In Defense of Nature

An initiative of FUNDECI/GAIA

We present In Defense of Nature to inform the public about the problems and achievements in protecting wild nature in Nicaragua.


#1 (2007)

#2 (2008)

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Laguna de Apoyo Research Station

The arrow cichlid, Amphilophus zaliosus, discovered in 1976. This species is one of possibly as many as six found only in Lake Apoyo.

 

Aura Cruz, Jaime Obando and Pablo Somarriba cross a stream during study of the Golden-cheeked Warbler. Photo by Don Mackler.

 

The environment of Laguna de Apoyo is natural and nearly unspoiled

 

The natural beauty of Laguna de Apoyo is unsurpassed in Central
America