NEWS
LET’S SAVE THE ARROYO OAK: A CALL TO PROTECT OUR NATURAL HERITAGE
BY: BCI
This is the Arroyo Oak (Quercus brandegeei), an endemic species of BCS that has witnessed generations come and go, offering food, shelter, and cool shade in a land where shade is a treasure. But there's a problem: this tree is disappearing, and to prevent it, we must take action.
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DEEP SEA MINING: A LATENT THREAT TO OUR OCEANS
BY: BCI
Deep sea mining is one of the biggest threats for our oceans and the life on our planet. Baja California Sur is the nearest place from the area that has the biggest interest for the international corporations, but represents a number of serious environmental and social threats to our region.
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BENEFITS OF BEING IN NATURE
BY: BCI (Based Louv, R. / The Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder/ 2005, and other studies).
The connection with the natural environment has significant positive effects on human well-being. Through the analysis of recent studies, we invite you to discover how this relationship can improve our quality of life, especially our mental and physical health.
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Impact of Coral Bleaching in Cabo Pulmo
BCI (Based on the presentation by Dr. Héctor Reyes and M.Sc. Alejandra Robles Payán, “Impact of the El Niño Phenomenon on the Coral Communities of Cabo Pulmo National Park 2023-2024”)
You may have heard that coral reefs are bleaching in Cabo Pulmo and other parts of the world, but why is this happening? How does bleaching affect corals and the animals that live in these ecosystems?
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WHAT ARE CORALS TRYING TO TELL US?
According to an article published on Scientific Reports, stony corals (scleractinians) are in survival mode, as if preparing for a mass extinction. Scientists analyzed fossils from the mass extinction of 66 million years ago of 839 threatened species of these corals and when comparing them with current specimens they found alarming similarities.
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Cerca de la tierra/ CLOSE TO EARTH WITH DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHER ELIZABETH MORENO AND THE RANCHEROS/ RANCHERAS OF BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR
By: Joy E. Stocke
Cabo Pulmo, BCS. On a windless evening at the Visitor’s Center in the village of Cabo Pulmo on the Southeast Region of the Baja Peninsula, documentary photographer Elizabeth Moreno Damn, 36, projects photographs onto a screen. Moreno has photographed the lives of the rancheros and rancheras--the men, women, and children who live in the valleys of the Sierra La Giganta mountain chain--for more than ten years.
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