EcoLogic Development Fund
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EcoLogic empowers rural and indigenous peoples to restore and protect tropical ecosystems in Central America and Mexico. www.ecologic.org
🌱 Field Update from Guatemala: Our team is testing different fertilization treatments in local nurseries, and the results are already visible! You can clearly see differences in plant growth, helping us identify the most effective, sustainable methods to support reforestation efforts!
November 17, 2025 at 5:35 PM
🌱 Field Update from Guatemala: Our team is testing different fertilization treatments in local nurseries, and the results are already visible! You can clearly see differences in plant growth, helping us identify the most effective, sustainable methods to support reforestation efforts!
New FAO’s Global Forest Resources Assessment 2025: nearly 11 million hectares of forest are still lost each year—especially in tropical regions—and climate threats like fires, pests, and extreme weather continue to take a toll. www.fao.org/newsroom/det...
Global deforestation slows, but forests remain under pressure, FAO report shows
Latest Global Forest Resources Assessment provides detailed analyses for 236 countries and areas
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November 16, 2025 at 4:34 PM
New FAO’s Global Forest Resources Assessment 2025: nearly 11 million hectares of forest are still lost each year—especially in tropical regions—and climate threats like fires, pests, and extreme weather continue to take a toll. www.fao.org/newsroom/det...
In Ixcán, Guatemala, rural and Indigenous communities are turning to beekeeping to strengthen their livelihoods and protect the land. 🍯 From sustainable income to women’s empowerment, beekeeping is creating real change! www.ecologic.org/post/the-rol...
November 15, 2025 at 12:28 PM
In Ixcán, Guatemala, rural and Indigenous communities are turning to beekeeping to strengthen their livelihoods and protect the land. 🍯 From sustainable income to women’s empowerment, beekeeping is creating real change! www.ecologic.org/post/the-rol...
"This project has shown that when Indigenous and rural communities lead, the results are transformative for people and for ecosystems." www.ecologic.org/post/altipla...
November 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
"This project has shown that when Indigenous and rural communities lead, the results are transformative for people and for ecosystems." www.ecologic.org/post/altipla...
Our team in Honduras has received the materials for building Justa 3D #cookstoves! These cookstoves are safer, more efficient, and better for both people and the planet. With every stove built, we're helping reduce deforestation and improve community health!
November 13, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Our team in Honduras has received the materials for building Justa 3D #cookstoves! These cookstoves are safer, more efficient, and better for both people and the planet. With every stove built, we're helping reduce deforestation and improve community health!
👏 Our team is on the ground at the National Congress on Protected Areas in Guatemala, joining voices from across the country to champion community-led conservation, forest protection, and Indigenous rights!
November 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
👏 Our team is on the ground at the National Congress on Protected Areas in Guatemala, joining voices from across the country to champion community-led conservation, forest protection, and Indigenous rights!
How do you make people care about climate change? From decoding whale songs with AI to racing to document disappearing insects, Life on a Little-Known Planet shows us how wonder, urgency, and storytelling can coexist. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
How to make people want to read about climate change
Pulitzer winner Elizabeth Kolbert's new book is a master class in writing about the natural world.
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November 6, 2025 at 5:31 PM
How do you make people care about climate change? From decoding whale songs with AI to racing to document disappearing insects, Life on a Little-Known Planet shows us how wonder, urgency, and storytelling can coexist. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
This week, #women from the community of Tzanixnam in #Guatemala are leading the way in forest #restoration with voluntary plantings of Abies guatemalensis, a native and endangered fir tree. This is community-led #ClimateAction: grounded in knowledge, powered by women!
October 30, 2025 at 5:17 PM
This week, #women from the community of Tzanixnam in #Guatemala are leading the way in forest #restoration with voluntary plantings of Abies guatemalensis, a native and endangered fir tree. This is community-led #ClimateAction: grounded in knowledge, powered by women!
From feeding families to inspiring communities, #women are at the heart of resilient, sustainable food systems. 💪 “It makes me proud to know that as women, we are leading change in our communities.” www.ecologic.org/post/how-hom...
October 30, 2025 at 2:02 PM
From feeding families to inspiring communities, #women are at the heart of resilient, sustainable food systems. 💪 “It makes me proud to know that as women, we are leading change in our communities.” www.ecologic.org/post/how-hom...
We’ve planted 11 pounds of seed from Abies Guatemalensis, a native and endangered conifer essential to #Guatemala’s highland #forests. Now the wait begins... let’s see how many #seedlings we’ll be able to transplant!
October 23, 2025 at 4:28 PM
We’ve planted 11 pounds of seed from Abies Guatemalensis, a native and endangered conifer essential to #Guatemala’s highland #forests. Now the wait begins... let’s see how many #seedlings we’ll be able to transplant!
"The mangrove swamp has generated economic well-being for us because it is an anchor of life." www.ecologic.org/post/mangrov...
Mangrove Ecosystem: An Anchor of Life for Coastal Communities of the Caribbean of Guatemala
By Lucy Calderón, founder, reporter, photographer, and editor of EcocienciaGT."When I am among the mangroves, I feel happy because I am taking care of my future and that of my children and…
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October 22, 2025 at 2:59 PM
"The mangrove swamp has generated economic well-being for us because it is an anchor of life." www.ecologic.org/post/mangrov...
Biodiversity loss from land use change may be 60% higher than we thought. Research from Colombia reveals that small-scale surveys could be vastly underestimating the impact of forest clearing on biodiversity.
news.mongabay.com/2025/10/biod...
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Biodiversity loss due to land use change could be highly underestimated: Study
A survey of Colombian birdlife, which evolved over more than a decade into the world’s largest-ever ornithological study, has found that clearing forests to create new pastures is causing as much as…
news.mongabay.com
October 21, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Biodiversity loss from land use change may be 60% higher than we thought. Research from Colombia reveals that small-scale surveys could be vastly underestimating the impact of forest clearing on biodiversity.
news.mongabay.com/2025/10/biod...
news.mongabay.com/2025/10/biod...
When Indigenous wisdom guides cutting-edge tools like AI and drones, restoration becomes smarter, faster, and more just! www.ecologic.org/post/indigen...
October 20, 2025 at 1:55 PM
When Indigenous wisdom guides cutting-edge tools like AI and drones, restoration becomes smarter, faster, and more just! www.ecologic.org/post/indigen...
In case you missed it: we recently published our latest newsletter! From youth-led murals to women-led beekeeping, it's packed with stories of local action making a global impact. Take a look, get inspired, and see how you can be part of the movement! mailchi.mp/ecologic.org...
October 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
In case you missed it: we recently published our latest newsletter! From youth-led murals to women-led beekeeping, it's packed with stories of local action making a global impact. Take a look, get inspired, and see how you can be part of the movement! mailchi.mp/ecologic.org...
More than half of the world’s bird species are now in decline. But the recovery of species like the green sea turtle shows what’s possible when conservation is #community-led, rooted in traditional knowledge, and backed by long-term action. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
More than half of world’s bird species in decline, as leaders meet on extinction crisis
Biodiversity losses are growing, the IUCN reports as summit opens, but green turtle’s recovery ‘reminds us conservation works’
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October 18, 2025 at 4:04 PM
More than half of the world’s bird species are now in decline. But the recovery of species like the green sea turtle shows what’s possible when conservation is #community-led, rooted in traditional knowledge, and backed by long-term action. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Big #reforestation pledges make headlines, but without #community #leadership, most of those #trees won’t survive. In places like Totonicapán & Olanchito, local communities are already restoring forests and protecting water, #biodiversity, and livelihoods! www.ecologic.org/post/beyond-...
October 17, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Big #reforestation pledges make headlines, but without #community #leadership, most of those #trees won’t survive. In places like Totonicapán & Olanchito, local communities are already restoring forests and protecting water, #biodiversity, and livelihoods! www.ecologic.org/post/beyond-...
This #WorldFoodDay, we’re celebrating the power of home gardens, small plots making a big impact on #FoodSecurity, resilience, and community leadership across Mesoamerica. Families (especially #women!) are growing their own food & leading local change. 💪🌱 www.ecologic.org/post/how-hom... #FoodHeroes
October 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
This #WorldFoodDay, we’re celebrating the power of home gardens, small plots making a big impact on #FoodSecurity, resilience, and community leadership across Mesoamerica. Families (especially #women!) are growing their own food & leading local change. 💪🌱 www.ecologic.org/post/how-hom... #FoodHeroes
Today is International Day of #RuralWomen, and we’re celebrating the #women who lead change from the ground up! In rural communities across Mesoamerica, women are at the heart of #climate solutions. But too often, their work goes unseen and unsupported.
www.ecologic.org/post/rooted-...
www.ecologic.org/post/rooted-...
October 15, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Today is International Day of #RuralWomen, and we’re celebrating the #women who lead change from the ground up! In rural communities across Mesoamerica, women are at the heart of #climate solutions. But too often, their work goes unseen and unsupported.
www.ecologic.org/post/rooted-...
www.ecologic.org/post/rooted-...
Recently, our team in #Mexico visited 3 ejidos as part of our ongoing work to monitor #forest health and #biodiversity. Local participation is at the heart of everything we do, because the people who know the forest best are the ones who live closest to it!
October 14, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Recently, our team in #Mexico visited 3 ejidos as part of our ongoing work to monitor #forest health and #biodiversity. Local participation is at the heart of everything we do, because the people who know the forest best are the ones who live closest to it!
In #Honduras, #students working toward their high school diplomas are getting hands-on with nature, clearing #firebreaks to help prevent #forest fires. 👏 This activity is part of their social service work, blending environmental care with community learning!
October 13, 2025 at 1:02 PM
In #Honduras, #students working toward their high school diplomas are getting hands-on with nature, clearing #firebreaks to help prevent #forest fires. 👏 This activity is part of their social service work, blending environmental care with community learning!
Biodiversity is the planet’s original data system. Every species holds knowledge written in DNA, solutions to survival and climate resilience. When a species goes extinct, we lose that wisdom forever. Protecting biodiversity means preserving nature’s code. www.butlernature.com/2025/10/10/b...
Biodiversity is Earth’s greatest database — and it’s being erased
Long before humans built computers, nature built a better one. Razan Al Mubarak sees biodiversity as the planet’s original information network. In a commentary published on Mongabay, Al Mubarak,…
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October 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Biodiversity is the planet’s original data system. Every species holds knowledge written in DNA, solutions to survival and climate resilience. When a species goes extinct, we lose that wisdom forever. Protecting biodiversity means preserving nature’s code. www.butlernature.com/2025/10/10/b...
It’s World Migratory Bird Day! Every year, millions of #birds travel across continents, helping #forests grow, stay healthy, and bounce back. Want to know how birds help forests and forests help birds? We wrote a short piece on it. It’s a good one! www.ecologic.org/post/the-vit... #WMBD2025
The Vital Role of Forest Restoration in Protecting Birds
Birds play a crucial role in maintaining the health and stability of forests, and conserving and restoring these habitats is essential to ensure their survival.May 13 is World Migratory Bird Day, an…
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October 11, 2025 at 2:05 PM
It’s World Migratory Bird Day! Every year, millions of #birds travel across continents, helping #forests grow, stay healthy, and bounce back. Want to know how birds help forests and forests help birds? We wrote a short piece on it. It’s a good one! www.ecologic.org/post/the-vit... #WMBD2025
Big things are growing in Totonicapán, #Guatemala! Our incredible field team is already preparing #forest production for 2026! 💪🌱 From collecting seeds to planning nurseries, this work is about long-term impact: restoring #forests, supporting communities & protecting #biodiversity!
October 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Big things are growing in Totonicapán, #Guatemala! Our incredible field team is already preparing #forest production for 2026! 💪🌱 From collecting seeds to planning nurseries, this work is about long-term impact: restoring #forests, supporting communities & protecting #biodiversity!
Today is #DAF Day! Put your Donor-Advised Fund to work for people and the planet. 🌿💚 By recommending a grant to EcoLogic, you’re helping restore forests, empower Indigenous youth, and support sustainable agriculture across Mesoamerica. Make your DAF gift count today! givebutter.com/ecologicgene...
October 9, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Today is #DAF Day! Put your Donor-Advised Fund to work for people and the planet. 🌿💚 By recommending a grant to EcoLogic, you’re helping restore forests, empower Indigenous youth, and support sustainable agriculture across Mesoamerica. Make your DAF gift count today! givebutter.com/ecologicgene...
Meet Cristobel Johnson, a powerhouse farmer in rural Honduras who’s proving that women are at the heart of sustainable change. 💪 From harvesting lemons to planting maize and yuca, Cristobel is restoring her land and feeding her community!
#PoweredByWomen, #GiveToWomenAndGirls
#PoweredByWomen, #GiveToWomenAndGirls
October 8, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Meet Cristobel Johnson, a powerhouse farmer in rural Honduras who’s proving that women are at the heart of sustainable change. 💪 From harvesting lemons to planting maize and yuca, Cristobel is restoring her land and feeding her community!
#PoweredByWomen, #GiveToWomenAndGirls
#PoweredByWomen, #GiveToWomenAndGirls