Massive molasses spill showcases major gaps in rules safeguarding Salvadoran society in face of narrow industry interests. Update: A second large molasses spill ocurred on June 1, less than a month after the Magdalena spill in Chalchuapa, at a molasses storage facility north of San Salvador. The facility reportedly has a capacity of 2.5 million gallons, an unknown quantity of which […]
Enlisting Technology to Protect Vulnerable Wetland Ecosystems
Today is World Wetlands Day, and the Salvadoran Ministry of Environment (MARN) announced some thrilling news: it will soon be able to better monitor illegal fishing activity along the coast with the help of state-of-the-art technology. This is a major victory for organizations like EcoViva and ICAPO, together with community allies, who continue to raise public […]
100,000 Sea Turtles Released in El Salvador!
Last week, the community of Montecristo celebrated completing the first phase of the “Quelonia” project, named after the Spanish classification for turtles and spearheaded by FIAES. During the peak of sea turtle season (August-January), community members incubated 125,000 eggs in the community run hatchery and released a total of 100,000 baby sea turtles, surpassing its […]
Communities Organized for Sustainable Resource Management
Happy World Wetlands Day! Winding through the river canals that branch off the Bay of Jiquilisco, my colleague from the Mangrove Association points out the five native mangrove species, numerous birds and reptiles, and overall diversity of life that inhabits the forests. Mangroves and their firmly perched roots sustain an impressive ecosystem. The maze-like network […]
Ojos de Agua
Erica Terence works with Klamath Riverkeeper and the Waterkeeper Alliance. She traveled from her home watershed in the Klamath River Basin of southern Oregon and Northern California to spend six months in Mexico and South America between October and March. Her last stop was El Salvador, where she aimed to exchange stories, strategies and other […]
