NEWS


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?

BCI (Based on “Evolutionary Traits that Enable Scleractinian Corals to Survive Mass Extinction Events.” 2020 )

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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