RBG News

RBG Receives New Grant for the Costa Rican Bird Route - Sept. 2009

Rainforest Biodiversity Group has recently received a third grant for the implementation and development of the Costa Rican Bird Route project. This grant has been awarded through the Program for South-South Cooperation and has paird the Bird Route project with a project in Benin, Africa. See full article here.

3rd Annual RBG Bird-a-Thon - May 9th, 2009

Spring has finally arrived and so have the birds!! To ensure that our Wisconsin birds continue to return, the Rainforest Biodiversity Group will be doing our 3rd Annual Bird-a-Thon Fundraiser. This event is being held on May 9, the same date as International Migratory Bird Day, another great reason to celebrate! See full article here...

Rainforest Biodiversity Group Comes to Aid of Earthquake Victims (February 28, 2009)

Albergue el Socorro, one of the new reserves that Rainforest Biodiversity Group helped to create as part of the Costa Rican Bird Route was one of the many victims of the 6.2 magnitude earthquake that struck Costa Rica on January 8th, 2009. The quake, whose epicenter was near the mountain town of Cinchona, famous for its hummingbird feeders, left at least 23 dead, destroyed multiple towns, collapsed a valley, and left the Sarapiqui River a disaster. See full article here...

Earthquake in Costa Rica Causes Widespread Damage to areas that include the Costa Rican Bird Route

Donate money to help the restoration efforts within the Costa Rican Bird Route. The earthquake hit the mountainous region northwest of San Jose, displacing more than 2,000 people, the number of deaths being estimated at 23. Most fatalities occurred during landslides. The displaced individuals have been sleeping on thin foam mattresses in temporary shelters in churches, schools and tent camps set up in soccer fields. See full article here...

Birds in Paradise: Species Rare and Common Flock Together on New Costa Rican Trail

Rainforest Biodiversity Group recently ran its second tour to the Costa Rican Bird Route. 11 participants traveled to 6 of the thirteen Bird Route sites from November 2nd to the 9th on a trip that focused not only birds, but also the natural history of Costa Rica and personal contact with the local culture. See full article here...

Gold-Mining Project in Northern Costa Rica Threatens Great Green Macaw Habitat

Numerous trees have already been felled in preparation for the new gold mining project, the concession for which was granted to the Industrias Infinito Company, a subsidiary of the Canada-based Infinito Gold. Both the President of Costa Rica, Oscar Arias, and the Minister of Environment and Energy, Roberto Dobles, have endorsed this project, granting a permit for 191 hectares of forest to be cut in Las Crucitas, in the northern province of Alajuela. Of the trees that have been cut, many of them were the Almendro tree (Dipteryx panamensis), a tree that provides vital habitat to the endangered Great Green Macaw. See full article here...

Costa Rican Government Declares the Almendro Tree as Protected!
(September 19, 2008)

The nation's high court has prohibited the cutting of a certain species of tree, in part because a highly endangered type of parrot uses the tree almost exclusively for nesting. With one decision, the Sala IV constitutional court protected the mountain almond tree and the great green macaw, specifically in a sprawling area in northern Costa Rica. However, the court also ordered the Ministerio de Ambiente y Energía to spread the word to all its regional officials, thus protecting the tree throughout the country. See full article here...

RBG offers another tour to the Costa Rican Bird Route (August 15, 2008)

After the great success of the very first tour of the Costa Rican Bird Route held in February 2008, Rainforest Biodiversity Group is leading another group of individuals to the Bird Route from November 2-9. See full article here...

RBG Welcomes New Members to its Executive Board of Directors
(June 1, 2008)

May 28th, 2008 was a momentous day for the Rainforest Biodiversity Group as the founder and long-time leader of the organization, Andrew Rothman, officially stepped down as President. Taking the reigns as President is Holly Robertson, a volunteer and supporter of RBG since the fall of 2006. See full article here...

RBG Receives New Grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service;
Hires CRBR Coordinator (April 30, 2008)

At the end of May of this year, Rainforest Biodiversity Group was awarded its second grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act (NMBCA). $30,000 was granted to maintain the Costa Rican Bird Route and ensure habitat protection in the San Juan – La Selva Biological Corridor of Costa Rica. See full article here...