Citizen Science is the involvement of the public in scientific research. For FCD, the Citizen Science Program with the Scarlet Macaw Conservation Program provides the opportunity for volunteers to assist with the biomonitoring and protection of the scarlet macaws during the peak nesting period. This year, FCD announced the call for volunteers in March through […]

Ginger Deason, PhD Program Officer for Central America, U.S Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) visited the Chiquibul during the month of September with the intent of having a first-hand look at the results of the financing provided by the USFWS. For more than 5 years, the USFWS has been supporting FCD in areas of macaw […]

After ten years, a new website has been launched by FCD which is more representative of the work the organization does. In 2007, with the signing of a co-management agreement with the Forest Department, FCD initiated a more robust program of ecosystem protection. Our work since then was centered on the Chiquibul National Park. Over […]