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Conservation Opportunity manages to collect more than 1,000 pounds of garbage on Aguada's beach

January 3, 2023 Yamilet Aponte-Claudio

The event was part of the campaign, “Disfruta con Conciencia”, with the second installation of an environmental awareness sign by the entity [January 2, 2023- Aguada, Puerto Rico]- The non-profit organization, Conservation Opportunity (CO) began the new year 2023 with an accomplishment......

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EPA program awards $500,000 for local job training

December 23, 2022 Yamilet Aponte-Claudio

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that the nonprofit PathStone Corporation will receive $500,000 through the Brownfields Job Training Program to boost job training in Puerto Rico. This......

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CO Brigades assist 9 local farms in the aftermath of Hurricane Fiona

November 2, 2022 Yamilet Aponte-Claudio

The non-profit organization, Conservation Opportunity (CO), planned and carried out nine brigades to support local farmers in the aftermath of Hurricane Fiona to help remediate the damage caused. Fiona passed through the island on September 18 and many farmers, especially the......

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Successful installation of the #MiYunqueLimpio initiative sign 

October 13, 2022 Antonio Echevarría

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

October 1, 2022 Antonio Echevarría

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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NOAA Ocean Exploration dives off Puerto Rico in search of Clipper Endeavor

September 9, 2022 Yamilet Aponte-Claudio

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Ocean Exploration and the Air/Sea Heritage Foundation explored under the sea off the coast of Puerto Rico from August 25 to September 2, 2022. The dive was streamed live from May,.......

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Biology student wins Heirs to Our Oceans backpacking scholarship 

August 17, 2022 Antonio Echevarría

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

August 2, 2022 Antonio Echevarría

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

July 29, 2022 Antonio Echevarría

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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LCC Member Raises Awareness in U.S. Latino Communities through CO Resources

July 27, 2022 Antonio Echevarría

Recent graduate of the University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Campus (UPRRP) and founder of Granos PR, Yunielis Clemente Ortiz, shared her experience of being a member of the Latino Climate Council (LCC) of the Hispanic Access Foundation (HAF) at .......

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