodiversity,

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STRENGTHENING VITAL SURVEILLANCE EFFORTS IN NIGER’S W NATIONAL PARK

RRF Secretariat 4th August 2023 Uncategorised
STRENGTHENING VITAL SURVEILLANCE EFFORTS IN NIGER’S W NATIONAL PARK

The W-Arly-Pendjari Complex is a mosaic of nine protected areas spreading across three countries (Benin, Burkina Faso and Niger). Together these areas create the largest and most important continuum of terrestrial, semi-aquatic and aquatic ecosystems across in the West African

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EMERGENCY SUPPORT TO VIRUNGA NATIONAL PARK’S MOUNTAIN GORILLAS

RRF Secretariat 4th August 2023 Uncategorised
EMERGENCY SUPPORT TO VIRUNGA NATIONAL PARK’S MOUNTAIN GORILLAS

Virunga National Park (790,000 ha) is the first national park established on the African continent and comprises an outstanding diversity of habitats, including swamps, steppes, snowy mountain peaks, savannahs, and the two most active volcanoes in Africa. The park is

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Suppressing the spread of uncontrolled fire in Mount Kenya National Park

RRF Secretariat 8th June 2022 Uncategorised
Suppressing the spread of uncontrolled fire in Mount Kenya National Park

From mid-March 2022, fires scoured sections of the National Park, threatening key moorland and forest habitats on Mount Kenya. Some forest glades containing mature rosewood and cedar trees were lost early on and without a significant response, further losses to

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Emergency response to attack in W-Arly-Pendjari Complex

RRF Secretariat 6th June 2022 Uncategorised
Emergency response to attack in W-Arly-Pendjari Complex

The W-Arly-Pendjari Complex plays a crucial role in maintaining biodiversity, with the area supporting 85% of the remaining savannah elephants in West Africa, the only viable population of lions in the region and one of the few populations of cheetah

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Battling Blazes in the Brazilian Cerrado

RRF Secretariat 18th November 2021 Updates
Battling Blazes in the Brazilian Cerrado

The Cerrado biome is also the most biodiverse savannah in the world, home to approximately 5% of the planet’s biodiversity. The region supports many rare and endemic animals and plants, including the giant anteater, giant armadillo, maned wolf, jaguar, pampas

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