CO cooperates with Finca Escuela de La Perla for sign installation and beach cleanup

The Conservation Opportunity (CO) team, along with Finca Escuela de La Perla, the Puerto Rico Detectorists Association, and the Bayamón Pack 334, celebrated “Scouts Trash the Trash Day” and the Festival of Endemic Birds by offering a talk on endemic birds of Puerto Rico. Likewise......

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CO and Puerto Rico al Sur collaborate in the installation of sign and cleanup of the Yeyesa Forest in Salinas

On April 15, the Conservation Opportunity (CO) team teamed up with the non-profit organization, Puerto Rico al Sur, to install a #PuertoRicoLimpio sign at Bosque la Yeyesa, Calle 13 in the Vázquez parcels in Salinas. A trash pickup was conducted y......

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Conservation Opportunity announces its third Photo Competition to celebrate Coral Reef Week

Winners will be offered prizes and a tour of the La Parguera Nature Reserve....

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United for the Love of the Rivers: Young Puerto Rican joins initiative with love letter dedicated to El Yunque

Through this national initiative, participants were able to connect with the environment through the creation of videos focused on the care of water bodies. ....

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CO recounts its 2022 achievements on its second anniversary

Conservation Opportunity (CO) celebrates its second year of functionality by highlighting its 2022 accomplishments, fulfilling its mission and vision of promoting paid internships and volunteer activities, connecting people with opportunities for growth and inspiring the Puerto Rican and international community towards sustainability. ...

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Successful installation of the #MiYunqueLimpio initiative sign 

On August 6, the Conservation Opportunity (CO) team celebrated a partnership with the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) after installing the #MiYunqueLimpio initiative sign at the El Yunque National Forest's Broken Bridge. The funds used for the......

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Human Resources Coordinator recruits Environmental Interpreter for CO talks

Last December, Conservation Opportunity, in collaboration with Para la Naturaleza (PLN), offered a webinar on resume and career building, in which the Conservation Trust's Human Resources Coordinator, Sonia Rolón Otero, was able to recruit environmental interpreter, Gabriel Pacheco Santa, to the ...... team.

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Biology student wins Heirs to Our Oceans backpacking scholarship 

During these past summer months, college student Camilla Molina was able to secure a scholarship that allowed her to hike part of the Pacific Crest Trail through the non-profit organization Heirs to Our Oceans (H2OO). ...

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286 pounds of waste collected in the Las Cabezas de San Juan nature reserve

From 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. last Sunday, the non-profit organizations Para la Naturaleza (PLN) and Conservation Opportunity (CO) collaborated to participate in the trash pick-up called by Benito “Bad Bunny” Martinez Ocasio during his concert on Thursday 28th.......

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How lack of charisma affects snake conservation

It should not be denied that, in addition to the lack of studies related to local snakes, such as Magliophis stahli and exiguus, snakes are generally socially disliked, causing some individuals to be killed by terrified people and their habitats to end up being poisoned or destroyed.....

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