Best Management Practices for Farming and Ranching in Latin America and the Caribbean Support Birds, Nature, and People
The backbone of American Bird Conservancy's (ABC's) BirdsPlus program is our set of best management practices, a series of science-backed recommendations that help ensure the working landscapes we invest in will generate a win-win-win scenario for land managers, biodiversity, and investors. The prog...
Conservation at the Scale Needed: Helping Migratory Birds Bounce Back on Natural Rubber Plantations
Since 2022, ABC has been working with local partner Hevea Costa Rica (Hevea) to expand and connect critical bird habitats in Costa Rica by creating natural rubber plantations, which traditionally use degraded lands, and provide a sustainable alternative to other methods of growing rubber trees that ...
Birds Mean Business in Ecuador's Andes
How winged creatures provide wonder, inspiration, and prosperity in one of the world's birdiest regions. Straddling the Andes and equator in northern Ecuador, Pichincha Province resembles a jagged swift gliding east across the map. In an area smaller than Connecticut, the province hosts over ...
