{"id":834,"date":"2026-08-25T04:18:44","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T04:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webmediamall.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/25\/unicorn778-how-a-rare-bird-sparked-a-wildlife-movement-across-16-villages-in-guyana-peluang-terburuk-saat-bermain-slot-online\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T04:18:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T04:18:44","slug":"unicorn778-how-a-rare-bird-sparked-a-wildlife-movement-across-16-villages-in-guyana-peluang-terburuk-saat-bermain-slot-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webmediamall.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/25\/unicorn778-how-a-rare-bird-sparked-a-wildlife-movement-across-16-villages-in-guyana-peluang-terburuk-saat-bermain-slot-online\/","title":{"rendered":"UNICORN778 How a rare bird sparked a wildlife movement across 16 villages in Guyana Peluang Terburuk Saat Bermain Slot Online"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-327131\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"bulletpoints-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"bulletpoints\">\n<ul>\n<li><em>The documentation of the endangered red siskin, a rare bird, in Guyana inspired the creation of the South Rupununi Conservation Society.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>The organization has built a multi-community grassroots conservation approach that is grounded in traditional knowledge, organizes across 16 village boundaries and includes Indigenous villagers, farmers and teachers who research wildlife, develop conservation guidelines and teach local ecology.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Projects include community conservation zones to protect wildlife such as giant anteaters, the genetic documentation of species and monitoring.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Short-term funding, development pressure and cultural change threaten the model, even as communities invest their own money into projects.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><button class=\"content-expander\"><span>See All Key Ideas<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>WICHABAI, Guyana \u2014 At sunrise in Guyana\u2019s South Rupununi, Leroy Ignacio stops beside a tree scored with large claw marks. The animal responsible was a giant anteater.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey even rub their backs on the trunk to leave a scent behind,\u201d says Ignacio, president of the South Rupununi Conservation Society (SRCS), as he demonstrates the motion.<\/p>\n<p>Indigenous researchers had long observed anteaters (<em>Myrmecophaga tridactyla<\/em>) climbing and marking trees, behaviors previously documented by scientists only in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.degruyterbrill.com\/document\/doi\/10.1515\/mammalia-2023-0006\/html\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">isolated cases<\/a>. Working with four Indigenous communities, SRCS placed cameras at trees identified by locals. The resulting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/380459520_Insights_into_marking_behavior_of_giant_anteaters_a_camera_trap_study_in_the_rupununi_savannahs_Guyana\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">883 recorded visits<\/a> suggested the solitary animals use the trees to communicate.<\/p>\n<p>For nearly a quarter-century, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.srcs-gy.com\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">SRCS<\/a> has built a multi-community approach to conservation grounded in traditional knowledge. Its members are villagers, farmers and teachers who work with participating communities to research wildlife, develop conservation guidelines and teach local ecology.<\/p>\n<p>Before SRCS, Indigenous-led conservation in the Rupununi was mostly in the form of scattered projects and traditional stewardship by Makushi and Wapichan communities.<\/p>\n<p>But the discovery of an endangered bird, the red siskin (<em>Spinus cucullatus<\/em>), gave several South Rupununi communities a reason to organize across village boundaries.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_327139\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/24145422\/49506673107_f61775170d_k.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-327139\" src=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/24145422\/49506673107_f61775170d_k.jpg\" alt=\"A flock of red siskins\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/24145422\/49506673107_f61775170d_k.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/24145422\/49506673107_f61775170d_k-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/24145422\/49506673107_f61775170d_k-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/24145422\/49506673107_f61775170d_k-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/24145422\/49506673107_f61775170d_k-610x458.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A flock of red siskins in Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo, Guyana. Image by Nick Athanas via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/antpitta\/49506673107\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">Flickr<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/2.0\/deed.en\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">CC BY-NC-SA 2.0<\/a>).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>A multi-community movement<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>It all began with a scientific trip, recounts Ignacio.<\/p>\n<p>In 2000, <a href=\"https:\/\/biogenomics.si.edu\/research\/research-action\/back-brink-saving-red-siskin\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">researchers from the Smithsonian<\/a> and the University of Kansas, both in the U.S., came to the South Rupununi to survey birds. Duane De Freitas and other young Indigenous residents from Wapichan, Makushi and Wai Wai communities guided the scientists in the region. Together, they documented Guyana\u2019s first scientifically confirmed population of the endangered red siskin.<\/p>\n<p>The small red-and-black finch had disappeared from much of its historical range due<a href=\"https:\/\/global.si.edu\/projects\/red-siskin-initiative-0\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\"> to illegal trapping<\/a> for the pet trade. The local guides were already concerned about changes to their sensitive landscape \u2014 during the rainy season, Rupununi\u2019s flooded savannas and wetlands form an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/journals\/forests-and-global-change\/articles\/10.3389\/ffgc.2020.00008\/full\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">ecological corridor<\/a> between the Amazon and Essequibo watersheds, connecting the highly biodiverse Amazon Basin and Guiana Shield.<\/p>\n<p>They used the discovery of this bird as a launching point to develop a formal conservation organization.<\/p>\n<p>The SRCS was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.equatorinitiative.org\/2024\/06\/18\/south-rupununi-conservation-society\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">officially registered in 2002<\/a>. It has since expanded into research on giant anteaters, giant armadillos (<em>Priodontes maximus<\/em>), yellow-spotted river turtles (<em>Podocnemis unifilis<\/em>) and other threatened birds. What makes it stand out is its multi-community approach, which trains and pays local residents to research and protect wildlife across the Rupununi.<\/p>\n<p>SRCS works in approximately 16 communities, although different villages participate in different projects. An executive body elected at an annual general meeting oversees the organization, while project managers coordinate work with village councils. Rangers are then recommended by community leaders or volunteer themselves.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_327142\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/24145632\/Giant-Ant-Eater.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-327142\" src=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/24145632\/Giant-Ant-Eater.jpg\" alt=\"A giant anteater. \" width=\"1724\" height=\"1294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/24145632\/Giant-Ant-Eater.jpg 1724w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/24145632\/Giant-Ant-Eater-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/24145632\/Giant-Ant-Eater-1536x1153.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/24145632\/Giant-Ant-Eater-1200x901.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/24145632\/Giant-Ant-Eater-610x458.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1724px) 100vw, 1724px\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A giant anteater. Image by Gentry Hale.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_327144\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/24150058\/Guyanas-freshwater-turtles-recovery-program.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-327144\" src=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/24150058\/Guyanas-freshwater-turtles-recovery-program.jpg\" alt=\"Turtles at Guyana's freshwater turtles recovery program\" width=\"1724\" height=\"1294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/24150058\/Guyanas-freshwater-turtles-recovery-program.jpg 1724w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/24150058\/Guyanas-freshwater-turtles-recovery-program-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/24150058\/Guyanas-freshwater-turtles-recovery-program-1536x1153.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/24150058\/Guyanas-freshwater-turtles-recovery-program-1200x901.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/24150058\/Guyanas-freshwater-turtles-recovery-program-610x458.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1724px) 100vw, 1724px\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Turtles at Guyana\u2019s freshwater turtles recovery program. Image by Gentry Hale.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Rangers can be young people, women, farmers, teachers, guides or livestock owners who take time out to help monitor animals by hiking through predetermined areas of the Rupununi and collecting data on location, behavior and range of each species.<\/p>\n<p>Monitoring is mostly about gathering information about species \u2014 if they do see illegal activities, they report them to village leaders. Rangers receive stipends for individual projects rather than full-time salaries.<\/p>\n<p>It was through trial and failure during their red siskin \u201cpioneer pilot project\u201d that they learned how to organize community-led conservation, Ignacio says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy role in SRCS is very diverse,\u201d says longtime ranger and project coordinator Angelbert Johnny. \u201cIt goes all the way from sitting in meetings with people to being in the field, training and collecting data.\u201d He also translates between English and Wapichan, the Indigenous language spoken in his community, during village council meetings.<\/p>\n<p>Maruranau, a Wapichan community <a href=\"https:\/\/moaa.gov.gy\/indigenous-villages\/maruranau\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">named after the giant armadillo<\/a><u>,<\/u> approached SRCS because residents wanted to better understand and protect their namesake animal. SRCS <a href=\"https:\/\/undp-nature.exposure.co\/the-rider-of-the-giant-armadillo\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">invited<\/a> the neighboring communities of Shea and Awarewaunau to join, and Johnny coordinated a two-year project focused on giant armadillos and giant anteaters.<\/p>\n<p>Rangers first interviewed residents in Wapichan and gathered their knowledge about the animals\u2019 ranges, behavior and place in community life. Then, they used camera traps and field surveys to document them. Rangers presented those findings at village meetings, and residents used the information to help identify areas for farming, sustainable logging, tourism and conservation.<\/p>\n<p>Johnny\u2019s translations were central to the process. His role, he says, is to ensure residents understand that \u201cthe project belongs to them, not to SRCS.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The work by the local rangers reshaped how the communities managed their habitat. In <a href=\"https:\/\/inewsguyana.com\/south-rupununi-villages-establish-new-conservation-area-to-protect-giant-armadillo-giant-anteater\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">October 2025<\/a><u>,<\/u> leaders from the three villages signed an intercommunity agreement establishing shared land-use zones and conservation rules across 150,000 hectares (371,000 acres) to protect the giant armadillo and giant anteater.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_327143\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/24145824\/Leroy-Ignacio-1.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-327143\" src=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/24145824\/Leroy-Ignacio-1.jpg\" alt=\"Leroy Ignacio, president of SRCS.\" width=\"1724\" height=\"1358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/24145824\/Leroy-Ignacio-1.jpg 1724w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/24145824\/Leroy-Ignacio-1-768x605.jpg 768w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/24145824\/Leroy-Ignacio-1-1536x1210.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/24145824\/Leroy-Ignacio-1-1200x945.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/24145824\/Leroy-Ignacio-1-610x480.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1724px) 100vw, 1724px\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leroy Ignacio, president of SRCS. Image by Gentry Hale.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>A grassroots effort<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Field Museum senior conservation ecologist Lesley de Souza has worked with the organization for about six years on rapid inventories and projects involving giant armadillos and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.srcs-gy.com\/copy-of-traditional-knowledge-preserv\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">first genetic documentation of cottontail rabbits in Guyana<\/a>. From her perspective, one of SRCS\u2019s strengths comes from the people who lead the work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat grassroots approach, I think, is really effective,\u201d she says. \u201cAnytime you can have local people on the ground gathering real-time data, it can transform whether or not a place or a species will be protected long term.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The red siskin, SRCS\u2019s longest-running project, has shown successful outcomes. Five Indigenous communities have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservationleadershipprogramme.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/SRCS-and-Leroy-Ignacio_Final-CLP-Report.pdf\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">formally approved a red siskin conservation zone<\/a> across their territories, where they establish rules and local rangers monitor the birds and threats to their habitat. During its 2022-2025 project, SRCS documented<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservationleadershipprogramme.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/SRCS-and-Leroy-Ignacio_Final-CLP-Report.pdf\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\"> zero reported trapping incidents<\/a> across the participating communities.<\/p>\n<p>Rangers also recorded red siskins in Shea, extending the species\u2019 known distribution in Guyana.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Where the model struggles<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Not all community members are immediately on board with SRCS projects.<\/p>\n<p>Rayson O\u2019Connell, Maruranau\u2019s deputy village leader and SRCS treasurer, said \u201cconservation\u201d can sound like an outside concept, even though residents have practiced its principles for generations. The term can be difficult to translate into Wapishana, and unfamiliarity can breed resistance.<\/p>\n<p>Once projects are culturally translated, he said, communities are more likely to participate.<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Connell sees another tension among younger residents, who now have smartphones and social media, drawing them toward Western lifestyles. That exposure can pull them away from their language and traditional practices, he said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_327145\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/24151033\/The-Rupununi.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-327145\" src=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/24151033\/The-Rupununi.jpg\" alt=\"Landscape of South Rupununi.\" width=\"1724\" height=\"1294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/24151033\/The-Rupununi.jpg 1724w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/24151033\/The-Rupununi-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/24151033\/The-Rupununi-1536x1153.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/24151033\/The-Rupununi-1200x901.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/24151033\/The-Rupununi-610x458.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1724px) 100vw, 1724px\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Landscape of South Rupununi. Image by Gentry Hale.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no combating [this], it\u2019s a losing battle,\u201d said Maya de Freitas, SRCS donor and partner relations officer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.srcs-gy.com\/copy-of-young-climate-change-leaders\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">But the SRCS has traditional knowledge classes <\/a>to try and revive the interest of young people in their cultural identity by connecting them with elders and other knowledge holders to learn Wapichan and Makushi languages, cotton spinning, hammock weaving, basketry and arrow-making, as well as traditional natural resource management.<\/p>\n<p>Across 20 communities, they\u2019ve also established an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.srcs-gy.com\/environmental-education\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">environmental education program<\/a> to teach children about Rupununi wildlife through activities like camera trapping, bird watching, field trips and community projects. They are now working directly with the Guyana Ministry of Education to develop and implement a nationwide environmental education program for every primary school child in every grade.<\/p>\n<p>Funding remains the largest obstacle for the SRCS. \u201cBecause sometimes there is a gap [in funding], you lose people, you lose the capacity that you built, and you have to start over again,\u201d Ignacio says.<\/p>\n<p>Village funding offers a partial solution: Shea, Maruranau and Sand Creek have committed money to conservation. But those contributions cannot sustain a regional ranger network as Guyana\u2019s oil-driven growth brings new infrastructure and land-use pressure to the Rupununi.<\/p>\n<p>SRCS is seeking stable ranger salaries, government comanagement agreements and recognition of community-conserved lands under Guyana\u2019s contribution to the global goal of conserving 30% of Earth\u2019s land and waters by 2030, or the 30-by-30.<\/p>\n<p>The future of SRCS, members said, depends on whether an organization built from local knowledge can secure the money and authority needed to survive beyond individual grants.<\/p>\n<p>Erin Earl, a SRCS project manager, says long-term conservation cannot be sustained by one community or a temporary outside program.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA single community can\u2019t do that. Nor can an external NGO. Nor can a one-year project or a five-year government program,\u201d she says. \u201cIt has to be from the inside, from a place of love, over many years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Banner image:<\/strong>A red siskin (<\/em>Spinus cucullatus<em>). Image by mikehcd via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inaturalist.org\/photos\/510764632\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">iNaturalist<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">CC BY-NC 4.0<\/a>).<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Wca7ebrCn4\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/2024\/08\/in-a-fight-to-save-a-rare-bird-indigenous-communities-in-guyana-are-winning\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">In a fight to save a rare bird, Indigenous communities in Guyana are winning<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cIn a fight to save a rare bird, Indigenous communities in Guyana are winning\u201d \u2014 Conservation news\" src=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/2024\/08\/in-a-fight-to-save-a-rare-bird-indigenous-communities-in-guyana-are-winning\/embed\/#?secret=jNcj7jYBmU#?secret=Wca7ebrCn4\" data-secret=\"Wca7ebrCn4\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"8wfOkzBEjd\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/2026\/08\/dragonflies-help-protect-water-and-ancestral-indigenous-languages-in-colombia\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Dragonflies help protect water and ancestral Indigenous languages in Colombia<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cDragonflies help protect water and ancestral Indigenous languages in Colombia\u201d \u2014 Conservation news\" src=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/2026\/08\/dragonflies-help-protect-water-and-ancestral-indigenous-languages-in-colombia\/embed\/#?secret=faCSTNCsYj#?secret=8wfOkzBEjd\" data-secret=\"8wfOkzBEjd\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"dW0dRIPUnb\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/2026\/08\/elders-conservationists-race-to-record-fading-sacred-ties-to-philippines-endemic-birds\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Elders, conservationists race to record fading sacred ties to Philippines\u2019 endemic birds<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cElders, conservationists race to record fading sacred ties to Philippines\u2019 endemic birds\u201d \u2014 Conservation news\" src=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/2026\/08\/elders-conservationists-race-to-record-fading-sacred-ties-to-philippines-endemic-birds\/embed\/#?secret=A9HNYQOOXe#?secret=dW0dRIPUnb\" data-secret=\"dW0dRIPUnb\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Citation: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Earl, E., van Vliet, N., Braga-Pereira, F., Millar, N., \u2026 Wilson, N. (2024). Insights into marking behavior of giant anteaters: a camera trap study in the rupununi savannahs, Guyana. <em>Mammalia, 88<\/em>(5), 455-463. doi:<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1515\/mammalia-2023-0006?urlappend=%3Futm_source%3Dresearchgate.net%26utm_medium%3Darticle\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">10.1515\/mammalia-2023-0006<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"single-article-footer\">\n<div id=\"cite-article\" class=\"align-left banner bg-brand-color crossref-doi outlined ph--16 pv--16\">\n<h2>Cite this article<\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"crossref-doi\">Gentry Hale (2026). How a rare bird sparked a wildlife movement across 16 villages in Guyana. Mongabay Conservation news. 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