Conservation Opportunity

De Pajareo presents bird watching skills

July 12, 2023 admin

Its members emphasize some of the key qualities they use when observing birds that promote greater environmental well-being...

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

May 30, 2023 Antonio Echevarría

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

May 22, 2023 Antonio Echevarría

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

March 30, 2023 Antonio Echevarría

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

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Successful garbage pickup by Conservation Opportunity in Playa Lucia

March 1, 2023 admin

 This event was part of the campaign, “Disfruta con Conciencia”, with the third installation of a sign, promoting environmental awareness by the non-profit organization Conservation Opportunity. [February 26, 2023- Yabucoa, Puerto Rico]- The non-profit organization, Conservation Opportunity (CO) closes .......

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CO recounts its 2022 achievements on its second anniversary

February 3, 2023 Antonio Echevarría

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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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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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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