 | Based upon our great success recently in adding 57,000 acre to the rainforest under our protection, Friends of Calakmul (FOC) has received significant press coverage from TreeHugger and Grist Magazine. |
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Feature Story on Treehugger.com To read about FOC in www.treehugger.com click on the link below
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Feature Interview on Grist.org Read a Grist Magazine interview with FOC Executive Director, Cheri Sugal, by clicking on the link below. Send your questions by Wednesday, October 18th, at noon and grist with publish your questions and answers.
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FOC adds 57,000 Acres into Permanent Conservation  Thanks to the support of members like you, we have successfully protected more land in the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve.
On August 10th, 2006 FOC negotiated an agreement that will add 57,000 acres to the land that is now permanently protected from logging and other development pressures in Calakmul. This parcel is an addition to the 200,000 acres of land FOC has already secured for conservation and a big step towards our goal of protecting 350,000 acres.
The agreement represents the next phase of FOC's work to consolidate the buffer zone of the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve, which has been identified as critically important for the survival of jaguars in this region but also remains threatened.
Although the area has already been designated as a reserve, only the government-owned core portion of the 1.8 million acres is strictly protected (indicated in dark green on map). The remaining 1.2 million acres of rainforest in the "buffer zone" of the reserve remains open to logging and other development pressures (indicated in light green on map).
FOC offers local landowners a better alternative than logging companies would and is beginning to work with communities around Calakmul to develop more environmentally-friendly employment opportunities.
The Global Conservation Fund (GCF) at Conservation International provided funding to Friends of Calakmul last year to undertake this agreement, which is the first of three we plan to sign this year. The GCF, established in 2001, was initially capitalized with a $100-million grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and has already succeeded in helping protect nearly 43 million hectares of the world's most biologically important regions.
The Calakmul Biosphere Reserve is home to second largest population of jaguars north of the Amazon or half of the 6,000 jaguars found in all of North and Central America. Protecting the habitat of jaguars in Calakmul directly protects the 60,000 other species found in this region, including 350 species of birds that either inhabit or migrate through Calakmul.
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