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Extending from the Sierra Nevada to the east and the Coast Ranges to the west, California’s Central Valley in the United States is a broad expanse of land. It is one of the world’s most [...]

Over the last year and a half, almost all aspects of human activities, at all levels of society, have been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, and biodiversity research and conservation activities [...]

All along the Pacific coast, large areas of land including salt marshes and natural salt flats have been replaced by ponds for shrimp farming. Constant monitoring of shrimp farms in Mexico and [...]

In 1992 the Atlantic Coast of Tierra del Fuego Reserve (was designated as a Site of Hemispheric Importance in WHSRN. Since its designation the reserve has changed a lot. Partners at the site [...]

Every year, more than one million shorebirds travel along the Pacific Flyway through northwest Mexico. During their journey they use dozens of estuaries, beaches and coastal wetlands to feed and [...]

Over the next two years, as Fellows from Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Ecuador and Peru are developing their projects they will be in collaboration with stakeholders. For the third consecutive year [...]

On May 23, 2021, the Hemispheric Council of the Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network (WHSRN) voted unanimously to approve the designation of the Golfo de Nicoya in Costa Rica as a Site of [...]

Lagunas Yavaros-Moroncárit, Mexico, has been designated as a WHSRN Site of Regional Importance. This site is home to about 8% of the global population of the Marbled Godwit and more than 1% of [...]

The WHSRN Executive Office is excited to announce that Refugio de Vida Silvestre Isla Corazón y Fragata in Ecuador has been designated as a WHSRN site of Regional Importance. It’s 2,812 hectares [...]