Division of International Conservation
International Affairs
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Latin America and the Caribbean Program
Photo of zebras.  Photo Credit:  FWS
Scarlet Macaw.  Photo Credit:  FWS
Monarch Butterfly.  Photo Credit:  FWS
Bird in flight.  Photo Credit:  FWS.
Snow Leopard.  Photo Credit:  FWS
Walrus.  Photo Credit:  FWS
World Globe.  Photo Credit:  NASA

 

Youth holding a hummingbird. Credit: CATIE/Bird Monitoring Program


In 1983, the service established the Wildlife Without Borders-Latin America and the Carribean program to implement the Convention on Nature Protection and Wildlife Preservation in the Western Hemisphere, and to provide expertise in wildlife and habitat conservation throughout the region. Recognizing the continuing acute shortage of training opportunities for career professionals in wildlife conservation and protected area management in the region, WWB-LAC continues to support capacity-building initiatives in ways that draw upon the experience, knowledge and expertise of current and past grantees, with a priority focus on protected areas and their buffer zones in ecosystems of global significance.

How To Apply:

- How To Apply to the Wildlife Without Borders-Latin America and the Caribbean Program
- Solicitando apoyo Financiero para Proyectos (Español)


Project Highlights:

- Working with People to Conserve Nature in the Americas Activities Report (PDF)
- Wildlife Without Borders Latin America and the Caribbean Program Factsheet (PDF)
- Program Overview and Informative Calendar (PDF)
- Answers to Calendar Trivia Questions!
- Featured Project - My Island-My Community


Project Summaries:


Weblinks:

Preparing Highly Effective Conservation Professionals for the Future:

Read the proceedings (in English and Spanish) from the workshop, held in Nicaragua in November 2009.

Read a message from Herb Raffaele, Chief, Division of International Conservation (in English and Spanish).

Press release (English and Spanish).


Wildlife Without Borders - Connecting People and Nature in the Americas:

Image of short version WWB-LAC video

Click here to see a 2 minute video featuring testimonials from some of our grantees.

Thumbnail image of WWB-LAC long video

Or watch the full version of our video, featuring several conservation projects located in the rainforests of Costa Rica.


 

 

Last updated: December 31, 2011
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