Nayib Bukele won 53% of the vote and will be El Salvador’s next president. Bukele, the 37-year-old former mayor of the capital San Salvador….Continue Reading
La única crisis en la frontera es una crisis humanitaria
Nos mantenemos firmes y solidarios con los muchos centroamericanos que tienen pocas opciones más que emigrar hacia el norte……Leer mas
Mangrove Restoration Beginning to Bear Fruit
Sometimes, progress means helping nature do what it does best. This seems to be the case for a once-barren 200-acre piece of land surrounded by lush mangrove forests in El Salvador. Mangrove forests provide a vast array of valuable ecosystem services and play a critical role in climate change mitigation and adaptation; they sequester carbon, […]
Communities front and center at Fourth Mangrove Forum
EcoViva and partners convened conservationists from across El Salvador Community groups from across El Salvador gathered November 8 for the Fourth National Mangrove Forum to discuss mangrove restoration policy and progress, sea turtle conservation, and community co-management of natural protected areas. The event brought together around 350 people from community organizations, NGOs, academia, and government […]
Sea turtle deaths highlight gaps in enforcement
On Wednesday, August 16, three dead sea turtles washed up on the beach in Isla Montecristo near our partners’ community-run turtle conservation hatchery. How did they end up there? The call came during the dawn hours of August 15th. The sky was beginning to lighten and the sea was calm and quiet. Geovanny was tending […]
