Happy Holidays {FIRST_NAME}! This Holiday Season what do you buy a loved one who has everything? The gift that conserves rather than consumes. See below for more information on a great last minute gift, a Friends of Calakmul Holiday Gift Certificate.
Tiss the Season... To teach teachers to be environmental educators. Friends of Calakmul conducts its first conservation training sessions for local teachers around Calakmul. See more about this charter endeavor below.
Where have all the birds from New Jersey gone this Holiday Season? South to Calakmul where they spend the winter months. See more on our progress with our Sister Trust below.
Finally, who cares about Red Jelly Fish? We do and you will too when you read how this internet site is helping Friends of Calakmul save endangered jaguar habitat.
Thanks for you support and have a wonderful holiday!
Sincerely,
Friends of Calakmul
This Holiday Season, give a gift that conserves, rather than consumes
Friends of Calakmul invites you to join us in our mission to preserve critically endangered jaguar habitat in southern Mexico by purchasing a gift certificate in the name of a loved one. We will send an E-certificate to the recipient and an email confirmation to you informing you that your order has been received. Friends and family will be happy to know that a piece of rainforest and thousands of species are being saved in their name. To make a contribution, please click on the link below.
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Friends of Calakmul Trains Local Teachers to Be Environmental Educators
In 2005, with a grant from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Friends of Calakmul completed the first environmental education program in the areas surrounding the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve. The goal of the project was to provide teachers with the information and materials they needed to educate students about the importance of Calakmul and how to conserve it.
The project included the development of materials on birds and tropical forests that were disseminated to both rural and urban schools. In total, FOC delivered the educational materials to 16 schools, 3 supervisors of regular and indigenous elementary schools, several high schools, and 2 school libraries.
In addition, the project included School Yard Ecology training workshops that trained local teams of teachers and biologists to make science, ecology, and conservation accessible to students through direct experiences in their immediate environment. Twelve teachers from 10 communities and six members of the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve staff participated in the workshop.
A significant result of the workshops was greater recognition of the work that Friends of Calakmul is doing and its importance for protecting biodiversity.
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Friends of Calakmul Signs New Internet Partnerships to Reach Millions of People  As we near the end of 2005, Friends of Calakmul has partnered with three companies--www.care2.com, www.redjellyfish.com, and Google Grants—to share our work with millions of people concerned about the rainforest.
Care2 is the largest Online Network for people who Care2 make a difference - with over 5 million members using their services. This Friday, December 16, 2005 concerned citizens who visit http://www.care2.com/dailyaction will have the opportunity to take a Daily Action that saves critically endangered Jaguar habitat by purchasing a Calakmul Holiday Gift Certificate. Visit www.care2.com/dailyaction on Friday, December 16th to take action for Calakmul!
Red Jelly Fish is a large community of people who are interested in the environment, natural health and fitness, adventure travel, and exploring a happier and more sustainable way of living. People who use www.redjellyfish.com can support different environmental non-profits automatically by using their Internet service, participating in their cell phone recycling program or buying their posters. Starting in January 2006, Red Jelly Fish will automatically donate a portion of the revenue from these services to Friends of Calakmul to protect critically endangered rainforest. People can also visit their free donation center once a day to make a donation to our efforts in Calakmul.
Finally, Google has provided Friends of Calakmul with a grant that provides in-kind keyword advertising using Google AdWords. Starting in early 2006, thousands millions of people can learn about our organization online as they are searching for related information. When someone enters keywords such as “rainforest conservation” into Google.com, information about Calakmul and a link to our web site will appear.
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Friends of Calakmul and Sister Land Trust D&R Greenway Announce Partnership at October 2005 US Land Trust Rally  In October 2005, Friends of Calakmul and Sister Land Trust Partner D&R Greenway presented its partnership to the US Land Trust Community at the Land Trust Alliance (LTA) Rally in Madison, Wisconsin.
The presentation demonstrated a new model for land preservation, in which the New Jersey-based D&R Greenway recognized the importance of protecting both the summer and winter habitats for the birds that depend on our North and Central American forests.
Protection of the habitats and biodiversity of the Sourlands is among D&R Greenway Land Trust’s primary goals. Through a State partnership, and in concert with the three counties and five townships that make up the core Sourlands forest, D&R Greenway has acquired over 3,500 acres of land. These natural lands protect headwater streams, contiguous forest and surrounding grasslands.
In 2003, they joined with Amigos de Calakmul of Mexico, the Mexican partner organization of Friends of Calakmul, to create the first International Sister Land Trust Partnership between regional land trusts. The motivation for the partnership was research that has shown that there are more than 65 species of neotropical migratory birds that breed in the Sourland Mountains of central New Jersey and that winter in the Mayan Forest spanning Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, where Friends of Calakmul is working, and neighboring Guatemala and Belize.
Thus far, the partnership has yielded significant benefits for both organizations, including support for Friends to Calakmul to build a scientific field station at Calakmul in the coming year and research that is leading to greater understanding of the migratory bird population that share both habitats.
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