Our website is designed to give you quick and easy access to our news and park profiles, as well as background information about the countries where we work. By regularly posting breaking news and constantly adding new park evaluations to our database, we aim to keep you informed on all the issues crucial to protected areas in the tropics.
Originally headquartered at Duke University’s Center for Tropical
Conservation (CTC), ParksWatch was created in 1999 by CTC Co- Directors, Dr. John Terborgh, James B. Duke Professor of
Environmental Science, and Dr. Carel van Schaik, Professor of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy. As both have moved on and retired, ParksWatch is now run through the NGO WISE Tropics, in the Cedar Key office, to maintain its nonprofit, tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. To date, ParksWatch has active projects with individuals and partner organizations in Mexico, Guatemala, Venezuela, Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, and Argentina.
Originally Headquartered at Duke University’s Center for Tropical Conservation (CTC), ParksWatch was created in 1999 by CTC Co-Directors, Dr. John Terborgh, James B. Duke Professor of Environmental Science, and Dr. Carel van Schaik, Professor of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy. The CTC is a University Center of Duke’s Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, and maintains nonprofit, tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
To date, ParksWatch has active projects with individuals and partner organizations in Mexico, Guatemala, Venezuela, Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, and Argentina.
ParksWatchs mission is to protect biodiversity by gathering,analyzing,and publicizing up to date information on the state pf tropical protected areas
ParksWatch is a watchdog and monitoring organization that works through partnerships with in-country NGOs and individuals to conduct on-the-ground evaluations of national parks and other protected areas.
Madidi National Park, located in the southern tropical Andes, is one of Bolivia’s most important protected areas. This natural gem figures among the most biologically rich areas in the world, with an exceptional diversity of Andean ecosystems – most of which are highly endangered – and an enormous variety of endemic species and threatened animals.
The Junín National Reserve’s main goal is to preserve the wild flora and fauna along with the beautiful scenery of Lake Junín, as well as contributing to the social and economic development of the region by the sustainable use of renewable natural resources.
The biological diversity of Junín National Reserve corresponds to the high Andean landscape or Puna of the Central Andes.
El “Premio de Reportaje sobre Biodiversidad\” es una iniciativa desarrollada por la alianza entre Conservación Internacional, el Centro Internacional para Periodistas y la Federación Internacional de Periodistas Ambientales. En Perú, también cuenta con el apoyo de la Asociación Nacional de Periodistas Ambientales
ParksWatch receives no core funding from government sources. We rely on support from charitable organizations and individuals like you to continue documenting threats to protected areas internationally and identify the most effective ways to abate them and address the pervasive problem of paper parks.
