Spotlight - Information Sharing and Collaborations

INFORMATION SHARING

AND COLLABORATIONS

As the Center matures, we are able to make deeper contributions to environmental conservation, science, and community development and leadership.

Achieving conservation results requires investing in information sharing and inter-institutional collaboration. This season, partly facilitated by the expansion of virtual platforms, Center staff dramatically increased participation and leadership in professional conferences and collaborative regional networks and projects.

Informative training session with service providers to become conservation ambassadors

The Wetland Conservation Program played a lead role in the organization of the Forum for Environmental Health of Ramsar Site Laguna la Cruz. The forum attracted 458 participants from 3 countries, 28 Mexican states, and 81 academic, research, community, governmental and non-profit organizations. This forum contributed enormously to the momentum for conservation of Laguna la Cruz at all levels.

The Marine Mammal Program supported the completion of 1 master’s and 1 undergraduate thesis and delivered 3 presentations at the annual Mexican Society of Marine Mastozoology, and is in progress with 3 articles for submission to peer-review journals.

The Indigenous Community Partnership Program participated in 4 international and national organizations that work toward the protection of indigenous territorial defense, thus integrating these important perspectives into all the work done by the Center.

The Environmental Education Program facilitated the first Environmental Educators of NW Mexico Exchange, bringing together educators from 7 organizations to learn about the work carried out by other organizations with the aim of sharing challenges, strategies, results, and collaborations to face challenges around conservation problems.

The Waterbird Monitoring Program’s active participation in collaborative projects and networks contributed valuable data and perspectives during a year when few organizations were able to do fieldwork.