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SUPPORT US: YOUR DONATION HELPS SAVE A UNIQUE ECO-SYSTEM 
There are numerous ways in which you can help. However, from a practical point
of view gifts in kind are difficult to make and accept because of shipping
and customs issues. We appreciate offers to volunteer, but at present we are not
really organized to look after or make effective use of volunteers. Providing us
with public relations help, referrals and connections would be greatly appreciated.
Links to our web site are also of assistance. At the end of the day, of course, the
most useful help is cash, because it allows us to fund the projects we have already
identified as priorities: the turtle hatchery, the interpretive center and the
native tree seed collection and planting program.In order to make effective use of PayPal, we have set it up so that you can determine the amount you wish to donate. All donations are in United States of America funds. We do not mail out receipts for donations of less than One Hundred ($100.00) Dollars to save costs. We will put you as a donor on our e-mail list, so that we can let you know what your money was used for. We are proud to say that our administrative costs never exceed ten (10.00%) of the money we raise, which means that ninety (90.00%)per cent or more of money raised goes to specified programs and projects. And of course we are more than happy to welcome donors to La Pedregoza Natural Reserve to see the work we do for themselves. If you have a larger donation in mind, then please don't hesitate to contact us directly! Thank you for helping us save this unique eco-system, and to expand the habitat of the endangered wildlife that depends on it. Our Morichal drainage channels are home to numerous decorative fish species. Wildlife that relies on the area includes jaguars, pumas, ocelots, giant otters, miko and red howler monkeys, deer, tapirs, lowland pacas, sloths, peccaries, armadillos, foxes, capybaras, rattlesnakes, various frogs, numerous lizards, iguanas and tortoises, to name just a few. Important aquatic species that rely on the inundation forest include pink dolphins (Inia geoffrensis), sting rays, manatees (Trichechus manatus), yellow-bellied caimans, giant anacondas, three species of turtle (Podocnemis expansa, unifilis and vogli) and many important game fish. Hundreds of bird species use and live in the native tree species and in the inundation forest, the best known being macaws and parrots, which are both endangered. 98.00% of migratory birds from North America and Greenland that fly to South America stop in Colombia. Colombia is estimated to have between 7 to 8 per cent of the planet's biodiversity. |
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